20. Chemical Texture

Chemical hair texture services give you the ability to ___ change the hair’s natural wave and curl pattern thereby offering

• permanently
• intermittently
• sporadically
• temporarily

___ do not require the application of a protective base cream.

• No-base relaxers

• base relaxers

• Low pH relaxers

• Alkaline relaxers

Do not worry if the protective base cream touches the hair shaft when performing a relaxer re-touch service, it will help prevent ___ of previously relaxed hair.

• hair growth
• over-processing
• hair breakage
• under-processing

The difference in strength of hydroxide relaxers parallels the ___ of hydroxide.

• viscosity
• color
• concentration
• temperature

If the strand remains ___, with no visible curl pattern, it is sufficiently relaxed.

• frizzy
• curly
• smooth

• wavy

___ are conditioners with an acidic pH that restore the hair pH before the final neutralizing shampoo.

• Pre-neutralizing conditioners
• Alkaline conditioners
• Post-neutralizing conditioners
• Normalizing lotions

Examine the scalp for abrasions. Do not proceed with the service if ___ are present.

• dandruff and oiliness
• redness, swelling, or skin lesions
• itchiness and dryness
• hair color and texture

___ work by fixing the keratin in place in a semipermanent manner; they do not break bonds.

• Keratin straightening treatments

• Japanese Thermal straightening

• Chemical relaxers

• pH relaxers

___ does not straighten the hair; it simply makes the existing curl larger and looser.

• A curl relaxer
• Curl re-forming

• A hair straightener
• A frizz reducer

A ___ is a thio-based chemical service that re-formats curly and wavy hair into looser and larger curls and waves.

• soft curl permanent

• hair straightening
• hair dye
• perm