6-Month Apprenticeship
Boutique, mentorship-based apprenticeship for certified artists who plan to work legally in Nevada and are required to complete a 6-month apprenticeship to apply for a Nevada Body Art Card.
A PMU apprenticeship at MB Beauty is the six-month, state-required stage that follows your basic course. You train in Las Vegas under Maryna B. Turner, who holds a Nevada Mentor Body Art licence, so the hours count toward your Body Art Card. To start you need a basic course certificate and a valid Bloodborne Pathogens Certificate.
This program fulfills the state-required apprenticeship component only — it does not replace basic training or certification.
Choose Your Track
Permanent Makeup (PMU)
$3,800 · 6 months
- Lip Blush
- Lip Neutralization
- Brows (various techniques)
- Eyeliner / Lash Enhancement
- Corrective PMU on the face
Ideal for artists focused on facial PMU services.
Paramedical Tattoo
$5,200 · 6 months
- Scar Camouflage (face & body)
- Stretch Mark Camouflage
- Paramedical Skin Camouflage
- 3D Areola Restoration
- Corrective & restorative techniques
- Working with compromised skin
Designed for restorative paramedical work.
Full Scope
$6,800 · 6 months
- All PMU track components
- All Paramedical track components
- Customized focus for your goals
- Mentorship with progress monitoring
- Guidance for Nevada licensing
The most comprehensive option.
The exact scope of your track is confirmed before the apprenticeship begins. A $500 non-refundable deposit reserves your place.
Program Fees
Each track is priced as a complete six-month program: Permanent Makeup (PMU) at $3,800, Paramedical Tattoo at $5,200 and Full Scope at $6,800.
The fee is for the apprenticeship as a whole, not per session or per hour, and what it covers is identical in all three tracks — the full list is under What You Will Receive below. What differs is scope: which techniques you are trained on, and how far the mentorship extends.
A $500 non-refundable deposit reserves your place. Every track runs six months, and the exact scope of yours is agreed before the apprenticeship starts.
How Licensing Works in Nevada
Nevada does not let a certified artist start working the day their basic course ends. Before you can be issued a Body Art Card you have to complete a six-month apprenticeship under an artist who holds a mentor licence for instruction — and that licence is what makes the hours count. Maryna B. Turner holds it, which is why an apprenticeship at MB Beauty satisfies the state requirement rather than simply adding practice.
The paperwork runs through the Southern Nevada Health District, and the six steps below are the whole of it. Your existing skill is assessed at the start — including whether you have worked on skin at all — and practice on latex and skin simulation runs alongside the live work. This is the Nevada path; other states set their own requirements.
Form 1B is signed
Your mentor signs Form 1B as Mentor — the document that names who is supervising your apprenticeship.
The Health District test
You take the form to the Southern Nevada Health District and sit their test.
Apprentice Card
The Health District issues your Apprentice Card. Work begins once you have it.
Weekly work on your own model
Once a week you bring your own model and carry out the procedure with your mentor's guidance.
Form 2B is signed
At the six-month mark your mentor signs Form 2B.
Body Art Card
You take Form 2B back to the Health District and exchange it for your Nevada Body Art Card.
- Certified PMU or tattoo artists
- Completed basic professional training
- Valid Bloodborne Pathogens Certificate
- Planning to work in Nevada
- Hands-on work on live models under supervision
- Practice on latex and skin simulation
- Individual skill correction and feedback
- Homework and guided practice
- Consultation, consent & aftercare protocols
- Safety, sanitation & compliance standards
- Certificate of Apprenticeship Completion
- Guidance through Nevada licensing
Maryna B. Turner holds a Nevada mentor licence for instruction, which is what allows an apprenticeship here to count toward the state requirement. Apprentices become eligible to apply for a Nevada Body Art Card, issued by the Southern Nevada Health District. MB Beauty guides you through the process and does not issue state licenses itself.
FAQ
Six months. All three tracks run the same six-month length, and work starts once the Southern Nevada Health District has issued your Apprentice Card. Nevada requires that period to be completed under an artist who holds a mentor licence before you can apply for a Body Art Card.
No. It is a 6-month apprenticeship for artists who are already certified: it fulfills the state-required apprenticeship component only and does not replace basic training or certification. Applicants need completed basic professional training, a valid Bloodborne Pathogens Certificate, and plans to work in Nevada.
At the MB Beauty studio at 9480 S Eastern Ave #135 in south Las Vegas, a short drive from Henderson. Hands-on work is done on live models under supervision, with additional practice on latex and skin simulation.
No. Apprentices become eligible to apply for a Nevada Body Art Card, which is issued by the Southern Nevada Health District. MB Beauty provides guidance through the process but does not issue state licenses.
The Permanent Makeup track is $3,800, the Paramedical Tattoo track is $5,200, and Full Scope — both together — is $6,800. Each runs six months, and a $500 non-refundable deposit reserves your place.
Permanent Makeup covers facial work: lip blush, lip neutralization, brows, eyeliner and lash enhancement, and corrective PMU on the face. Paramedical Tattoo covers scar and stretch mark camouflage, skin camouflage, 3D areola restoration and working with compromised skin. Full Scope combines both, with a customized focus and mentorship with progress monitoring.
You need to be a certified PMU or tattoo artist with completed basic professional training, a valid Bloodborne Pathogens Certificate, and plans to work in Nevada. Suitability is confirmed before the apprenticeship begins.
Yes. A certificate from a basic course is not enough to work: Nevada requires a Body Art Card, and to be issued one you must first complete a six-month apprenticeship supervised by an artist who holds a mentor licence for instruction. Maryna B. Turner holds that licence, so the hours completed here count toward the requirement.
They are the two documents that bracket the apprenticeship. Form 1B is signed by your mentor at the start and names who is supervising you — you take it to the Southern Nevada Health District, sit their test and receive an Apprentice Card. Form 2B is signed at the six-month mark and is what you exchange at the Health District for your Body Art Card.
Once a week you bring your own model and carry out the procedure with guidance. Your existing skill is assessed at the start — including whether you have worked on skin before — and practice on latex and skin simulation runs alongside the live work.
Licensing rules differ from state to state, and this path is the Nevada one. The apprenticeship here is for artists who plan to work in Nevada; if you are licensed elsewhere, check the requirements of the state you intend to practise in.
No. Microblading is not offered at MB Beauty and is not part of the apprenticeship. Brow training on the Permanent Makeup track covers ombré powder brows — a machine-shaded technique — along with lip blush, lip neutralization, eyeliner and lash enhancement.
Ready to apply?
A $500 non-refundable deposit reserves your place. Provide required certificates to begin.