RELAXER RUNDOWN
What type of relaxer service is performed on natural, untreated hair?
Virgin relaxer
What technique loosens tightly curled hair by approximately 50% of its original curl pattern?
Curl diffusion
What is the name of the product used to reduce the curl pattern?
The curl rearranger
True or False: Client's often request a relaxer service to tighten the existing texture of the hair?
False
When performing a curl reformation service, the perm tool diameter chosen is generally at least how many times larger than the diameter of the natural curl pattern?
Two
There are four basic relaxer services: curl diffusion, virgin relaxer, retouch relaxer and?
Zonal Relaxer
The 3 actions involved during curl reformation process include reduce, reform, and?
Rebond
Which of the following descriptions is NOT a basic relaxer service?
Acid
The function of a curl activator is to provide moisture and?
help retain shape of a new curl configuration
During a curl reforming service, what size parting should be used?
Thinner than normal
A virgin relaxer service is a technique used on natural, untreated or "virgin" hair to straighten the hair up to?
85%
The new curl pattern is rebounded or fixed into a lasting shape by applying what to that hair?
Neutralizing lotion
Which relaxer ingredient requires the use of a base cream on the scalp to prevent irritation?
Sodium Hydroxide Relaxer
in the early 1900s, a temporary method of hair relaxing called hair pressing was conceived by?
Sarah Breedlove also known as Madam C. J. Walker
During curl reformation, what is the purpose of the booster?
To cause the hair to soften and swell so it can be reformed into a new curl or wave pattern
The two most common types of chemical relaxers are?
Ammonium Thioglycolate & Sodium Hydroxide
True or False: Curl reformation is also known as reformation curls, soft curls or double process curls?
True
What is the main ingredient in curl boosters?
Ammonium Thioglycolate
Today, curl reformation products have been reformulated and are often known as?
Dry-curl
When selecting the appropriate perm service, what characteristic of the client's hair should you consider?
The client's hair density and length
What was the pH of early relaxers products?
14
Which Curl reformation services can be preformed over hair relaxed with sodium hydroxide-based product?
NONE
A client wants curl reforming but has previously received a sodium hydroxide relaxer. What should the cosmetologist determine before proceeding?
They should explain to the client why the service should not be performed over the sodium-hydroxide treated hair.
A Client has very tightly curled hair and wants the curl pattern loosened rather than completely straightened. Which technique would be appropriate?
Curl diffusion/ Chemical blow-out
What are the two basic Relaxer services most frequently performed?
Virgin and Retouch