Chapter 20 Review Part 2 ~ Chemical Texture Services: Chemical Hair Relaxing and Soft Curl Perming

Question 0

What stops the action of any chemical relaxer?

Answer 0

Neutralizer

Question 1

The chemical required to stop the action of the chemical relaxer is: ____

Answer 1

Neutralizer

Question 2

What are the three basic steps used in chemical hair relaxing?

Answer 2

Processing
Neutralization
Conditioning

Question 3

The process of permanently rearranging the basic structure of overly curly hair into a straight form is called ___.

Answer 3

Chemical Hair Relaxing

Question 4

Hydroxide relaxers are usually sold in ___ formulas.

Answer 4

Base and No Base

Question 5

Of the general types of hair relaxers, which one does not require pre-shampooing?

Answer 5

Sodium Hydroxide

Question 6

The processing time of a chemical relaxer is affected by ___.

Answer 6

The hair’s porosity

Question 7

The strength of relaxer is determined by the strand test. General guidelines suggest that for fine, tinted, or lightened hair, the following strength is used ____.

Answer 7

Mild

Question 8

The scalp and skin are protected from possible burns when using a hair relaxer by applying ___.

Answer 8

Base Cream

Question 9

The best type of shampoo to use after the chemical relaxer is ___.

Answer 9

Neutralizing

Question 10

Before giving a relaxing treatment to overly curly hair, the cosmetologist must judge its texture, porosity, and ___.

Answer 10

elasticity and extent of damage

Question 11

If using a “no base” relaxer, a protective cream may be applied ____.

Answer 11

To the hairline and on the ears

Question 12

The strength of relaxer is determined by the strand test. General guidelines suggest that for coarse virgin hair, the following strength is used ___.

Answer 12

Strong or Super

Question 13

The action of a sodium hydroxide relaxer causes the hair to ___.

Answer 13

Soften and Swell

Question 14

The process of breaking the hair’s disulfide bonds during processing and converting them to lanthionine bonds when the relaxer is rinsed from the hair is known as ____.

Answer 14

Lanthionization

Question 15

The relaxer cream is applied near to the scalp last because processing is accelerated in this area by ___.

Answer 15

Body Heat

Question 16

After the hair has been processed with sodium hydroxide relaxer and before the shampoo, the hair should be throughly ____.

Answer 16

Rinsed

Question 17

When performing a sodium hydroxide retouch, where is the product first applied?

Answer 17

New Growth Only

Question 18

When hair has been sufficiently straighten, the hair is rinsed rapidly and thoroughly with ___ water.

Answer 18

Warm

Question 19

To check relaxer processing, smooth and press a strand to the scalp using the back of the comb or your finger. If the curl returns, ___.

Answer 19

Continue Processing

Question 20

When applying sodium hydroxide relaxer l, the processing cream is applied last to the ___ and ___.

Answer 20

Scalp

Ends

Question 21

A hair relaxing treatment should be avoided when an examination shows the presence of ___.

Answer 21

Scalp Abrasions

Question 22

The most commonly used methods of hair relaxing are the sodium hydroxide method and the ___ method.

Answer 22

Thio

Question 23

Inspecting the action of the relaxer by stretching the strands to see how fast the natural curls are being removed is called ___.

Answer 23

Periodic Strand Testing

Question 24

When using the comb method of application, how is the relaxing cream applied?

Answer 24

With the back of the comb

Question 25

Sodium hydroxide relaxers are commonly called ___.

Answer 25

Lye Relaxers

Question 26

What is one safety precaution that must be followed with all chemical hair relaxing services?

Answer 26

Wear Gloves

Question 27

What is used to restore the hair and scalp to their normal acidic pH?

Answer 27

Normalizing Lotion (Normalizing Shampoo)

Question 28

One safety precaution for hair relaxing is to avoid ___ the scalp with the comb or fingernails.

Answer 28

Scratching

Question 29

The combination of a thio relaxer and a thio permanent wrapped on large tools is called a ___.

Answer 29

Soft curl permanent

Question 30

When processing is complete for a soft curl permanent, what is dome after rinsing the hair thoroughly with warm water?

Answer 30

Each curl is blotted with a towel

Question 31

After saturating the rods with neutralizer in a soft curl permanent and processing according to manufacturer’s directions, the next step is to ___.

Answer 31

Remove Rods Carefully

Question 32

Relaxers which are ionic compounds formed by a metal combined with oxygen and hydrogen are known as ___.

Answer 32

Metal hydroxide relaxers.