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Cosmetology State Board Study Guide
1.Corrugations: Nail disorder - Horizontal wavy ridges caused by
uneven growth due to illness or injuries.
2.Furrows: Nail disorder - vertical lines down the nail plate caused by
nutrition, injury or illness.
3.Leuconchia: White spots on the nail caused by injury to the base of
the nail
4.Onychorrhexis: Split or brittle nails caused by injury, careless
filing, vitamin deficiencies, illness, and frequent exposure to strong chemicals.
5.Hang Nails: Caused by dry cuticle and carlessness in removing the
cuticle
6.Onychomycosis Unguium: Nail fungus caused by a parasite. very
contagious 7.Onychocryptosis: Ingrown nail caused by filing the nail too much, or 1 / 2
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tight fitting shoes.
8.Verruca: Warts caused by infectious virus
9.Onycholysis: lifting of the nail without shedding
10.5 Basic Nail Shapes: squoval, round, oval, pointed, square
11.Toner: used on pre-lightened hair to achieve pale and delicate
colors after decoloring
12.Conditioning filler: protein conditioner that will equalize porosity
and fill the holes
13.Color filler: used to replace the missing primary colors
14.Oxidative: Demi- permenant and permenant color
15.Non-oxidative color: temporary - physical change only. Semi-
permanent.
16.Double process blonde: decolorizing and toning
17.What affects lightener working time?: Melanin - the more there is the
longer the process. Scalp processes faster because of body heat
18.Lift: lightening by breaking up the melanin to decolorize hair
19.Deposit: means that product only deposits color because it does
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