Skin
The difference between deodorant and antiperspirant?
What is Deodorant addresses reducing odor but doesn't stop sweat; Antiperspirant reduces sweat.
An antiperspirant can also reduce odor.
Sunscreen causes cancer.
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What is FALSE!
Sunscreen prevents cancer.
Alcohol is bad in skincare products.
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What is FALSE!
It's all about the formulation and how the product is created. Because it contains alcohol, doesn't necessarily mean it will dry out your skin.
Conditioning ingredients in hair care are cationic meaning they have what type of charge?
(hint: + or -)
What is Positive charge?
Products that cleanse that use micelles
What is: face wash, body wash, shampoo
*any answer above is acceptable
Preservatives in cosmetics are bad for you.
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What is FALSE!
Preservatives are very safe and keep fungus, mold, and bacteria from growing in your products keeping you safe.
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Some hair products use color theory to offset or eliminate certain unwanted color tones in your hair.
If your blonde or gray hair starts to look yellow, you should use this color of shampoo.
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Sunscreen is considred a drug product in the US.
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What is TRUE!
Sunscreen is considered an OTC (over the counter drug)
Hair split ends can be repaired.
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What is FALSE!
Split ends can only temporarily be "glued back together". They cannot grow back together. To eliminate split ends, you have to cut them off.
Things that affect how healthy our hair (and nails) are.
What is any are acceptable: diet, nutrient deficiencies, environment, hormones, genetics, medical conditions, age (anagen phase typically shortens with age making hair grow slower and finer)
It takes this many days for new skin cells produced in the epidermis to come to the surface.
What is 28 days?
Sweat stinks.
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What is FALSE!
Sweat is odorless, BUT there are microbes that feed off the sweat breaking it down into molecules that are stinky.
Cosmetic products are safety tested.
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What is TRUE!
Products are tested for safety like irritation and sensitization, ophthalmology tested, ocular testing, heavy metal testing, and preservative efficacy testing.
The amount of time one should go between washing your hair.
What is it depends on various factors? Hair type, scalp needs, activity level, product use. Optimally no more than 2-3 days.
Carmine, also called Natural Red 4, is a non vegan red colorant used in lipsticks and eye shadows. It comes from this creature.
What is a Beetle?
(cochineal insect)
When permanently coloring your hair, you are opening the cuticle to shove color particles inside. When lightening your hair, you are opening the cuticle to remove color particles, including any melanin contained within the cortex.
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What is TRUE!
The hair strand is made up of a cuticle on the outside (kind of like shingles on a roof), the cortex in the middle layer that gives the hair strand it's strength and elasticity (this layer contains the melanin and gives hair it's color), and the inner-most layer the medulla (fine hair may not contain a medulla, but it is always present in curly/wavy hair)
Hair is made of dead cells.
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What is TRUE!
Hair is not a living tissue. Only the follicles are living.
Our hair is not constantly growing and goes through this many cycles.
What is 3?
*Anagen (growth phase / 2-6 years and determines how long one can grow their hair)
*Catagen (transitional phase / 1-2 weeks and is when the follicle begins to decrease in size)
*Telogen (resting phase / 2-6 months until a new hair grows and pushes the old hair out)