Cosmetology State Board Practice Test
(146 questions)
Corrugations - ANSNail disorder - Horizontal wavy ridges caused by uneven growth due to
illness or injuries.
Furrows - ANSNail disorder - vertical lines down the nail plate caused by nutrition, injury or
illness.
Leuconchia - ANSWhite spots on the nail caused by injury to the base of the nail
Onychorrhexis - ANSSplit or brittle nails caused by injury, careless filing, vitamin deficiencies,
illness, and frequent exposure to strong chemicals.
Hang Nails - ANSCaused by dry cuticle and carlessness in removing the cuticle
Onychomycosis Unguium - ANSNail fungus caused by a parasite. very contagious
Onychocryptosis - ANSIngrown nail caused by filing the nail too much, or tight fitting shoes.
Verruca - ANSWarts caused by infectious virus
Onycholysis - ANSlifting of the nail without shedding
5 Basic Nail Shapes - ANSsquoval, round, oval, pointed, square
Toner - ANSused on pre-lightened hair to achieve pale and delicate colors after decoloring
Conditioning filler - ANSprotein conditioner that will equalize porosity and fill the holes
Color filler - ANSused to replace the missing primary colors
Oxidative - ANSDemi- permenant and permenant color
Non-oxidative color - ANStemporary - physical change only. Semi-permanent.
Double process blonde - ANSdecolorizing and toning
What affects lightener working time? - ANSMelanin - the more there is the longer the process.
Scalp processes faster because of body heat
, Lift - ANSlightening by breaking up the melanin to decolorize hair
Deposit - ANSmeans that product only deposits color because it does not contain ammonia or
high alkalinity necessary to lift
developer - ANSoxidizing agent H2O2 when mixed with ammonia it will break up the melanin
and give ability to lift or lighten
Semi-permanent color - ANSnon-oxidative, temporary color, stains cuticle, fades in each
shampoo.
Demi-permanent color - ANSoxidative, deposit only, deepens or changes the tone
Permanent color - ANSlightens and deposits at the same time. more alkaline ingredients,
penetrates the cortex, can't shampoo out
Primary colors - ANSRed, Blue, Yellow
Brown - ANSunequal combo of primary color
Black - ANSEqual parts of primary colors
Warm tones - ANSred, orange, yellow
Cool tones - ANSblue, green, violet
Neutral tones - ANSperfect combo of both cool and warm tones
Eumelanin - ANSBrown to black pigments
Pheomelanin - ANSRed to yellow pigments
Coarse texture - ANSlargest diameter, greatest amount of melanin, processing time and lift is
affected
medium texture - ANShas a balance of melanin, typically no problems
Fine texture - ANSsmallest diameter, least amount of melanin, more susceptible to darker
drabber results, more prone to damage
Alkaline Wave - ANSAKA cold waves - ammonium thioglycolate (thio and ammonia). ph -
9.0-9.6, no tension, solution causes hair to swell, processes at RT
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