QUESTIONS & ANSWERS!!
Cosmetology correct answers A term used to encompass a broad range of specialty areas,
including hairstyling, nail technology, and esthetics. "The art and science of beautifying and
improving the skin, nails, and hair, and the study of cosmetics and their application.
Kosmetikos correct answers Greek word that cosmetology originates from, meaning skilled
in the use of cosmetics.
The Egyptians correct answers The first to cultivate beauty in an extravagant fashion and to
use cosmetics as part of their personal beautification habits, religious ceremonies and
preparing the dead for burial.
The Egyptians correct answers The first civilization to infuse essential oils from the leaves,
bark and blossoms of plants for use as perfumes and for purification purposes.
Kohl makeup correct answers Created by the ancient Egyptians from a mixture of ground
galena, sulfur and animal fat.
The Chinese correct answers Nail tinting was so closely tied to social status that commoners
caught wearing a royal nail color faced a punishment of death.
The golden age of Greece correct answers Where hairstyling became a highly developed art.
The made lavish use of perfumes and cosmetics in their religious rites, in grooming, and for
medical purposes. They built and developed elaborate baths and developed excellent methods
of dressing the hair and caring for the skin and nails.
Red correct answers The color that Roman noblewomen tinted their hair.
Blond correct answers The color that Roman middle-class women tinted their hair.
Black correct answers The color that poor Roman women colored their hair.
Shaved the eyebrows and the hairline. correct answers Women in the Renaissance period did
this to give them the look of greater intelligence.
Pinched their cheeks and bit their lips. correct answers What did Victorian Age women do to
induce natural color rather than use cosmetics such as rouge or lip color?
The barber pole correct answers A symbol of the barber surgeon and has its roots in a
medical procedure called bloodletting that was once thought to strengthen the immune
system.
Charles Nessler correct answers Invented a heavily wired machine that supplied electrical
current to metal rods around which hair strands were wrapped.