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
