COSMETOLOGY

• Cuticle – overlapping skin around nail

• Mantle – deep fold or skin at the base of
nail
• Nail Wall – skin on sides of nail
• Eponychium – thin line at base of nail
• Nail bed – beneath nail
• Lunula – half moon shape
• Nail grooves – slit or track in nail bed
PROCEDURES IN MANICURE
• Kinds of Make Up
1. Day make-up – work, church, ordinary
event
2. Evening make-up – heavy/dramatic,
party, pageant
3. Photographic make-up – wedding,
pictorial
4. Theatrical/Fantasy make-up – disguise,
theater play
5. Corrective make-up – achieve balance
– Highlighting
– Shadowing/Shading
• Implement and Supplies
– EYE: Eyeliner, eyeshadow, mascara and
eyebrow brush
– FACE: Foundation brush, concealer brush,
powder brush and blusher brush
– LIP: Lip brush
• Cosmetics
– Foundation
– Powder
• SPECIAL PROBLEMS:
1. Oily skin and blackheads – caused by
hardened mass sebum
2. Whiteheads (Milia) – common skin
disorder
3. Acne – disorder of sebaceous gland
4. Packs and mask – normal and oily skin
5. Hot oil mask facial – dry, scaly skin, and
skin inclined to wrinkle
 Plain Facial
• Prepare tools and patron
• Give plain facial
• Apply beaten egg white
• Let application stay for 3 – 5 minutes and
remove it with hot towel
• Apply skin lotion and makeup
 Facial Treatment
• Cleansing cream
• Massage cream
• Treatment mask
• Moisturizer
• Study of hair – trichology
• Hair comes in variety of colors, shapes
and sizes
• Hair is distributed all over the body, except
palms of hands, soles of feet, lips and
eyelids
• Types of hair:
– Long hair
– Short hair and
– Vellus hair (lanugo)
• Color of hair
1. Natural color depends mainly on heredity
2. Albino – person born with white hair
3. Gray hair – absence of color pigment,
result of natural aging process
• Hair cutting
1. Beveled – 90 degrees
2. Blunt – cutting straight across the strand
3. Elevation – hair is held away from head
4. Graduated – a gradual progression of
lengths from short to longer.
5. Guide – determines length of hair
6. Layering – achieve by cutting with elevation
7. Parting - subsection Section – division of
hair before cutting
8. Tension – how tightly hair is pulled
9. Undercutting – held in forward position
10.Weight lien – ends of hair hang together
• Hair style
1. Chignon – traditional
2. Petal blossom – pageant
3. Laced up and Elegant – wedding
4. French twist – casual
Chignon
 French twist

