Safety & Disinfection
How to properly drape for a chemical service:
Neck strip - Towel - Cape - Towel
Have a small diameter in the center with a larger diameter increase throughout the remaining length of the tool.
Concave Rods
The process of new hair growing out from the scalp that has not yet been chemically altered.
New Growth
A cream barrier applied around the hairline and ears to protect the skin from permanent wave lotions.
Protective Cream
To chemically alter naturally curly or wavy hair into a straighter form is known as:
Chemical Relaxing
A form affirming that your Guest was advised of the potential risks that could result during the requested chemical service
Release Statement
Chemically rearranging straight hair into a curly or wavy form.
Permanent Waving
The ability of the hair to absorb any liquid.
Porosity
Solutions with an acidic pH that restore the hair’s natural pH after a hydroxide relaxer and prior to shampooing.
Normalizing Lotion
Products that are manufactured 'without' the use of formaldehyde but could release a formaldehyde gas upon use.
Formaldehyde Free
Any illness caused by overexposure to certain products or ingredients.
Occupational Disease
Also known as periodic strand test, is completed during the service to determine if the required service time has been achieved.
Processing Strand Test
The capability of the hair strand to stretch and return to its previous form without breaking.
Elasticity
Chemically restores the disulfide bonds to their newly hardened shape.
Neutralizing
A chemical texture service that restructures overly curly hair into loose curls or waves.
Soft Curl Reformation
Performed as part of your Guest consultation to test how the hair will respond to the chemical application.
Preliminary Strand Test
Also known as Circular Rods, are long, plastic rods that are used to create spiral curls.
Loop Rods
The building blocks for the hair, skin, and nails,
are composed of a strong, fibrous protein called what?
Keratin
Relaxer that requires the mixing of 2 products and are advertised as 'no-lye' for sensitive skin.
Guanidine Hydroxide
Wrapping the hair from ends inward
toward the scalp in overlapping layers.
Croquignole Wrap
An allergic reaction caused by repeated exposure to a chemical or substance.
Sensitization
Also known as Base Placement, is the position of the perm rod in relation to its base section and is determined by the angle at which the hair is wrapped.
Base Control
The technical term for the study of the hair, the disorders and diseases of hair and hair care.
Trichology
Defined as an organic compound that is a colorless, flammable and pungent gas.
Formaldehyde
A mild, alternative relaxer that is compatible with thio
relaxers and contain a low pH.
Ammonium Bisulfite Relaxer