Chapter 27-29 Flashcards by Amy Thach

Regardless of whether a client is interested in wearing long, medium, or short nails, she may decide to have nail tips applied over her natural nails for _____.

A More Polished Look

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Which product is made of plastic, pre-molded nails shaped from a tough polymer of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene plastic?

Nail Tips

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What is a layer of any kind of nail enhancement product that is applied over the natural nail and tip application for added strength?

Overlay

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Which implement is similar to a nail clipper that is used on nail tips?

Tip Cutter

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What substance is used to remove surface moisture and tiny amounts of oil left on the natural nail plate?

Nail Dehydrator

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Shallow depressions that serve as contact points for nail tips and the natural nail are called _____.

Wells

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Nail tips are available in _____ sizes, colors, and shapes, making it easy to fit each client with precisely the right size and shape.

Many

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Cutting nail tips with a nail or toenail clipper will cause the nail tip to weaken and _____.

Crack

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The nail tip adhesive used to secure the nail tip to a natural nail is also called a(n) _____.

Bonding Agent

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Cosmetologists and their clients should always wear _____ when using and handling nail tip adhesives.

Eye Protection

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When securing the tip to the natural nail, use the stop, rock, and _____ method to avoid air bubbles and promote proper adhesion.

Hold

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When applying nail tips, you must hold the tip in place for _____ until the adhesive has dried.

5-10 Seconds

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The contact areas of nail tips are smoothed with a fine-grit block buffer held _____.

Flat Across The Nail

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Wrap resins are made from _____, a specialized acrylic monomer that has excellent adhesion to the natural nail plate and polymerizes in seconds.

Cyanoacrylate

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To press fabric wraps onto the natural nail plate and avoid the transfer of dust or oil, use _____.

Thick Plastic

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Fabric wraps are made from silk, fiberglass, and _____.

Linen

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Activators come in several different forms: brush-on bottle, pump spray-on, and _____.

Aerosol

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What term describes when a nail enhancement needs to be serviced after two or more weeks from the initial application of the nail enhancement product?

Maintenance

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Nail wraps are rebalanced with additional resin _____.

Every Two Weeks

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What are small pieces of fabric used to strengthen a weak point in the nail or repair a crack?

Stress Strips

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A piece of fabric cut to completely cover a crack or break in a nail is a _____.

Repair Patch

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Nail wraps are removed by immersing the entire enhancement in a small glass bowl filled with _____.

Acetone

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Nail tips are softened with acetone or tip remover and are _____.

Slid Off

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Properly sized nail tips for a client should cover the nail plate from _____.

Sidewall To Sidewall

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Remove dust from the natural nail plate with a _____.

Clean, Dry Nail Brush

What step would be performed last in a four-week fabric wrap maintenance?

Apply Cuticle Oil

Monomer liquid and polymer powder nail enhancements are _____ services

Lucrative

Sculptured nails are created by combining monomer liquid with _____.

Polymer Powder

The ingredients in two-part monomer liquid and polymer powder enhancement systems belong to a branch of the acrylic family called _____.

Methacrylates

Mono means one and mer stands for units, so a monomer is one unit called a(n) _____.

Molecule

_____ is a widely used monomer with a long history of safe use in medical and dental products, is fine for making bulletproof windows and shatterproof eyeglasses, but is extremely unsuitable for use in artificial nail liquids.

MMA

Additives such as _____ are blended with polymer powders to produce a wide range of shade, including pinks, whites, and milky translucent shades, as well as reds, blues, greens, purples, yellows, oranges, browns, and even jet black.

Pigments

What additives are added to monomer liquid to speed up chemical reaction and control the set or curing time?

Catalysts

The initiator added to polymer powder to start the chain reaction of curing the nail enhancement is _____.

Benzoyl Peroxide

When applying nail enhancements, surface moisture and natural oils left on the nail plate will _____.

