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Nail Technology guides
1 of 51 guides live
- AlabamaIn progress
- AlaskaIn progress
- ArizonaIn progress
- ArkansasIn progress
- CaliforniaIn progress
- ColoradoIn progress
- ConnecticutNo nail exam
- DelawareIn progress
- District of ColumbiaIn progress
- FloridaNo nail exam
- GeorgiaIn progress
- HawaiiIn progress
- IdahoIn progress
- IllinoisIn progress
- IndianaIn progress
- IowaIn progress
- KansasIn progress
- KentuckyIn progress
- LouisianaIn progress
- MaineIn progress
- MarylandIn progress
- MassachusettsIn progress
- MichiganIn progress
- MinnesotaIn progress
- MississippiIn progress
- MissouriIn progress
- MontanaIn progress
- NebraskaIn progress
- NevadaIn progress
- New HampshireIn progress
- New JerseyIn progress
- New MexicoIn progress
- New YorkIn progress
- North CarolinaIn progress
- North DakotaIn progress
- OhioIn progress
- OklahomaIn progress
- OregonIn progress
- PennsylvaniaIn progress
- Rhode IslandIn progress
- South CarolinaIn progress
- South DakotaIn progress
- TennesseeIn progress
- TexasGuide live
- UtahIn progress
- VermontIn progress
- VirginiaIn progress
- WashingtonIn progress
- West VirginiaIn progress
- WisconsinIn progress
- WyomingIn progress
Florida and Connecticut have no nail exam, so there is no exam guide to write for them.
How a state guide gets made
Each guide covers the same things, in the same order: the training hours, the written exam, the practical exam if there is one, the fees, the languages on offer, and what happens if you need a retake.
We take every fact from the state board, the testing vendor's candidate bulletin or the state's published exam statistics. Then the facts are checked again, against the state's own sources, before the page goes live.
The Texas nail tech guide is the first one live. It shows what every state guide will look like. For exam pass rates across states, see licensing exam pass rates, with sources.
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Nail technology exam families and the states without a nail exam: Made Simple research notes.
Made Simple guides are independent study aids. No guide can guarantee a passing score. This page is not legal advice; confirm the rules with your state board before you apply.