PART 1
What was the method of hair relaxing in the early 1900's ?
Hair pressing
What are the two major categories of hair relaxing used in the salon ?
Sodium Hydroxide & Ammonium Thioglycolate
What is applied to protect the scalp and hairline for the application of a relaxing service ?
Base cream
What is the first process in curl reforming ?
Relaxing or Reducing natural curl pattern
What hair process is first relaxed to reduce natural curl and then permed to create a new curl pattern ?
Soft Curl, Reformation curls, or Double-process perm
In t he industry of hair, Garret A. Morgan in the early 1900's developed what ?
First human hair straightener
What is the pH of sodium hydroxide relaxer ?
11.5-14
What product rehardens, fixes and restores bonds to make a new shape permanent and contains an oxidizing agent ?
Neutralizer or neutralizing shampoo
In soft curl perming, What is applied in the reforming step ?
Curl Booster or perm solution
What are the two basic curl reformation services ?
Virgin & Retouch Reformations
What phase of hair relaxing involves smoothing the hair, testing for relaxation and neutralizing ?
Physical phase
What is the pH of an ammonium thioglycolate relaxer ?
8.5-9.5
What product protects the hair strand when being processed during a retouch service ?
Protective cream
In reforming and rebonding of a soft curl perm, generally what diameter base and base position of the tool is used throughout this process ?
1 diameter & half-off base
Jheri Redding co-founder of Redken & Nexxus developed a reforming system worn by men & women that was called what ?
Jheri curl
What is the last step of the physical phase for the relaxer service ?
Neutralizing or neutralizing shampoo
List the 3 strengths of chemical relaxers :
Mild, Regular, and Super
What is known as the finger test ?
Porosity test
On maintenance regimen, how often do you shampoo your hair after a soft curl perm ?
Every week in a half to 2 weeks
What was the first at-home curl kit in the 1980s ?
Pro-line's " curly kit "
What are the 4 basic hair relaxing services ?
Curl Diffusion, Virgin Relaxer, Retouch Relaxer, & Zonal Relaxer
What two types of hair color can be performed on the same day of a hair relaxing service ?
Temporary or Semi-permanent color
What percentage of curl is reduced in a curl diffusion relaxing service ?
50%
List the 6 steps performed in a curl reformation service:
Section, apply curl rearranger, smooth, section & wrap, apply curl booster, and neutralizing
Today, curl reformation products have been reformulated and are often known as:
" dry-curl systems