WASHINGTON STATE ESTHETICIAN
WRITTEN EXAM COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Almost all skin care products are? Answer: Oil and water emulsions
⩥ Suntan lotion is Answer: An oil-in-water emulsion
⩥ Once the water and the active ingredients in an emulsion separate
Answer: The product should be discarded
⩥ An acid is Answer: A substance with a pH below 7.0
⩥ What do the active agents in facial products do? Answer: Cleanse and
moisturizer, normalize and moisturize, treat and cleanse
⩥ What distinguishes between drugs and cosmetics Answer: The
Cosmetic Act of 1938
⩥ What is the definition of drugs? Answer: Products intended to affect
the structure and/or function of the body
, ⩥ What are the two accepted types of ingredients? Answer: Functional
and performance
⩥ Task that is NOT performed by performance ingredients Answer:
Giving products body and texture
⩥ What does alphahydroxy acids do? Answer: Exfoliate the corneum
⩥ Emollients are almost always Answer: Fatty agents
⩥ What does it mean if a product is anhydrous? Answer: It does not
contain any water
⩥ Oils vary in Answer: Density, fat content, and heaviness
⩥ What does it mean if an oil is "biologically inert?" Answer: The oil
does not react with chemicals involved in the skin's function
⩥ What is one of the fattiest and heaviest oils? Answer: Coconut
⩥ Which lubricant ingredients are produced by plant oils or animal fats?
Answer: Fatty acids
WRITTEN EXAM COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Almost all skin care products are? Answer: Oil and water emulsions
⩥ Suntan lotion is Answer: An oil-in-water emulsion
⩥ Once the water and the active ingredients in an emulsion separate
Answer: The product should be discarded
⩥ An acid is Answer: A substance with a pH below 7.0
⩥ What do the active agents in facial products do? Answer: Cleanse and
moisturizer, normalize and moisturize, treat and cleanse
⩥ What distinguishes between drugs and cosmetics Answer: The
Cosmetic Act of 1938
⩥ What is the definition of drugs? Answer: Products intended to affect
the structure and/or function of the body
, ⩥ What are the two accepted types of ingredients? Answer: Functional
and performance
⩥ Task that is NOT performed by performance ingredients Answer:
Giving products body and texture
⩥ What does alphahydroxy acids do? Answer: Exfoliate the corneum
⩥ Emollients are almost always Answer: Fatty agents
⩥ What does it mean if a product is anhydrous? Answer: It does not
contain any water
⩥ Oils vary in Answer: Density, fat content, and heaviness
⩥ What does it mean if an oil is "biologically inert?" Answer: The oil
does not react with chemicals involved in the skin's function
⩥ What is one of the fattiest and heaviest oils? Answer: Coconut
⩥ Which lubricant ingredients are produced by plant oils or animal fats?
Answer: Fatty acids
