RB CH 14: Wigs and Hair Additions

All of the following statements are true about hair additions and extensions EXCEPT:

• Being knowledgeable about hair additions and wigs can significantly enhance a hair stylist’s career progression and earnings.

• Illnesses that cause profound hair loss can lead many clients to explore options for hair additions and extensions.

• Hairpieces can also be quite fashionable.

• Hair additions are secured to the base of the client’s natural hair to add length, volume, texture, or color.

How can a stylist encourage a client to consider using hair extensions?

• A stylist should tell prospective clients that hair extensions are inexpensive and easy to maintain.

• A stylist should tell prospective clients that all hair extensions can be colored with any type of haircolor with minimum risk to the texture of the hair.

• A stylist should tell prospective clients that hair extensions are advantageous because they are glamorous and bypass awkward grow-out phases.

• A stylist should tell prospective clients that once they start using hair extensions, they will rarely have to visit the hair salon.

Which of the following goals does the hair addition consultation accomplish?

• It ensures higher revenue for the hair stylist.

• It identifies the client’s actual needs and helps determine which type of hair addition is suitable for the client.

• It helps the stylist gather important data that can help further career growth.

• It helps the stylist advise the client on how to cope with hair loss.

What connection exists between a client’s swimming and outdoor exercise routines and the type of hair addition that will work best for the client?

• Regular swimming and other outdoor activities expose clients to chlorinated and heated water, which help to maintain hair extensions and additions.

• A client with an active outdoor lifestyle will have to spend less time and money on the maintenance and upkeep of hair extensions.

• The client’s lifestyle, outdoor, and swimming activities will influence what type of hair addition the stylist recommends.

• There is no connection between a client’s lifestyle and swimming routines and the choice of hair extensions.

Human hair that has an intact cuticle layer is known as (a)   .

• natural hair fiber

• remy hair

• virgin hair

• fallen hair

Under what conditions can hair extensions, hairpieces, and wigs be colored with haircolor?

• Haircolor should never be applied to hair extensions, hairpieces, and wigs.

• Haircolor can only be applied to any hair additions that are made of cuticle-intact hair.

• Haircolor can be applied to hair additions, but the hair must be 100% human hair that has never been treated with metallic dyes.

• Haircolor can be applied to hair extensions, hairpieces, and wigs if they are made of synthetic fiber hair.

The most high-quality and expensive hair is considered to be (a)   .

• virgin Asian hair

• virgin Indian hair

• virgin European hair

• animal hair

What substance replaces the cuticle layer in cuticle-free human hair?

• potassium

• animal fiber

• acetone

• silicone

What is one disadvantage of tape-in hair extensions?

• They can damage clients’ existing hair.

• They fall off easily.

• They are visible when the hair is pulled into a tight ponytail or top knot.

• The procedure for attaching them is very expensive.

What is the main advantage of braid-and-sew extensions?

• They can be added quickly.

• They can be easily removed and reused.

• They are preferred for hair recovering from severe damage.

• They are the least detectable of all hair extensions.