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Hydroxide Relaxers
Neutralization
Safety Precautions
Processing
Misc.
100

What is not a required first step for the sodium hydroxide relaxer procedure?

What is a pre-shampoo

100
Type of shampoo used AFTER a chemical relaxer?
What is neutralizing shampoo?
100

Before performing the relaxer service you must judge, the hair's porosity, texture, and 

What is elasticty?

100
After the hair is sufficiently relaxed rinse with _________.
What is warm water?
100
Rearranging the basic structure of overly curly hair into a straight form is known as:
What is chemical hair relaxing?
200
Two kinds of hydroxide relaxers?
What are base and no base relaxers?
200
Stops the action of chemical hair relaxing?
What is a neutralizer?
200
Fine, tinted and lightened hair requires this type of relaxer:
What is a mild relaxer?
200
This affects the processing time for a chemical hair relaxer:
What is porosity?
200
Three basic steps for a chemical hair relaxer is processing, neutralizing and _______.
What is conditioning?
300
Hydroxide relaxers cause the hair to soften and _______.
What is swelling?
300
Restores the hair to the normal acidic pH:
What is normalizing lotion?
300
Do not proceed with the relaxer if these are present:
What are scalp abrasions?
300
This should be done by stretching the hair to see how fast the natural curls are being removed:
What is periodic strand testing?
300

Base relaxers require you to apply protective cream where?

What is the entire scalp?

400

The type of relaxers with ionic compounds made of metal is known as what?

What is metal hydroxide relaxers?

400

Does not have a neutralizer come with it?

What is a thio relaxer?

400
Always avoid scratching the scalp prior to a relaxer and always wear:
What are gloves?
400
Coarse, virgin hair require what type of relaxer?
What is super strength?
400
What is it called when you combine a thio relaxer with a thio permanent?
What is a soft curl permanent?
500
Process of breaking the disulfide bonds during processing and converting them to lanthionine bonds is known as?
What is lanthionization?
500
Chemical required to stop the action of the chemical relaxer?
What is a neutralizer?
500
Protects the scalp from possible burns?
What is base cream?
500

 When using the comb method of application, how is the relaxing cream applied?

What is the back of the comb

500
Steps to a soft curl permanent include: process, rinsing hair thoroughly with warm water, blot each curl with a towel, saturate rods with neutralizer, process and ______.
What is removing the rods?