Skin Care Products: Chemistry, Ingredients, & Selection

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What is your most important tool?

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Product

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The quality of he skin can be __ improved w professional skin care products.

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Significantly

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Skin care ing can be studied at a __ level.

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Molecular

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How many different products must you know about to effectively practice professional skin care?

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A broad spectrum

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Cosmetics are distinguished from drugs by this act:

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Cosmetic Act of 1938

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According to the Cosmetic Act of 1938, products that are made to affect the structures and/or functions of the human body are:

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Drugs

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What category of ing cause the actual changes in the appearance of the skin?

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Performance

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Ing that are hypoallergenic are __ to cause allergic reactions.

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Not likely

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Products that avoid clogging pores or causing comedones are called:

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Non comedogenic

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Anhydrous products incl:

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Lip balms, petrolatum-based products, and oil serums

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Substances used to lubricate and moisturize the skin are called:

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Emollients

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Substances that coat the skin and reduce friction belong to this category:

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Lubricants

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Ing that are beneficial to dry skin are:

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Fatty acids

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__ incl oleic acid, steric acid, and capelin acid.

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Fatty acids

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Surfactants:

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Improve spreadability

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__ reduce the surface tension of dirt and oils on the skins surface and form an emulsion to lift them from the skin.

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Detergents

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Substances that are mixable w water are called:

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Water soluble

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A treatment where aromatherapy oils are inhaled for their therapeutic benefits is called:

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Aromatherapy

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Products that enhance the effectiveness of a preservative are called:

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Chelating agents

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Which of the following substances adds colour to cosmetics and are certified by the FDA?

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Colour agents

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Substances used to adjust the pH of products are called:

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pH adjustors

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A solvent is a :

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Substance that dissolves other substances

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Plant-based ing are:

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Botanicals

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Which of the following are used as natural exfoliators?

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Jojoba beads, ground nuts, various seeds

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Which acids have beneficial chemical effects on the skin?

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AHAs and BHAs

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Identify the hydroxy acids:

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Glycolic and lactic, citric and salicylic, and malic and tartaric

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Which acid exfoliate by loosening the bonds between cells in the surface of the corneum?

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Enzymes