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Hygiene plan for beauty studios, nail studios, tattoo studios and hair salons

A model hygiene plan set out as a table: for every area, what needs doing, when, with what and by whom. Choose your business, adapt the rows to your products and routines and print the plan.

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Hygiene plan Beauty studio

Business
Valid from
Area What When With what, how Who
Hands Hand disinfection Before and after every client, after taking off gloves Alcohol-based hand rub from a dispenser Everyone
Hands Wash and moisturise Before starting work, when dirty, after breaks and after using the toilet Liquid soap, disposable paper towels, hand cream Everyone
Disposable gloves Wear On contact with blood, broken skin or mucous membranes, and when handling disinfectants A fresh pair for every client, then hand disinfection Everyone
Work surface Wipe clean and disinfect After every client Surface disinfectant with proven efficacy (e.g. tested to BS EN 1276 or BS EN 13697) Practitioner
Couch, treatment chair Change the cover, disinfect contact surfaces After every client Disposable couch roll, surface disinfectant Practitioner
Instruments that do not break the skin (tweezers, spatulas, brushes) Clean and disinfect, store dry After every client Instrument disinfectant as an immersion bath or by wiping Practitioner
Instruments that can break the skin (lancets, comedone extractors) Use a single-use item, or clean, disinfect and sterilise After every use Sterile single-use item, or sterilisation as the rules where you work require Practitioner
Skin before a treatment that breaks it Skin antisepsis Before every treatment that breaks the skin (e.g. extractions with a lancet) Skin antiseptic, contact time as stated by the manufacturer Practitioner
Wax Never double-dip the spatula Every treatment Single-use spatulas; wax that has touched a client never goes back in the pot Practitioner
Towels, gowns Change and wash After every client Disinfecting wash cycle or the temperature on the care label; store clean and covered Practitioner
Waste with blood on it Dispose of Daily Tear-resistant bag, tied shut Everyone
Sharps Dispose of Immediately after use Puncture-resistant sharps container that can be closed Everyone
Consumables Store Ongoing Dry, protected from dust, apart from used items; check expiry dates Owner
Cut or needlestick injury Treat the wound, record the incident Immediately First aid kit, skin antiseptic, plasters; after an injury from a used instrument, get medical advice Everyone
Floor Clean Daily; hair after every client Damp mop Everyone

Products, concentrations and contact times as stated by the manufacturer. Review the plan at least once a year and whenever equipment or treatments change; brief the team on it once a year and before anyone new starts.

Reviewed and team briefed on

How to use the template

  1. Choose your business. The plan gets the rows that are needed there.
  2. Click into the cells and enter your products, times and who is responsible. The contact times are on the product labels.
  3. Print the plan, put it up and go through it with your team. Review it once a year.

What matters

Whether you need a hygiene plan

That depends on where you work and what you offer. We have not found a UK-wide rule that requires a salon to keep a written hygiene plan. What does exist is registration and licensing, set differently in each nation. In England and Northern Ireland, where the council has adopted the rules, tattooing, semi-permanent skin colouring, cosmetic piercing and electrolysis businesses must register with it. In Greater London, except the City, you need a special treatments licence instead, which also covers manicures and massage. Wales requires a special procedure licence for tattooing, body piercing, acupuncture and electrolysis, and Scotland a licence for skin piercing and tattooing businesses. Your council's environmental health team can tell you what applies to you.

What goes into it

The template is organised around the points where infection can pass between people in a salon: hands, surfaces, instruments, sharps, waste, consumables and injuries, each with who is responsible. Where hygiene byelaws apply, they cover the same ground: in England, for example, they may govern the cleanliness of premises, fittings and staff, and the cleaning and, where appropriate, sterilisation of instruments, materials and equipment. Fill in products, concentrations and contact times from your products' manufacturer instructions.

Put it up, review it, brief the team

A plan only helps if the team knows it. In Great Britain, an employer with five or more employees must have a written health and safety policy that every employee is made aware of, and must record the significant findings of their risk assessment; the assessment has to be reviewed whenever it may no longer be valid or something significant changes. Where the main business is manicures, skin piercing or other cosmetic services, health and safety is enforced by the local council. The line at the bottom of the plan records when you last reviewed it and briefed the team. Our article on hair salon hygiene standards shows how to tie every task to a fixed moment (after each client, at the end of each shift, once a week) so that the plan still holds on a busy Saturday.

Content last reviewed on 2026-09-25

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There is no software shortcut for the hygiene plan; it belongs on the wall. Appointments, client records, reminders and your own booking page, on the other hand, Salon Wizard runs for you, so you have more time for the work with your clients.

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Frequently asked questions

Is a hygiene plan a legal requirement?

We have not found a UK-wide duty to keep a written hygiene plan. All four UK nations have registration or licensing rules for tattooing and piercing, though in England and Northern Ireland they apply only where the council has adopted them, and in Greater London outside the City a special treatments licence also covers manicures and massage. In Great Britain, employers with five or more employees need a written health and safety policy and a written record of their risk assessment findings. If in doubt, ask your council's environmental health team.

Will this template satisfy an inspection?

It is a model you adapt to your business. What counts is that the plan describes your actual routines, products and responsibilities. Some councils publish their own guidance or byelaws for skin piercing and special treatments; ask yours.

Which disinfectants should I enter?

The ones you actually use, with the concentration and contact time the manufacturer gives. Choose products with proven efficacy: Cheshire West and Chester Council, for example, asks skin-piercing premises to use surface disinfectants that meet BS EN 1276 or BS EN 13697.

Can I save the plan?

No, and that is deliberate: the page stores nothing. Print the adapted plan, or save it as a PDF from the print dialogue.

How often should I review the plan?

We have not found a UK rule that sets a fixed interval for a hygiene plan. In Great Britain, employers must review their risk assessment whenever it may no longer be valid or something significant changes. A yearly review is a sensible habit, as is a review whenever a new device or treatment is added; brief the team each time.

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