Vocabulary
The art and science of beautifying and improving the skin, nails, and hair, and the study of cosmetics and their application, is called
What is cosmetology?
The earliest archaeology studies reveal that haircutting and hairstyling were practiced in the ____________________.
What is the Ice Age?
In ancient __________, nail tinting was so closely tied to social status that commoners caught wearing a royal nail color faced punishment of death.
What is China?
During the _______________________, both men and women took great pride in their physical appearance: wore elaborate, elegant clothing: and used fragrances and cosmetics, although colored preparations of the lips, cheeks, and eyes were discouraged.
What is the Renaissance?
The 1970's saw a new era in highlighting when French hairdressers introduced the art of hair weaving using ______________________.
What is aluminum foil?
A term used to encompass a broad range of specialty areas, including hairstyling, nail technology, and esthetics.
What is appearance enhancement?
Cosmetic implements used during the _________ were shaped from sharpened flints, oyster shells, or bone.
What is the Ice Age?
Women wore colored makeup on their cheeks and lips but not on their eyes, during the:
What is the middle ages?
In the early twentieth century, the invention of the ____________ coincided with an abrupt shift in American attitudes.
What is the Motion picture?
The term_____________ services is used today to refer to the variety of permanent waving and straightening services available for various hair types and conditions.
What is texture?
Education that is employment or license related; used to motivate, enrich, update skill sets, satisfy licensing requirements, or further your career.
What is continuing education?
Ancient records show that matter made from berries, tree bark, minerals, insects, nuts, herbs and leaves were used for ___________.
What are pigments?
Roman noblewomen tinted their
hair ______________.
What is red?
The first curling iron in 1872 consisted of ________________.
What are Tongs heated by a gas burner?
Today, the beauty industry has entered an age of ___________________.
Greek word meaning skilled in the use of cosmetics
What is kosmeticos?
In ancient Egypt,
Queen Nefertiti
stained her nails
red by dipping her
fingertips in:
What is henna?
During the ____________________, women used beauty masks and packs made from honey, eggs, milk, oatmeal, fruits, vegetables, and other natural ingredients in accordance with the strict social mores of the day.
What is the Victorian age?
The makeup of ________________ was popular with movies stars in the early 1900's because it would not cake or crack even under hot studio lights.
Who is Max Factor?
In the salon industry, DSC is known as a ____________________.
What is a Distributor sales consultant?
The definition of cosmetology varies by state. For example, the NYS Department of State Division of Licensing Services defines the practice of "Cosmetology" as that of "providing the services to the _________________ of a human being
What is hair, head, face, neck, or scalp?
Greek women applied preparations of
__________ onto their faces.
What is white lead?
Middle class women colored their hair ____________.
What is blond?
An alternative to the machine perm was introduced in 1932 when Ralph L Evans and Everett G. McDonough pioneered a method that used a heat generated by:
What is a Chemical reaction?
Which career path requires an aptitude for math and accounting, the ability to read documents such as profit and loss statements, and an understanding of marketing?
What is salon management?