Nail Structure
The technical term for nails of the fingers or toes
What is onyx?
An oily cream used to protect the skin and scalp during the relaxing process
What is base cream?
What are the five skin types?
What is normal, dry, oily, combination, and sensitive?
The term for the hair's natural color
What is hair color?
When you comb the hair away from it’s natural position
What is overdirection?
The visible part of the matrix that extends from underneath the living skin
What is lunula?
Thin, absorbent papers that control the hair’s ends when winding hair on perm rods
What is end papers?
The six types of cleansers
What is foaming cleanser, cleansing cream, cleansing lotion, cleansing milk, cleansing oil, and cleansing water?
Measurement systems used to determine the lightness or darkness of artificial and natural hair color
What is level system?
What are the four types of sections?
What is horseshoe, pivoting, profile, and radial?
The nonliving, colorless tissue attached to the nail plate
What is cuticle?
Waves that have a pH between 4.5 and 7.0 that requires heat to process
What is true acid waves?
What is the direction of movement in massage?
What is insertion to origin?
Provides 2 levels of lift and is used for complete gray coverage and for lightening the hair
What is 20 volume developer?
A stylist is discussing a new hairstyle with a client, who describes a style that must use layers. In order to create the layered style, what type of guideline should the stylist use?
What is traveling guideline?
The slightly thickened layer of skin that lies between the fingertip and the free edge of the nail plate, forming a protective barrier that prevents microorganisms from invading and infecting the nail bed
What is hyponychium?
Relies on an oxidation process to stop the action of the relaxer solution and rebuild the hair into its new form
What is thio neutralization?
The process of softening and emulsifying hardened sebum stuck in the hair follicles
What is deincrustation?
Progressive haircolor that is built up over multiple applications and can build up and interfere with other chemical services
What is metallic haircolor?
A haircut with a visual buildup of weight in which the hair ends appear to be stacked is an example of which of the four basic haircuts?
What is graduated haircut?
All parts of the finger from the tip to the next knuckle
What is natural nail unit?
The main active ingredient in true acid and acid-balanced waving lotions
What is glyceryl monothioglycolate (GMTG)?
The two chemical exfoliants most commonly used by estheticians
What is hydroxy acids and enzyme exfoliants?
The pH range for developer
What is 2.5 - 4.5?
To execute a client's desired hairstyle, a stylist must remove large sections from the client's straight, thick hair. Which type of haircutting shears is best for this task?
What is chunking shears?