Relaxer and Product Essentials

A salon professional should never use an ammonium thioglycolate product on a client's hair if it has been previously treated with:

• conditioner

• neutralizer

• sodium hydroxide

• shampoo

All of the following statements about describe neutralizers used for relaxing services EXCEPT:

• reduces swelling caused by alkaline formulas

• increases swelling caused by alkaline formulas

• results in hair being held in new straight configuration

• causes oxidation, which restores broken down disulfide bonds

All of the following terms describe a type of relaxer EXCEPT:

• sodium hydroxide

• aniline derivative

• potassium hydroxide

• guanidine hydroxide

Ammonium thioglycolate is a chemical reducing agent that causes the hair to:

• grow

• harden

• shrink

• soften

Ammonium thioglycolate relaxers have a pH of:

• 4.5-5.5

• 6.5-7.5

• 8.5-9.5

• 10.5-11.5

Relaxer strengths for ammonium thioglycolate are categorized as all of the following, EXCEPT:

• mild

• regular

• super

• heavy

Sodium hydroxide relaxers are also known as:

• lye relaxers

• thio relaxers

• no-lye relaxers

• base chemical relaxers

Sodium hydroxide relaxers are generally used on which type of hair?

• straight

• non-resistant

• tightly curled

• fragile hair

Sodium hydroxide relaxers have a pH of:

• 5-6.5

• 11.5-14

• 6.5-8

• 8.5-10

Sodium hydroxide relaxers have an alkaline pH of:

• 5-6.5

• 6.5-8

• 8.5-10

• 11.5-14