Cosmetology State Board Prep; Chemical Services
including Color and Perming 2022 Questions and Answers
What type of hair takes the least amount of time to process during a perm?
Porous
During a perm, what can happen to the hair if the rubberband is stretched and
turned?
Breakage
Perming breaks down what type of bonds?
Disulfide Bonds
What action does neutralizer have on the hair?
It rehardens, reforms and reshapes
A client comes in after recieving a perm. The hair is curly when wet, but not when
it is dry. What do you do?
Recondtion
What do you do to resistant grey hair prior to color?
Presoften
On a retouch, what happens if you apply color past the regrowth?
It may casue discoloration and even breakage
When peroxide is added to an alkaline color mixure, what takes place?
Oxidation
What is a Color Filler?
It is used to mask missing color and even out porosity
What determines the processing time in a permanet wave?
Porosity
What should you do if a customer comes back and complains that a perm is too
tight?
Apply waving lotion to relax hair
What are Sulfur Bonds?
Chemicals that are very strong and can only be broken by chemicals
How far from the scalp should you apply a relaxer for a virgin application?
1/2 Inch
What size rods are used for a body wave?
Large
What should you do if an alkaline perm is on the hair for ten minutes and nothing
has happened?
Resaturate
What is the pH of an alkaline perm?
8.2 to 9.6
When peroxide is added to an alkaline color mixture, what happens?
Oxygen is given off
What is the pH of a sodium hydroxide?
Approximately 13
When do you use a neutralizing shampoo?
After a relaxer
, What two chemicals are used in permanent waving?
Waving lotion and neutralizer
How are acid waves activated?
By heat
When using on base rollers in wrapping a perm, you will achieve?
Volume or Height
What stops the action of a relaxer?
Warm water rinsing
What kind of perm would you give to reduce the curl pattern and make it more
manageable for overly curly hair?
Soft curl Perm
What should a practitioner always do before applying sodium hydroxide
relaxers?
Analyze the hair and scalp
When is the processing stopped for a chemical relaxer?
During Rinsing
Thio gel is used to presoften what kind of hair?
Curly
What do you use to make a warm color?
Red, Orange, Yellow
How do you remove green from blonde or white hair ?
Red
If a client had dark hair and wants to go light, what whould she do?
prelighten
If you have a weak, limp curl after perming the hair, it was caused by:
Under-Processing
The pH of an alkaline perm lotion should not exceed
9.6
The benefit of an acid balanced perm is
It has a lower pH so it is less harsh
What bonds are broken and rearranged during a permanent wave?
Disulfide Bonds
For the most commonly used perm wrap, how do you determine how to section
the hair?
By the lenght of the rod
What is the first thing to consider when allowing for processing time for a
permanent waving?
Porosity
What is the first lotion used in a perm?
Waving lotion
What is the chemical formual for water?
H2O
What is the physical part of the perm?
The wrapping of the hair on the rods
How can you activate formaldehyde gas?
By adding formalin to borax
including Color and Perming 2022 Questions and Answers
What type of hair takes the least amount of time to process during a perm?
Porous
During a perm, what can happen to the hair if the rubberband is stretched and
turned?
Breakage
Perming breaks down what type of bonds?
Disulfide Bonds
What action does neutralizer have on the hair?
It rehardens, reforms and reshapes
A client comes in after recieving a perm. The hair is curly when wet, but not when
it is dry. What do you do?
Recondtion
What do you do to resistant grey hair prior to color?
Presoften
On a retouch, what happens if you apply color past the regrowth?
It may casue discoloration and even breakage
When peroxide is added to an alkaline color mixure, what takes place?
Oxidation
What is a Color Filler?
It is used to mask missing color and even out porosity
What determines the processing time in a permanet wave?
Porosity
What should you do if a customer comes back and complains that a perm is too
tight?
Apply waving lotion to relax hair
What are Sulfur Bonds?
Chemicals that are very strong and can only be broken by chemicals
How far from the scalp should you apply a relaxer for a virgin application?
1/2 Inch
What size rods are used for a body wave?
Large
What should you do if an alkaline perm is on the hair for ten minutes and nothing
has happened?
Resaturate
What is the pH of an alkaline perm?
8.2 to 9.6
When peroxide is added to an alkaline color mixture, what happens?
Oxygen is given off
What is the pH of a sodium hydroxide?
Approximately 13
When do you use a neutralizing shampoo?
After a relaxer
, What two chemicals are used in permanent waving?
Waving lotion and neutralizer
How are acid waves activated?
By heat
When using on base rollers in wrapping a perm, you will achieve?
Volume or Height
What stops the action of a relaxer?
Warm water rinsing
What kind of perm would you give to reduce the curl pattern and make it more
manageable for overly curly hair?
Soft curl Perm
What should a practitioner always do before applying sodium hydroxide
relaxers?
Analyze the hair and scalp
When is the processing stopped for a chemical relaxer?
During Rinsing
Thio gel is used to presoften what kind of hair?
Curly
What do you use to make a warm color?
Red, Orange, Yellow
How do you remove green from blonde or white hair ?
Red
If a client had dark hair and wants to go light, what whould she do?
prelighten
If you have a weak, limp curl after perming the hair, it was caused by:
Under-Processing
The pH of an alkaline perm lotion should not exceed
9.6
The benefit of an acid balanced perm is
It has a lower pH so it is less harsh
What bonds are broken and rearranged during a permanent wave?
Disulfide Bonds
For the most commonly used perm wrap, how do you determine how to section
the hair?
By the lenght of the rod
What is the first thing to consider when allowing for processing time for a
permanent waving?
Porosity
What is the first lotion used in a perm?
Waving lotion
What is the chemical formual for water?
H2O
What is the physical part of the perm?
The wrapping of the hair on the rods
How can you activate formaldehyde gas?
By adding formalin to borax
