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Cosmetology ✔Correct Answer-A term used to encompass a broad range of specialty areas,
including hairstyling, nail technology, and esthetics. "The art and science of beautifying and
improving the skin, nails, and hair, and the study of cosmetics and their application.
Kosmetikos ✔Correct Answer-Greek word that cosmetology originates from, meaning skilled
in the use of cosmetics.
The Egyptians ✔Correct Answer-The first to cultivate beauty in an extravagant fashion and to
use cosmetics as part of their personal beautification habits, religious ceremonies and preparing
the dead for burial.
The Egyptians ✔Correct Answer-The first civilization to infuse essential oils from the leaves,
bark and blossoms of plants for use as perfumes and for purification purposes.
Kohl makeup ✔Correct Answer-Created by the ancient Egyptians from a mixture of ground
galena, sulfur and animal fat.
The Chinese ✔Correct Answer-Nail tinting was so closely tied to social status that commoners
caught wearing a royal nail color faced a punishment of death.
The golden age of Greece ✔Correct Answer-Where hairstyling became a highly developed art.
The made lavish use of perfumes and cosmetics in their religious rites, in grooming, and for
medical purposes. They built and developed elaborate baths and developed excellent methods
of dressing the hair and caring for the skin and nails.
Red ✔Correct Answer-The color that Roman noblewomen tinted their hair.
Blond ✔Correct Answer-The color that Roman middle-class women tinted their hair.
Black ✔Correct Answer-The color that poor Roman women colored their hair.
Shaved the eyebrows and the hairline. ✔Correct Answer-Women in the Renaissance period
did this to give them the look of greater intelligence.
Pinched their cheeks and bit their lips. ✔Correct Answer-What did Victorian Age women do to
induce natural color rather than use cosmetics such as rouge or lip color?
,The barber pole ✔Correct Answer-A symbol of the barber surgeon and has its roots in a
medical procedure called bloodletting that was once thought to strengthen the immune system.
Charles Nessler ✔Correct Answer-Invented a heavily wired machine that supplied electrical
current to metal rods around which hair strands were wrapped.
Max Faktor ✔Correct Answer-Emigrated from Lodz, Poland to the United States in 1904 and
by 1908 began making and selling to movie stars makeup that wouldn't cake or crack under hot
studio lights.
Sarah Breedlove ✔Correct Answer-A.K.A. Madame C.J. Walker. A pioneer of the modern black
hair care and cosmetics industry. She sold her homeade treatment called "Madam Walker's
Wonderful Hair Grower". She also organized a convention for her Madam C.J. Walker Hair
Culturists Union of America which was one of the first national meetings for businesswomen
ever held.
1931 ✔Correct Answer-When was the preheat perm method introduced?
Charles Revson ✔Correct Answer-Marketed the first nail polish.
Lawrence Gelb ✔Correct Answer-Introduced the first permanent haircolor product and
founded a company called Clairol.
Arnold F Willatt ✔Correct Answer-Invented the cold wave that used no machines or heat in
1938. The cold wave is considered to be the precursor to the modern perm.
Consultation & examination ✔Correct Answer-Do not recommend a hair and scalp treatment
before performing a
Shampooing is the 1st what? ✔Correct Answer-Impression of your skill
2 basic requirements for a healthly scalp ✔Correct Answer-1. Cleanliness
2. Stimulation
Benefit of Scalp Massage ✔Correct Answer-1. Stimulation to scalp
2. Treatment of hair and scalp conditions
3. Relaxing for client
Scalp massages use what part of the hands: ✔Correct Answer-fingertips, pads & palms
Treatment of Normal hair & scalp ✔Correct Answer-Keep clean and keep conditioned
Treatment of Dry hair and scalp ✔Correct Answer-Select shampoo and conditioners that
contain moisturizing and emollient ingedients
,Treatment of Oil hair and scalp ✔Correct Answer-Manipulate the scalp and knead to increase
blood circulation
Dandruff ✔Correct Answer-is the result of a fungus called malassezia
Antidandruff shampoos and treatments ✔Correct Answer-contain anitifungal agents that
suppress the growth of malassezia
Brushing the Hair: ✔Correct Answer-- Helps remove dust, dirty and hairspray build-up
- Stimulates the blood circulation
Natural bristle brushes ✔Correct Answer-Have overlapping layers or scales which clean and
add luster to hair
Nylon bristle brushes ✔Correct Answer-are shinny and smooth bristles, which is more
suiitable for styling.
pH ✔Correct Answer-Potential haydrogen
pH scale ✔Correct Answer-a measure of the acidity and alkalinity of a subatance.
ph scale ranges from 0 to 14
Acidic ✔Correct Answer-0 - 6.9
Neutral ✔Correct Answer-7
Alkaline ✔Correct Answer-7.1 - 14
High pH shampoo ✔Correct Answer-can leave the hair dry, brittle and porouse. May also
cause fading in color treated hair
Draping ✔Correct Answer-is important because it contributes to client's safety and comfort
Shampoo draping ✔Correct Answer-Towel, Cape & then another Towel
your shampoo cape should not touch the ✔Correct Answer-clients skin
7 ways to a good shampoo ✔Correct Answer-1. Massage according to clients preference
2. Alway ask client about the water temperatue
3. Do not allow te water or your hands to touch client's face
4. Make relaxing with massage and by not talking
5. Alway double-check clients's nape before escorting back to your chair
6. Be careful not to drench the towel or the client
, 7. When towel drying hair be care again not to touch client's face
Steps to shampooing ✔Correct Answer-1. Test water
2. Drench hair
3. Apply shampoo starting @ the hair line and back into the hair lathering with cushions of
fingertips
4. Rinse
5. Repeat if needed
6. Remove excess water from hair
7. Apply conditioner where needed (avoiding hair close to scalp and scalp)
8. Gently comb conditioner through with wide tooth comb
9. Massage scalp
10. Rinse
Proper shampooing begins at the ____ & works in a _____&______ motion ✔Correct Answer-
hairline
back & forth
Universal Sovent ✔Correct Answer-Water
Main ingredient in most shampoos ✔Correct Answer-WATER
Sedimantation ✔Correct Answer-matter sinks to the bottom
Filtration ✔Correct Answer-water passes through a porouse substance
Distillation ✔Correct Answer-a process of heating water so that it becomes a vapor and then
condensing the purified vapor so that is collects as a liquid.
Soft water ✔Correct Answer-is rainwater or chemically softened water that contains only
small amounts of minerals, therefor allows soap and shampoo to lather freely
Hard water ✔Correct Answer-is often in well-water and contains minerals that reduce the
ability of soap or shampoo to lather
Deionized water ✔Correct Answer-water that has had impurities, such as calcium and
magnesium and other metal ions that would make a product unstable is removed
2nd ingredient of most shampoos ✔Correct Answer-Surfactant (base deterdent)
Surfactant molecules ✔Correct Answer-has 2 ends (water loving head and oil attracting tail)
Hydrophilic ✔Correct Answer-water attracting head