COS 115 Final Exam Review

What term refers to a plan to meet financial obligations?

Budget

What tool provides a magnifying lens surrounded by a circular light, providing a well-lit, enlarged view of the skin?

Magnifying lamp

Scheduling clients for their next appointment before they leave the salon is known as ____.

Rebooking

Cheek color, also known as ____, is used primarily to add color to the cheeks.

Blush

The process of using galvanic current to enable water-soluble products that contain ions to penetrate the skin is ___.

Iontophoresis

What kneading movement is performed by lifting, squeezing, and pressing tissue with light, firm pressure?

Pétrissage

Supplies that are used and replaced in the daily business operation are identified as ___.

Consumption supplies

An enzyme peel that does not dry the skin and can be used during a steam treatment is the ____.

Emulsifying form

During an analysis procedure, cleansing milk is applied to the skin using ____.

Upward circular movements

What is a mechanical exfoliation that uses a closed vacuum to shoot crystals onto the skin?

Microdermabrasion

Brigida is paid based on an hourly rate as well as a percentage of whatever products she sells. Her pay plan is known as ___.

Salary plus commission

What is a deep rubbing massage movement in which pressure is applied to the skin while moving over an underlying structure?

Friction

Which products are thick, heavy foundations that are used to hide dark circles, splotches, and other imperfections?

Concealers

What is a written plan that describes a business and foresees projections for the next five years?

Business plan

____ are non-foaming, lotion cleansers designed to cleanse dry and sensitive skin types and remove makeup?

Cleansing milks

The important job of booking appointments and greeting clients is generally the responsibility of the ___.

Receptionist

In order to have a successful business, a top priority in the allotment of funds is to ___.

Meet payroll obligations

When can lip color be applied directly from the container?

Never

An individual who determines policies, has the last say in decision making, assumes expenses, receives profits, and bears all losses is the ____.

Sole proprietor

When removing cleanser in the eye area, move outward on the upper lid and ____.

Inward on the lower lid

Water-binding agents in moisturizers are known as ___.

Humectants

What term describes a condition that requires avoiding certain treatments, procedures, or products to prevent undesirable effects?

Contraindication

Water-based foundation is noncomedogenic and used on skin that is classified as ____.

Oily to combination

A(n) ____ face has greater length in proportion to its width than the square or round face.

Oblong face

What special preparations for removing eye makeup that can be either water-based or oil-based?

Eye makeup removers

Listening to the client and repeating, in your own words, what you think the client is telling you is known as ___.

Reflective listening

____ is a heavy makeup primarily used for theatrical purposes because it does not shift during performances.

Greasepaint

Which term describes follicles impacted with solidified sebum and dead cell buildup, also known as blackheads?

Open comedones

Masks containing ___ and other beneficial ingredients are melted at a little more than body temperature before application and applied over treatment creams to allow the cream’s ingredients to penetrate more deeply into the surface layers of the skin.

Paraffin

A salon that is owned and operated by an individual is referred to as a(n) ____.

Individual ownership

What is the flesh-toned cosmetic used to minimize the appearance of skin imperfections, such as hyperpigmentation, acne, birthmarks, and other skin discolorations?

Foundation

Lana wants to improve her selling skills. Which technique is good for her to remember?

Keep the best interests of the client as your top priority

Information about the ingredients in cosmetic preparations and other products are included in a(n) ___.

SDS

What thin, open-meshed cotton fabric is used to hold mask products on the face?

Gauze

Jasmine wants to make sure she rebooks clients as much as possible. Which approach would the the best?

Scheduling the next appointment while the client is still in the salon

Newspaper or radio ads and charitable events can be best described as forms of ___.

Advertising

The difference between open and closed comedones is the size of the follicle opening, called the ___.

Ostium

Acne bacteria cannot survive in the presence of oxygen, and therefore, are ___.

Anaerobic

____ is determined by how oily or dry the skin is.

Skin type

Oily or dry conditions of skin that cannot be permanently changed, only improved with treatments, are determined by the skin ____.

Type

Which cosmetic product is generally applied before the lip color to define the shape of the lips and keep color from bleeding?

Lip liner

The best light to use in the consultation area and during the application of makeup is ___.

Natural light

____ is a polymer product that is formulated with water, wax, thickeners, film formers, and preservatives.

Mascara

To be successful in sales, you need ambition, determination, and a ___.

Pleasing personality

Which term describes rosacea conditions with dilated surface blood vessels?

Telangiectasis

What well-proportional facial shape is considered ideal?

Oval

During which period of your business timeline might you move from being a working cosmetologist into a full-time manager of the overall business and to begin planning for your eventual retirement?

From years 11 to 20

When applied to the lids, eye color or shadow makes the eyes appear ___ and more expressive.

