Chapter 1 | History & Career Opportunities

Question 1

Encompass a broad range is speciality areas, including hairstyles, nail technology, and esthetics is?

Answer 1

Appearance enchantment

Question 2

The art and science of beautifying and improving the skin, nails, and hair and includes the study of cosmetics and their application.

Answer 2

Cosmetology

Question 3

Hair cutting and hairstyles were practiced in some forms as easy as the

Answer 3

Ice Age

Question 4

What was used to tie the hair back or as adornment?

Answer 4

Animal sense or strips of hide

Question 5

Made from berries, tree bark, minerals, insects, nuts, herbs, leaves, and other materials.

Answer 5

Pigments

Question 6

What tribe used hairstyles as a symbol of tribal traditions and conveyed a message of age, marital status, power, and rank?

Answer 6

African

Question 7

What was used to color Africans tribes hair?

Answer 7

Red earth

Question 8

Elaborate hair styles and head dressing were a symbol of ?

Answer 8

Stature

Question 9

In the earliest image of African people their hair was a preeminent reflection of what?

Answer 9

The state of their well being and existence in the world.

Question 10

Who was the first to cultivate beauty in an extravagant fashion?

Answer 10

Egyptians

Question 11

Cosmetics in Egypt were used as a part of?

Answer 11

Religious ceremonies, and preparation of the deceased for burial, and personal use

Question 12

In 2630 BC who used minerals, insects and berries to create makeup for their eyes, lips, and skin?

Answer 12

Egyptians

Question 13

What was used to stain Egyptians hair and nails a rich, warm red?

Answer 13

Henna

Question 14

Who was the first civilization to
infuse essential oils from the leaves, bark, and blossoms of plants for use as
perfumes and for purification purposes?

Answer 14

Egyptians

Question 15

Who stained her nails red by dipping her fingertips in henna and used custom-blended essential oils as a signature scent in 1400 BC?

Answer 15

Queen Nefertiti

Question 16

In 50 BC who had a personal cosmetics factory next to the Dead Sea?

Answer 16

Queen Cleopatra

Question 17

Who was credited with creating kohl makeup to heavily line the eyes, alleviate eye inflammation, and protect the eyes from the glare of the sun?

Answer 17

Egyptians

Question 18

How was kohl makeup made

Answer 18

A mixture of ground galena( a black mineral), sulfur, and animal fat.

Question 19

NYS Department of State Division of Licensing Services is what?

Answer 19

Cosmetology means providing services to the hair, head, face, neck, or scalp.

Question 20

Who advanced grooming and skin care?

Answer 20

Greeks

Question 21

During the Shang Dynasty 1600 BC Chinese aristocrats rubbed a tinted mixture of gum Arabic, gelatin, beeswax, and egg whites onto their nails to color them?

Answer 21

Ebony or Crimson

Question 22

During the Zhou Dynasty or (Chou) 1100 BC what were they royal colors?

Answer 22

Gold and silver

Question 23

What era was nail tinting tied closely to social status

Answer 23

Chinese

Question 24

Who made use of lavish perfumes and cosmetics in their religious rights, grooming, and medicinal purposes?

Answer 24

Ancient Greeks

Question 25

During what age did hairstyle become highly developed art?

Answer 25

Golden age of Greece 500BC

Question 26

What was applied to Greek women faces as preparation?

Answer 26

White lead, kohl around eyes and vermillion on cheeks and lips.

Question 27

What is vermillion made by?

Answer 27

Ground cinnabar

Question 28

What women used lavishly used fragrances and cosmetics

Answer 28

Roman

Question 29

What we’re facials made of

Answer 29

Milk and bread or fine wine

Question 30

What age did women used hair color to indicate their class in society

Answer 30

Roman

Question 31

What color did middle class women dye their hair

Answer 31

Blond

Question 32

What age did women wear colored make up in their cheeks and lips, but not their eyes

Answer 32

Middle Ages

Question 33

AD 1000 a Persian physician and alchemist named Avicenna refined what

Answer 33

The steam distillation

Question 34

What period in history did western civilization made the transition from medieval to modern history

Answer 34

The renaissance

Question 35

What was an unusual practice in what era made women have a greater intelligence?

