MILADY ESTHETICS FINAL PRACTICE STUDY
GUIDE 2026 SOLVED QUESTIONS
◉ What is true about the decollete? Answer: that is where you begin
your massage procedure
◉ Recommendations for home skin care are generally found where?
Answer: service record card
◉ About how long do most facials take? Answer: 60 min
◉ What are the correct steps when preforming a facial? Answer:
mask, toner, then eye and lip treatments
◉ Main contraindications for massage? Answer: cancer
◉ Scope of practice for massage? Answer: face, neck, decollete, and
shoulders
◉ What type of massage is a Japanese technique? Answer: shiatsu
,◉ What technique releases nutrients a carbon dioxide and purifies
the system? Answer: tapotement
◉ What is the most stimulating form of massage? Answer:
tapotement
◉ Effleurage massage? Answer: often used to begin and end
massage. soft continuous strokes with fingers and palms
◉ Acupressure? Answer: derived from Chinese medicine. applying
pressure to specific points of the face and body. relieves muscle
tension, restores balance, and stimulates "chi"
◉ What equipment will promote the endurance of an esthetician?
Answer: a stress ball
◉ What is an example of a single-use tool? Answer: personal service
towels (PST)
◉ How long does it generally take to set up before a facial service?
Answer: 10 minutes
◉ A treatment area, usually located 20 feet away from the front door,
for maximum visibility is called ___________. Answer: facial station
,◉ What area of the face is treated last when performing a light
glycolic peel? Answer: nose
◉ Electrotherapy should never be used on a client with ______________.
Answer: epilepsy
◉ Approximately how long are most electrotherapy machines used
during a facial treatment? Answer: 5-10 minutes
◉ What do electric mitts and boots do? Answer: help product
penetration
◉ Microcurrent would be MOST useful in _________. Answer: reducing
redness and inflammation
◉ what can you expect when using cataphoresis? Answer: closing of
pores
◉ A rotary brush would likely be used when treating ________________.
Answer: a client who does not want a peel
◉ Where is friction not used? Answer: shoulders
, ◉ how long does a cleanup after a service usually take? Answer: 10-
15 minutes
◉ what does it mean when you see a light violet/purple on a woods
lamp? Answer: thin, dehydrated skin
◉ What does it mean when you see yellow or orange on a woods
lamp? Answer: acne or bacteria
◉ What does white for fluorescent mean on a woods lamp? Answer:
a thick corneum layer
◉ What does yellow or sometimes pink/orange mean on a wood
lamp? Answer: oily areas/comedones
◉ What does brown on a woods lamp mean? Answer:
hyperpigmentation or sun damage
◉ What does blue-white or yellow-green mean on the woods lamp?
Answer: hypopigmentation
◉ What is a rotary brush? Answer: facial brush used for exfoliation
GUIDE 2026 SOLVED QUESTIONS
◉ What is true about the decollete? Answer: that is where you begin
your massage procedure
◉ Recommendations for home skin care are generally found where?
Answer: service record card
◉ About how long do most facials take? Answer: 60 min
◉ What are the correct steps when preforming a facial? Answer:
mask, toner, then eye and lip treatments
◉ Main contraindications for massage? Answer: cancer
◉ Scope of practice for massage? Answer: face, neck, decollete, and
shoulders
◉ What type of massage is a Japanese technique? Answer: shiatsu
,◉ What technique releases nutrients a carbon dioxide and purifies
the system? Answer: tapotement
◉ What is the most stimulating form of massage? Answer:
tapotement
◉ Effleurage massage? Answer: often used to begin and end
massage. soft continuous strokes with fingers and palms
◉ Acupressure? Answer: derived from Chinese medicine. applying
pressure to specific points of the face and body. relieves muscle
tension, restores balance, and stimulates "chi"
◉ What equipment will promote the endurance of an esthetician?
Answer: a stress ball
◉ What is an example of a single-use tool? Answer: personal service
towels (PST)
◉ How long does it generally take to set up before a facial service?
Answer: 10 minutes
◉ A treatment area, usually located 20 feet away from the front door,
for maximum visibility is called ___________. Answer: facial station
,◉ What area of the face is treated last when performing a light
glycolic peel? Answer: nose
◉ Electrotherapy should never be used on a client with ______________.
Answer: epilepsy
◉ Approximately how long are most electrotherapy machines used
during a facial treatment? Answer: 5-10 minutes
◉ What do electric mitts and boots do? Answer: help product
penetration
◉ Microcurrent would be MOST useful in _________. Answer: reducing
redness and inflammation
◉ what can you expect when using cataphoresis? Answer: closing of
pores
◉ A rotary brush would likely be used when treating ________________.
Answer: a client who does not want a peel
◉ Where is friction not used? Answer: shoulders
, ◉ how long does a cleanup after a service usually take? Answer: 10-
15 minutes
◉ what does it mean when you see a light violet/purple on a woods
lamp? Answer: thin, dehydrated skin
◉ What does it mean when you see yellow or orange on a woods
lamp? Answer: acne or bacteria
◉ What does white for fluorescent mean on a woods lamp? Answer:
a thick corneum layer
◉ What does yellow or sometimes pink/orange mean on a wood
lamp? Answer: oily areas/comedones
◉ What does brown on a woods lamp mean? Answer:
hyperpigmentation or sun damage
◉ What does blue-white or yellow-green mean on the woods lamp?
Answer: hypopigmentation
◉ What is a rotary brush? Answer: facial brush used for exfoliation
