MILADY STANDARD NAIL TECHNOLOGY FINAL
EXAM 2024/2025 WITH 100% ACCURATE
SOLUTIONS
Which term refers to the art and science of beautifying and improving
the nails and skin of the hands and feet? - Precise Answer ✔✔Nail
Technology
in what year was the first successful nail lacquer brand marketed? -
Precise Answer ✔✔1932
Who were the first people to use cosmetics to prepare the deceased for
burial? - Precise Answer ✔✔The Egyptians
Ancient Egyptians used ___________ to stain their hair and nails a rich,
warm red? - Precise Answer ✔✔Henna paste
In which ancient cultures did military commanders stain their nails and
lips in matching colors before important battles? - Precise Answer
✔✔Egyptian and Roman
Which practice was closely tied to social status during the Chou
Dynasty? - Precise Answer ✔✔Nail Tinting
In which ancient culture could commoners be put to death for wearing
the Royal nail colors? - Precise Answer ✔✔Chinese
,The ancient Greeks made lavish use of perfumes and cosmetics for
grooming, medicinal purposes, and ___________? - Precise Answer
✔✔Religious Rites
Which ancient culture built elaborate baths and developed excellent
methods of dressing the hair? - Precise Answer ✔✔The Greeks
When preparing for battle, what color did Greek soldiers often apply to
their lips and nails? - Precise Answer ✔✔Red
Where did ancient Greek women apply kohl? - Precise Answer ✔✔To
their eyes.
What did ancient Greek women apply to their lips to add color? - Precise
Answer ✔✔Ground cinnabar
The Roman philosopher Plautus is credited with comparing a woman
without paint (cosmetics) to ___________? - Precise Answer ✔✔Food
without salt
If you were a noblewoman in ancient Rome, you would color your hair
___________ to indicate your class status? - Precise Answer ✔✔Red
,In ancient Rome, it was common for both men and women to add color
to their nails using a mixture of sheep blood and ____________? -
Precise Answer ✔✔Fat
Which period immediately followed the Middle Ages? - Precise Answer
✔✔The Renaissance
During the ____________, the use of highly colored preparations for the
lips, cheeks, eyes, and nails was discouraged? - Precise Answer
✔✔Renaissance
Archaeological digs have uncovered cosmetic tools from the
Renaissance period, including nail cleaners, some doubling as
______________, made of bone or metal in a wide variety of designs? -
Precise Answer ✔✔Ear Scoops
Victorian women ____________ to induce natural lip color? - Precise
Answer ✔✔Bit their lips
The onset of __________ led to a new prosperity in the United States,
during which all forms of beauty began to follow trends? - Precise
Answer ✔✔Industrialization
The first noncaking, non-cracking makeup was marketed to move stars
__________? - Precise Answer ✔✔Max Factor
, In 1910,_Flowery Manicure Products introduced the first modern-style
______________? - Precise Answer ✔✔Emery boards
Who introduced the first mass-marketed nail lacquers? - Precise Answer
✔✔Charles Revson
Jean Harlow and _____________ helped glamorize the hip new nail
lacquer trend in the 1930's by wearing matching colors on their fingers
and toes? - Precise Answer ✔✔Gloria Swanson
Shiny lips came into vogue for the first time in the _______________
when women began applying petroleum jelly over their lipstick? -
Precise Answer ✔✔1940's
The 1950's saw the introduction of tube mascara, improved hair care and
nail products, and the boom of _____________? - Precise Answer
✔✔Weekly Manicure
When did hot oil manicures first become the ultimate luxury in nail and
hand care? - Precise Answer ✔✔1950's
Which of the following is credited with establishing the biweekly nail
maintenance appointments? - Precise Answer ✔✔Juliette wraps (paper)
In the 1960's, where did the nails from nail technicians "nail banks"
typically come from? - Precise Answer ✔✔Their client's
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