Chapter 20 Review Part 2 ~ Chemical Texture Services: Chemical Hair Relaxing and Soft Curl Perming Flashcards
What stops the action of any chemical relaxer?
Neutralizer
The chemical required to stop the action of the chemical relaxer is: ____
Neutralizer
What are the three basic steps used in chemical hair relaxing?
Processing
Neutralization
Conditioning
The process of permanently rearranging the basic structure of overly curly hair into a straight form is called ___.
Chemical Hair Relaxing
Hydroxide relaxers are usually sold in ___ formulas.
Base and No Base
Of the general types of hair relaxers, which one does not require pre-shampooing?
Sodium Hydroxide
The processing time of a chemical relaxer is affected by ___.
The hair’s porosity
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 ____.
Mild
The scalp and skin are protected from possible burns when using a hair relaxer by applying ___.
Base Cream
The best type of shampoo to use after the chemical relaxer is ___.
Neutralizing
Before giving a relaxing treatment to overly curly hair, the cosmetologist must judge its texture, porosity, and ___.
elasticity and extent of damage
If using a “no base” relaxer, a protective cream may be applied ____.
To the hairline and on the ears
The strength of relaxer is determined by the strand test. General guidelines suggest that for coarse virgin hair, the following strength is used ___.
Strong or Super
The action of a sodium hydroxide relaxer causes the hair to ___.
Soften and Swell
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 ____.
Lanthionization
The relaxer cream is applied near to the scalp last because processing is accelerated in this area by ___.
Body Heat
After the hair has been processed with sodium hydroxide relaxer and before the shampoo, the hair should be throughly ____.
Rinsed
When performing a sodium hydroxide retouch, where is the product first applied?
New Growth Only
When hair has been sufficiently straighten, the hair is rinsed rapidly and thoroughly with ___ water.
Warm
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, ___.
Continue Processing
When applying sodium hydroxide relaxer l, the processing cream is applied last to the ___ and ___.
Scalp
Ends
A hair relaxing treatment should be avoided when an examination shows the presence of ___.
Scalp Abrasions
The most commonly used methods of hair relaxing are the sodium hydroxide method and the ___ method.
Thio
Inspecting the action of the relaxer by stretching the strands to see how fast the natural curls are being removed is called ___.
Periodic Strand Testing
When using the comb method of application, how is the relaxing cream applied?
With the back of the comb
Sodium hydroxide relaxers are commonly called ___.
Lye Relaxers
What is one safety precaution that must be followed with all chemical hair relaxing services?
Wear Gloves
What is used to restore the hair and scalp to their normal acidic pH?
Normalizing Lotion (Normalizing Shampoo)
One safety precaution for hair relaxing is to avoid ___ the scalp with the comb or fingernails.
Scratching
The combination of a thio relaxer and a thio permanent wrapped on large tools is called a ___.
Soft curl permanent
When processing is complete for a soft curl permanent, what is dome after rinsing the hair thoroughly with warm water?
Each curl is blotted with a towel
After saturating the rods with neutralizer in a soft curl permanent and processing according to manufacturer’s directions, the next step is to ___.
Remove Rods Carefully
Relaxers which are ionic compounds formed by a metal combined with oxygen and hydrogen are known as ___.
Metal hydroxide relaxers.