Block Adhesive

_____ primers were developed because acid-based nail primer is corrosive to the skin and potentially dangerous to eyes.

Acids Free and Nonacid

A _____ abrasive is used for finish filing, refining, and buffing

Coarse Grit

A _____ is a buffer used to create a high shine on a natural nail or a nail enhancement when no polish will be worn.

Shiner

What nail supply is placed under the free edge and used as a guide to extend a nail enhancement?

Nail Form

What are pre-formed nail extensions made from ABS or tenite acetate plastic?

Nail Tips

Special containers used to hold monomer liquid and polymer powder that minimize contamination and evaporation are _____.

Dappen Dishes

Monomer liquid and polymer powder should be stored separately in covered containers in _____.

A Cool, Dark Area

Proper maintenance of nail enhancements should be done every _____.

2 to 3 Weeks

What is the curved line where the pink and white areas meet each other on a French manicured nail?

Smile Line

The _____ runs straight from the cuticle down the side or wall of the nail to the end of the extension.

Sidewall

A _____ C-curve is the average in most salons to ensure the optimal structure and strength to the nail.

35 Percent

Odorless products harden more slowly, which creates the tacky layer called the _____.

Inhibition Layer

_____ are created when nail art is sandwiched between two layers of product while the nail enhancement is being formed.

Inlaid Design

When using the brush to shape the enhancement on the free edge area, use _____.

The Middle Portion of the Brush

When lightly tapped with the handle of a brush, hard nail enhancements make _____.

A Clicking Sound

During removal, monomer liquid and polymer powder enhancements should be soaked for _____.

20 to 30 Seconds

When removing softened nail enhancement products, use a wooden or metal pusher and _____.

Gently Push Off The Softened Nail

Use of a nipper to clip away loosened nail enhancements can _____.

Damage The Nail Plate

What type of nail enhancement product hardens when exposed to UV light, and is also known as a UV and LED gel?

Light Cured Gel

Wrap resins are called _____.

Cyanoacrylates

Traditionally, light cured gels relied on urethane acrylate; newer gel systems use _____.

Urethane Methacrylates

_____ acrylate and _____ methacrylate are the main ingredients used alone or in combination with urethane acrylates to create light cured gel nail enhancements.

Urethane; Urethane

What chemical initiates the polymerization reaction?

Photo-initiator

It takes the combination of resin, photoinitiator, and a _____ to cause the gel to cure.

Proper Curing Bulb

To “cure” means to _____.

Harden

_____ is the measurement of the thickness or thinness of a liquid and affects how the fluid flows.

Viscosity

Which substances are used to increase adhesion to the natural nail plate, similar to a monomer liquid and polymer powder primer?

Bonding Gels

Which gel can be a building gel or self-leveling gel that includes color pigment?

Self Leveling Gel

Which substance is a thin-viscosity gel that is usually pigmented and packaged in a pot or a polish bottle, and used as an alternative to traditional nail lacquer?

Gel Polish

Brushes that are used to hold and spread the gel should be _____.

Small

For natural nail preparation, select an abrasive file with _____.

180-240 Grit

Light cured gel products are packaged in small, opaque pots or squeeze bottles for _____.

Protection From UV Exposure

If a client repeatedly returns to the salon with broken enhancements, you should try a gel that uses _____.

Fiberglass

What specialized electronic device powers and controls UV bulbs to cure UV gel nail enhancements?

UV Gel Lamp

What measures how much electricity a UV or LED bulb consumes and emits?

Unit Wattage

Depending on the usage, a typical UV light bulb should be changed _____.

Two to Three Times Per Year

Light cured gel polish is a relatively new system that evolved in the year _____.

2000

Traditional gels, also known as hard UV or LED gels, cannot be removed with a solvent and must be _____.

Filed Off The Natural Nail

After the filing procedure, remove dust and filings with a clean and disinfected _____.

Nylon Brush

What type of UV or LED gel is used when sculpting light cured gel using forms?

Building Gel