Chemical texture service Flashcards
Chemical texture services are:
hair services that cause a chemical change within the hair is natural weight and curl pattern they include permanent waving relaxing and curl reforming soft curl permanents.
Cuticle
Tough exterior layer of the hair. 2. It surrounds the inner layer and protects the hair from damage. 
Cortex
The middle layer of the hair. 2. The cortex is responsible for the incredible strength and elasticity of human hair
Medulla
The innermost layer of the hair. often call the pith or core of the hair
pH
Is the abbreviation of a potential hydrogen
The symbol pH represents:
Quantities of hydrogen ions
The pH scale has a range from
0 to 14
A pH of 7 is
Neutral
A pH below 7 is
Acidic
A pH above 7 is
Alkaline
The natural pH of hair is between
4.5 and 5.5
Chemical solution raise the pH of the hair to an
Alkaline state
Coarse,resistant hair with a strong compact cuticle layer requires a
Highly alkaline chemical solution
Porous damage or chemically treated hair requires a
Less alkaline solution
Amino acids
Are compounds made up of carbon oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, and sulfur
Peptide bonds also known as end bonds are
Chemical bond that joins amino acids together into End to end in long chains to form a polypeptide chain
Polypeptide chains are
Long chains of amino acids joined together by peptide bonds
Keratin proteins are
Long coiled polypeptide chain
Side bonds are
Disulfide, salt, and hydrogen bonds that cross-link polypeptide chains together
Disulfide Bonds are
Strong chemical side bonds formed when the sulfur atoms in two adjacent protein chains are joined together.
Although there are fewer disulfide bonds the hydrogen or salt bonds, they are the
Strongest of all three Side bonds accounting for about 1/3 of the hairs overall strength
Disulfide bonds are not affected by
Water
Salt bonds
Are relatedly weak physical side bones that are the result of an attraction between negative and positive electric charge
Salt bonds are
Easily broken by changes in pH and they reform when the pH returns to normal levels are. Salt bonds are broken by change in the pH level
Hydrogen bonds are
Weak physical side bonds there are also the result of an attraction between the opposite electrical charge. They are easily broken by water (wet settings) or heat (thermal styling).
Permanent waving is
A two-step process whereby the hair undergoes a physical change caused by wrapping the hair on a perm rod the hair than undergoes a chemical change caused by the application of permanent waving solution and neutralizer
If chemical changes are involved you should
Perform an elasticity test before a perm in the hair
When performing a permanent waving service
The size of the rod determines the size of the curl
Alkaline permanent waving solutions
Softens and swells the hair and they open the cuticle permitting the solution to penetrate into the cortex
Illustrates hair saturated with alkali permanent waving solution (pH 9.4) for
Five minutes