Brighter

Pressing and twisting the tissues with a fast back-and-forth movement is a form of friction known as ____.

Rolling

Makeup should be blended onto the skin using ___.

Disposable sponges

To provide a buffer for the skin when using a brushing machine, apply a thick layer of cleaner or ___.

Moisturizer

The testing of foundation color should be done on the client’s ___.

Jawline

What is one of the best ways for a business owner to protect personal assets?

Incorporating

The point over a muscle where pressure or stimulation will cause contraction of the muscle is the ___.

Motor point

What federal agency requires that the ingredients of cosmetic preparations be available to employees?

OSHA

What is a stimulating form of massage that consists of short, quick tapping, slapping, and hacking movements?

Tapotement

Light therapy using a light-emitting diode (LED) uses blue light to treat skin that is ___.

Acne-prone

Which section of a business plan includes a long-term picture of what the business is to become and what it will look like when it gets there?

Vision statement

Products used to increase the water content of the skin surface are known as ___.

Moisturizers

Pimples that have a pus head are called ___.

Pustules

Mica just started a new job and gives shampoos, restocks stations, and works the front desk. She is rarely involved with the newer types of styling that she enjoys most. How should she respond?

Recognize that entry-level jobs often involve performing tasks that might not be her first choice.

A salary-plus-comission structure is used to motivate practitioners to increase ___.

Productivity

No matter how light or dark the skin is, a neutral skin tone contains equal elements of ____.

Warm and cool

Your older clients may not like gum chewing, slang, or the use of yeah instead of yes. Awareness of these ___ will help you remain professional with all clientele.

Generational differences

Recommending professional products to clients for at-home care is known as ___.

Retailing

Which element is central to the salon business for both clients and coworkers?

Punctuality

Skin products that have a higher concentration of ingredients are ___.

Serums

Cosmetics applied on the eyelids to accentuate or contour them are called ____.

Eye shadows

Highlighting, contouring, and other face-shape altering techniques will help you accent your client’s best features while ___ those that are less desirable.

Minimizing

____ colors encompass blues, greens, violets, and blue-reds.

Cool

The use of shadows(dark shades and colors) will ____.

Minimize prominent features

Treatments that produce heat or stimulate the skin should be avoided for clients with which skin disorder?

Rosacea

Moriah loves to read professional magazines, go to classes offered by famous stylists, and watch online videos of the newest styles and techniques. Her behavior is best described as ___.

Being a life-long learner

Liquid and cream forms of foundation are a mixture of water and oil with coloring agents called ___.

Pigments

The ultimate goal of effective makeup application is to enhance the client’s ____.

Individuality

Eyeliner _____ consist of a wax (paraffin) or hardened oil base (petroleum) with a variety of additives to create color.

Pencils

During which period of your business timeline should you focus on tending to the business, it’s clientele, and it’s employees to grow and expand the business so that it is profitable?

From years two to five

When opening a new business, the location selected should reflect your ___.

Primary clientele

The ideal eyebrow shape can be drawn in ___.

Three lines

A(n) ____, also known as a facial treatment, is a professional skin treatment that improves the condition and appearance of the skin.

Facial

What implement should be used to remove foundation from the container?

A spatula

What is one form of cheek color often applied to give definition and a warm glow?

Bronzer

Eye pencils and sharpeners should be cleaned ___.

Before each use

Foaming cleaners that wash off easily contain a detergent that is also known as a(n) ____.

Surfactant

Any important observations or contraindications should be recorded ___ in the client’s record card.

In colored pen

A cream-type enzyme applied to the face and rolled off the skin is a ____.

Gommage

Cosmetology professionals are only allowed to use products that remove dead skin from the stratum ____.

Corneum

The manual or mechanical manipulation of the body by rubbing, kneading, or other movements is known as ___.

Massage

The direction of movement in massage should always be from insertion of the muscle towards its ___.

Origin

What is the practice of recommending and selling additional services to clients?

Upselling

Shielding the skin from ___ is probably the most important habit to benefit the skin.

Sun exposure

Products that are designed to rebalance the pH and remove remnants of cleaner from the skin are known as ___.

Toners

Clients who present skin abnormalities, open sores, or fever blisters should be referred to a(n) ____.

Physician

Good business operations require a simple and efficient ____.

Record system

What is a light, continuous, stroking movement applied with the fingers or palms?

Effleurage

What products are used to physically remove dead cell buildup?

Mechanical exfoliants

Every massage should begin and end with which movement?

Effleurage

What is compensation that is paid as direct result of the total amount of service dollars generated for a salon?

Commission

What are oily or fatty ingredients that prevent moisture from leaving the skin?

Emollients

Income in addition to your regular compensation that must be tracked and reported on tax returns is referred to as ____.

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