Answer 35

A brow less forehead in renaissance

Question 36

In what era were highly colored preparations of the lips, cheeks, and eyes discouraged

Answer 36

Renaissance

Question 37

In what era did Queen Victoria of England reign from 1837-1901

Answer 37

Victorian Age

Question 38

Fashion and personal grooming were drastically influenced by the social mores of what period in the Victorian age history?

Answer 38

Austere and restrictive

Question 39

In the Victorian age beauty mask and pack were made from?

Answer 39

Honey, eggs, milk, oatmeal, fruits, vegetables, and other natural ingredients

Question 40

What did women do to induce a natural color rather than using cosmetics?

Answer 40

Pinch cheeks and bite lips

Question 41

In what time period was motion picture coincided with a shift in American attitudes?

Answer 41

Twentieth Century

Question 42

In what era was industrialization spread?

Answer 42

Twentieth century

Question 43

Beauty applications began to follow the trends set by who?

Answer 43

Celebrities and society figures

Question 44

In 1908 what Poland Americanized his name and started selling makeup

Answer 44

Max Faktor

Question 45

What was Max Factor makeup known for?

Answer 45

Non crack or cake makeup for movie stars

Question 46

On October 8, 1906 who inventors a heavily wired machine with metal rods

Answer 46

Charles Nessler

Question 47

During what age, did makeup and showy clothing discouraged except in the theater.

Answer 47

Victorian

Question 48

Who applied various | preparations to the skin.

Answer 48

Romans

Question 49

Who showed towering headdresses, intricate hairstyles, and the use of cosmetics on skin and hair.

Answer 49

Middle ages

Question 50

After World War I, when women | cut their hair into the short bobbed style, this was called?

Answer 50

Croquignole

Question 51

Who was the daughter of former slaves and was orphaned at age 7

Answer 51

Sarah Breedlove

Question 52

Sarah Breedlove was also known as

Answer 52

Madame C.J. Walker

Question 53

In what year did madame C.J. Walker move her company to Indianapolis where she built a factory, hair salon, and training school.

Answer 53

1910

Question 54

In 1872 who invented the first curling iron

Answer 54

Marcel Grateau

Question 55

What year did the era of cosmetology change?

Answer 55

1920

Question 56

What changed the era of cosmetology

Answer 56

Unionizing and practice of barbering ushered

Question 57

What year was the preheat perm method introduced

Answer 57

1931

Question 58

Who introduced the alternative perm method in 1932

Answer 58

Ralph L. Evans and Everett G.cDonough

Question 59

What year was the first nail polish marketed

Answer 59

1932

Question 60

Who marketed the first nail polish

Answer 60

Charles Revson of Revlon

Question 61

Who glamorized the new nail fashion by appearing in films

Answer 61

Jean Harlow and Gloria Swanson

Question 62

Who introduced the first permanent hair color

Answer 62

Lawrence Gelb, New York Chemist

Question 63

Who founded Clairol

Answer 63

Lawrence Gelb

Question 64

When was pancake makeup created?

Answer 64

1935

Question 65

Who created pancake makeup?

Answer 65

Max Factor

Question 66

Who invited the cold wave?

Answer 66

Arnold F. Willatt

Question 67

What is the precursor to the modern perm?

Answer 67

Cold wave

Question 68

What year was the cold wave developed

Answer 68

1941

Question 69

What is the modern term for cold waving?

Answer 69

Alkaline perms

Question 70

Who revolutionized geometric cuts

Answer 70

Vidal Sassoon

Question 71

Who brought on the new era of highlighting?

Answer 71

French hairdressers

Question 72

French hairdressing introduced what to highlighting?

Answer 72

Weaving and aluminum foil

Question 73

What iconic hair dresser opened his first salon in Covent Garden, England

Answer 73

Trevor Sorbie

Question 74

Who invented the world’s first ammonia- free hair color?

Answer 74

Farouk Shami

Question 75

In what era did the beauty industry enter the age of specialization

Answer 75

Twenty first century

Question 76

Who coined the term day spa

Answer 76

Noel DeCaprio

Question 77

What holds the key to individual development and personal motivation, and gives you knowledge and confidence?

Answer 77

Continuing Education

Question 78

The slalom industry depends heavily on its relationships with who in order to stay abreast of what is occurring in the marketplace

Answer 78

Distributors sales consultant

Question 79

What does the salon business withstand better than other industries

Answer 79

Recession

Question 80

What will determine how successful you become after obtaining your licenses?

Answer 80

Personal dedication and passion