A new Missouri law requires parental permission before a minor can get a bikini wax.
A new Missouri Missouri, state, United States
Missouri (mĭz r`ē, –ə), one of the midwestern states of the United States. law requires parental permission before a minor can get a bikini Bikini (bēkē`nē), atoll, c.2 sq mi (5.2 sq km), W central Pacific, one of the Ralik Chain, Marshall Islands. It comprises 36 islets on a reef 25 mi (40 km) long. wax. "Twelve, and thirteen-year-old little girls think they're eighteen and nineteen in this day and age," explains the executive director of the Missouri State Board of Cosmetology cos·me·tol·o·gy
n.
The study or art of cosmetics and their use.
[French cosmétologie : cosmétique, cosmetic; see cosmetic + -logie, -logy. .
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