Petal blossom
 Elegant

Laced-up
BLESSING NOTES
• foundation serves as make-up base –
cream
• best shear to use for thinning bulky hair –
thinning shear
• process of thinning, tapering and
shortening – hair cutting
• color to the cheeks – Rogue (also
called blush)
• To correct misshaped eyebrows –
eyebrow pencil
• makes eyelashes wavy – curl lash
• makes small eyes appear bigger, adding
lines on the eyelids
• emery board is used to shape – free edge
• orange wood stick is used to – remove
excess nail polish around the nails
• ability of the hair to absorb moisture – hair
porosity
• Foot cosmetics with tiny particles – foot
scrub
• heavy make-up – evening affair
• first cosmetic applied on nail – base coat
• dividing the hair – Sectioning
• darker shade of eye color – Lighter
• lips are broad – use lip liner at the outer
portions of the lips
• nail is composed – Keratin
• Customer A is complaining, Ask for an
apology, maintain professionalism and ask
what she wants.
• first thing the pedicurist should do, Ask the
customer what she wants for her toenails like
the shape, color, etc.
• NOT desirable quality for effective client relation,
discussing personal life
• statement is NOT true, Salon owners and
managers do not consider appearance,
personality and poise to be as important as
technical knowledge and manual skills.
• guidelines for good human relations and
professional attitude, EXCEPT one, Make
a good impression by wearing
obtrusive jewelry to look at your best.
• public teacher – Business attire
• make-up of public teacher – Light make-
up
• a neatly finished up style – Chignon
• Long hair – Laced-up and Elegant
• makeup in wedding – Photographic
• short nails – Round nail
• implements – cuticle pusher, nail brush,
cuticle nipper, nail file and orange
wood stick
• cosmetics – top coat, base coat,
assorted colored polish and cuticle
remover
• equipment – manicure pillow, chair, and
finger bowl
• correct way to use cuticle nail file, The
dull spade side is used to push back
and loosen the cuticles.
• nail to grow out straight – square nail
• massage applied before – base coat
• last step in manicuring/pedicuring – apply
top coat
• imaginative and artistic process – nail art
• Expert – nail technician
• Protein in nail – Keratin
• Nail extenders – artificial nail
• Decorative / painting – nail tatoo
• statement is CORRECT, Adult
fingernails grow at an average rate of
1/8 inch a month
• technical term of nail – Onyx
• Nail diseases – Onychosis
• Study of nail – Onychology
• hand-held tools used in manicure –
Implements
• light, continuous stroking movement –
effleurage
• Massage with pressure – petrissage
• Continuous stroke that create heat –
friction
• not good to apply massage when a person,
high blood pressure and heart condition
• shaping the nails, what comes first,
Discuss with the client the nail shape
best suited for him/her. File the nails at
the left hand starting with the little
finger and working towards the thumb.
• exposed to the sunlight – SPF lotion
• drinks can take to hydrate – plain water
• color testing of a foundation – jawline
• aids in maintaining face – face cleansers
• moisturize the face – face cream
• first step in giving facial – apply cleansing
cream
• NOT a concern in analyzing the client's
skin – shape of the face
• NOT beneficial for facial treatments –
weakening muscle tissue
• common skin disorder - whiteheads
• recommended for dry, scaly skin, or skin
that is inclined to wrinkles – hot oil mask
facial
• role of the cosmetologist, Work closely
with the client's physician to carry out
instructions as to the kind and
frequency of facial treatments.
• treatment for acne, EXCEPT – Apply
moisturizer
• used to set the foundation – powder
• backdrop for entire make-up – foundation
• highlight is produced when, a lighter
shade than the original one is applied
to a particular part of the face
•has some obvious abrasions on her scalp –
Advise the client of her scalp condition
and reschedule her appointment
•cause of gray hairs at this early age – has
defects in pigment formation occurring at
birth
•arranging the hair with attractive shapes
and styles – Hairstyling
• Who is an albino, an absence of coloring
matter in the hair shaft, which is
accompanied by no marked of pigment
coloring in the skin or irises of the eyes
• holds the shears at an angle to the hair
strand other than 90 degrees – beveled
cut
• partially wet and partially dry – Uneven
• texturizing performed most effectively, On
dry hair styled the way it will typically
be worn
• myths about hair growth, EXCEPT,
Normal, healthy hair grows and sheds
each follicle repeatedly cycles through
three stages
• graduated effect – taped haircutting
• art of creating curls or weaving – Hair
setting
• to increase the circulation of the blood to
the scalp – Scalp manipulation
• strands of hair an average person shed
per day – 40-100
• Hair is distributed all over the body,
EXCEPT – Soles of the feet
• Assessing personal need of client –
Consultation
• Manicure – hands and fingernails
• Ideal nail contour – Oval shaped
• Fits most fingers and toes – almond
shape
• Lies underneath most of nail – nail bed
• Half moon like – lunula
• First step in manicure/pedicure – cleaning
• Loosen cuticle – push in one direction
• Use to loosen cuticle – cuticle pusher
• Functions of top coat – protect enamel
from chipping
• Small nail – round shape
• Do not shake bottle – air bubbles
• Prevent multiplication of micro-organism –
disinfectant
• Ordinary occasions, work or going church
– day make-up / light make-up
• Facial with normal skin – about a month /
once a month
• Oily skin type – skin toner
• Hair structure beneath the skin surface –
hair root
• Haircut by analyzing – face shape
• Effective client relationship – good
manners and emotional balance
• Long and casual hairstyle – rollers with
large circumference
•Tweeze eyebrow – upward
•Tools and equipment be sanitized – before
use
• Commercial hot-oil treatment
1. Apply hot oil product
2. Cover with plastic cap for 15-20 mins
3. Give scalp massage
4. Rinse hair
5. Shampoo hair

• Answer – 1,3,2,5,4
• Arrange the following cosmetics in their
order of use in applying make-up?
I. Curl lash
II. Eyeliner
III. Eye shadow
IV. Mascara
• a. I, II, III, IV
b. II, III, IV, I
c. III, II, I, IV
d. IV, I, II, III
• If you are going to start a home service as a
manicurist/pedicurist and your parents give you ₱500.00
to start with, which equipment, implements, cosmetics
and materials should you buy first?
I. Nail cutter, nail pusher, cuticle nipper, assorted nail
polish, base coat, and top coat
II. Solvent, lotion, cuticle oil, and nail art designs
III. Tray basket, emery board, orangewood stick, nail
brush, nail file, and nail polish remover
IV. Finger bowl, manicure pillows, hand towel, antiseptic
solution, and nail buffer
• a. I only
b. I and II
c. I and III
d. I and IV
• Arrange steps in cleaning the nails:
I. Apply cuticle remover
II. Cut & file nails
III. Push cuticle
IV. Trim cuticle
• a. I, III, II, IV
b. II, I, III, IV
c. III, I, IV, II
d. I, III, IV, II