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ESTHETICIAN STATE BOARD WRITTEN STUDY
GUIDE (TEXAS) ~ Client Consultation and Analysis
Updated 2024
Client consultation - Ans:✔✔-Also known as the needs assessment; the verbal communication with a
client that determines what the client's needs are and how to achieve the desired results.
Communication - Ans:✔✔-The act of successfully sharing information between two people, or groups of
people, so that it is effectively understood.
Consent form - Ans:✔✔-A customary written agreement between. The client and esthetician (salon/spa)
for applying a particular treatment, whether routine or preoperative.
Reflective listening - Ans:✔✔-Listening to the client and then repeating, in your own words, what you
think the client is telling you
List the golden rules of Human relations - Ans:✔✔-Respond calmly instead of reacting.
Believe in yourself.
Talk less, listen more.
Be attentive.
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Take your own temperature.
How should you prepare for a client consultation? - Ans:✔✔-Have a pen and intake form along with
vendor supplied or salon manufactured pamphlets, photos, articles, or clinical research papers will help
you to prevent the services or explain the benefits of certain ingredients that will be used to perform a
treatment.
List and describe the 10 elements of a successful client consultation. - Ans:✔✔-Review the intake form
that your client filled out, take a few minutes to develop rapport with the client and get the consultation
going.
Assess your clients current goals and objectives.
Preference, ask what products your client is currently using.
Analyze, use a magnifying loupe and/or wood's lamp to asses the client's skin.
Lifestyle, ask your client about her career and personal lifestyle.
Show and tell, review the various treatment options.
Suggest, once you have enough information to make valid suggestions, narrow the treatment options
based on the following:lifestyle, skin type, skin conditions, Fitzpatrick typing.
Sun exposure, maintenance, repeat.
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