Your semi-permanent makeup consultation form,
question by question.

What should a semi-permanent makeup consultation form include?

A semi-permanent makeup consultation form should say who the client is and check they’re 18 or over, take an emergency contact and their GP, then ask about smoking, pregnancy, blood thinners, diabetes, epilepsy and keloid scarring, allergies to pigments, latex or numbing cream, recent Botox or filler, and any medication. Say what to expect while it heals, ask about photos separately, and end with the aftercare, their consent and a signature with the date. Check the final wording with your insurer.

We make Covered Beauty, which has a ready-made semi-permanent makeup and microblading form, so we’ve said where it fits. Nothing here is legal or medical advice. Your insurer’s rules, your training and your pigment maker’s instructions come first.

What does our semi-permanent makeup form ask?

Every ready-made form in Covered Beauty starts with the client’s full name, date of birth and home address, so the signed form stands on its own as a record. Then the semi-permanent makeup form asks:

• Are you under 18? (yes or no)
• Emergency contact (name and relationship) (written answer)
• GP name (so we can follow up if needed) (written answer)
• Do you smoke? (yes or no)
• Are you pregnant or breastfeeding? (yes or no)
• Are you taking blood-thinning medication (including daily aspirin)? (yes or no)
• Do you have diabetes, epilepsy, or a history of keloid scarring? (yes or no)
• Any known allergy to pigments, latex, or numbing cream (anaesthetic)? (yes or no)
• Have you had Botox or filler in the treatment area in the last 4 weeks? (yes or no)
• Please list any medications or other relevant medical history (written answer)
• I agree to before/after photos being taken for my clinical record (not for marketing unless I separately agree). (a tick to agree)
• I understand the aftercare advice given and agree to follow it. (a tick to agree)
• I confirm the information I’ve given above is accurate, and I consent to this treatment. (a tick to agree)

Along the way it tells the client:

• “We can’t do this treatment for anyone under 18. It puts pigment into the skin, as a tattoo does, and in England, Wales and Scotland the law doesn’t allow anyone under 18 to be tattooed, except for medical reasons by a doctor or someone working under their direction.”
• “What to expect: colour appears darker for the first 5–7 days while healing, then softens. A touch-up appointment is usually needed 4–6 weeks later. Results vary between clients and skin types.”

Its note at the top says the needle puts pigment into the skin, so it carries some of the same risks as a tattoo, and that some conditions and medicines mean it isn’t suitable right now.

Who can you treat?

Nobody under 18

The Tattooing of Minors Act 1969 makes it an offence in England, Wales and Scotland to tattoo anyone under 18, except for medical reasons by a doctor or someone working under their direction. It defines a tattoo as colouring put into the skin that’s designed to leave a permanent mark, and it doesn’t extend to Northern Ireland.

BABTAC’s Good Practice Guide, from 2016, the trade body’s guidance for its members, calls semi-permanent makeup an advanced form of tattooing. The national occupational standard for micropigmentation lists cosmetic tattooing among its other names. It isn’t law, but qualifications are built on standards like it. Our form says the treatment isn’t done for anyone under 18 and asks every client, so you have their answer on the signed form.

Health, medicine and healing

The standard’s list of adverse reactions includes bruising, pigment moving under the skin, anaphylaxis and raised or keloid scars, and it expects you to know which conditions need a medical referral before you treat. The form’s questions on blood thinners, keloid scarring, allergies, diabetes and epilepsy help you spot those, and its GP and emergency contact are there if something goes wrong.

BABTAC’s guide says any invasive beauty treatment should be avoided if the client has recently been diagnosed with cancer or is having chemotherapy or radiotherapy, and that written consent from their GP or oncologist is needed once treatment has finished. An addendum printed with it says a doctor’s written consent is needed for any invasive treatment until the client has had the all clear after five years. Our form doesn’t ask about cancer treatment, so you might add:

• Are you having treatment for cancer, or have you had it in the last 5 years?
• Have you had a patch test with the pigment we’ll use, with no reaction?
• Have you had semi-permanent makeup, microblading or laser removal on this area before?

Do you need to register with your council?

In England, section 15 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 says that where a council has the section in force, nobody may carry on a business of semi-permanent skin-colouring, tattooing, cosmetic piercing or electrolysis unless the council has registered them. BABTAC’s guide tells members to make sure their premises meet licensing requirements too.

That section now covers England. In Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, ask your council which licence or registration you need before you start, and keep a copy with your insurance documents.

What should you record?

• The patch test. BABTAC’s guide lists semi-permanent make-up among the treatments that need a patch test. Our form doesn’t ask about one, so add the question above. Any question that mentions a patch test is asked fresh at every visit, never carried over.
• A form every visit. BABTAC says the questionnaire and consent form must be completed before treatment, signed by the client and updated each time they visit.
• Photos. BABTAC says to take photos before the treatment, after drawing the shape and after the procedure. Our form has its own unticked box for photos for the client’s record, not for marketing unless they agree separately. Covered Beauty doesn’t keep clinical photos in the client record, so keep them where your insurer is happy for you to.
• The pigments. The standard’s safety rules for pigments include recording the batches you use. Under What was used on each appointment in Covered Beauty, record the product, batch number and expiry. They show on the client record and in your data export.
• What they were told. BABTAC says to tell clients it lasts 1 to 5 years with a top-up every 1 to 2 years, and that the colour looks too dark at first while it heals. Our form’s note on what to expect covers the healing and the touch-up.

How do you get it signed before they arrive?

Covered Beauty gives you three ways to have it done before you start:

• With their booking. Link the form to your brow, lip and liner treatments and it goes out with the confirmation, with a reminder 48 hours before if it isn’t done.
• A private link. Email it, or copy it into WhatsApp or a text. It works for 14 days and only for that client.
• On your phone or tablet. Set a kiosk PIN, then use Hand to client. It shows only their forms until someone from your team enters the PIN.

When the form comes with a booking, a client back for their top-up who filled in the same form in the last 6 months sees their previous answers, confirms nothing has changed and signs again, so the form is updated every visit. If something has changed, they fill in the whole form afresh. Forms sent as a private link or handed over on your tablet are always filled in fresh.

The signed form lands on the client’s record, ready to print or download as a PDF. Covered Beauty keeps it for 7 years from the appointment, or from the day it was signed for a form filled in without a booking, while your account is open. If you ever leave, our terms give you 30 days after your account ends to export your data. See how online consultation forms work. Try the semi-permanent makeup form free for a week, with no card needed. Forms are on both plans, from £9 a month.

Download the free blank form

It’s an A4 PDF with every question our form asks (listed above), boxes to tick yes or no, a line for your business name, and lines for the client’s signature and yours with the date. The extra questions we suggest aren’t on it, so write in the ones you need. The foot of each page says it’s a free template from Covered Beauty. Print it, keep a few on a clipboard, and check the wording with your insurer first.

• Semi-permanent makeup and microblading consultation form (PDF)

Paper still means the client fills it in once they’re in your room. Send this form before they arrive, free for a week, with no card needed.

Sources

Each page was read on 24 October 2026. Our own form questions are printed as Covered Beauty’s ready-made forms ask them today.

• Tattooing of Minors Act 1969 (legislation.gov.uk)
• BABTAC Good Practice Guide 2016 (PDF)
• National Occupational Standard SKABA7: Use micropigmentation techniques to enhance facial features
• Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982, section 15 (legislation.gov.uk)

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