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Cosmetology Licensing Exam Questions and Answers: A Comprehensive Guide for Students, Exams of Cosmetology

Aveda Institute New YorkCosmetology

A comprehensive overview of key concepts and terminology related to cosmetology, including hair structure, hair coloring, hair treatments, and hair disorders. It includes a list of questions and answers that are relevant to cosmetology licensing exams, making it a valuable resource for students preparing for their exams. A wide range of topics, from basic hair anatomy to advanced techniques like hair relaxing and perming.

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Natural hair colors ✔✔Such is Hannah also known as vegetable hair color
Metallic hair color ✔✔Contains metallic salts that cause build up and react badly with permanent
color and lightener
Hydrogen peroxide developer ✔✔Oxidizing agent that supplies Necessary oxygen to develop
molecules in oxidative color
Volume ✔✔Concentration and strength of a developer
Lighteners ✔✔Decolorizing natural hair pigment
Single process ✔✔Lifts and deposits in one process
Double process ✔✔Pre-lightened then depositing color
How many stages in decolorizing ✔✔Up to 10
Toners ✔✔Traditional send me or Demi more permanent hair color applied over pre-lightened
hair for pale, delicate colors
Patch or predisposition test ✔✔Used to identify a possible allergy
Strand test ✔✔Determines how hair will react
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Natural hair colors ✔✔Such is Hannah also known as vegetable hair color Metallic hair color ✔✔Contains metallic salts that cause build up and react badly with permanent color and lightener Hydrogen peroxide developer ✔✔Oxidizing agent that supplies Necessary oxygen to develop molecules in oxidative color Volume ✔✔Concentration and strength of a developer Lighteners ✔✔Decolorizing natural hair pigment Single process ✔✔Lifts and deposits in one process Double process ✔✔Pre-lightened then depositing color How many stages in decolorizing ✔✔Up to 10 Toners ✔✔Traditional send me or Demi more permanent hair color applied over pre-lightened hair for pale, delicate colors Patch or predisposition test ✔✔Used to identify a possible allergy Strand test ✔✔Determines how hair will react

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Glaze ✔✔Add shine and tone to the hair Pre-softening ✔✔Treating gray or resistant hair to allow better penetration of color Color filler's ✔✔Neutralize pigment of pre-lightened hair Monilethrix ✔✔beaded hair Tricoptilosis ✔✔Split ends Carbon oxygen hydrogen and nitrogen sulfur ✔✔The major elements that make up human hair Tinea favosa ✔✔Dry yellow crusts Fragilitas crinium ✔✔Brittle hair Trichorrhexis Nodosa ✔✔Knotted hair swelling of the hair shaft Hypertrichosis ✔✔excessive hair growth Ringed hair ✔✔Alternating bands of gray and pigmented hair Canities ✔✔Gray hair Texture ✔✔Diameter of each individual hair strand Density ✔✔The number of hairs per square inch Porosity ✔✔The hairs ability to absorb moisture

Terminal hairs ✔✔Heavy, more deeply pigmented, and sometimes curly Anagen phase ✔✔The growth phase where new hair is produced Catagen Phase ✔✔a transition stage between the anagen and telogen phases of hair growth Telogen phase ✔✔the final growth phase in which hair naturally falls out of the skin alopecia areata ✔✔Auto immune disorder that causes hair loss Hair stream ✔✔hair flowing in the same direction Elasticity ✔✔Ability of hair to stretch and return to original length Folliculitis ✔✔inflammation of the hair follicle carbuncle ✔✔Inflammation caused by staphylococci Furuncle ✔✔boil Tinea ✔✔Ringworm Pityriasis Steatoides ✔✔Severe dandruff with greasy or waxy scales and pus pityriasis capitis simplex ✔✔Classic dandruff Malassezia ✔✔Fungus that causes dandruff

pityriasis ✔✔Dandruff Cuticles ✔✔Tough exterior layer of the hair Cortex ✔✔Middle layer of the hair responsible for strength and elasticity Medulla ✔✔Innermost layer of the hair Coarse hair requires what perm ✔✔Highly alkaline Damaged or chemically treated hair requires what kind of perm ✔✔Less alkaline Amino acids ✔✔Compounds made up of carbon oxygen hydrogen and nitrogen and sulfur Peptide bonds ✔✔Also known as and bonds join amino acids together Polypeptide chains ✔✔Long chains of amino acids joined together by peptide bonds No base Relaxers ✔✔Doesn't require application of a base cream Base relaxers ✔✔Requires protective base cream Guandine hydrogen relaxers ✔✔No-lye, two components that must be mixed together Lithium hydroxide relaxers ✔✔No mix no lie Metal hydroxide relaxers ✔✔Contain sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide and lithium hydroxide