2026 ESTHETICS STATE BOARD STUDY EXAMS
GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔How does the FDA define cosmetics? - ✔✔Articles that are intended to be rubbed,
poured, sprinkled or otherwise apply to the human body or any part thereof for
cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance
✔✔What is trichology? - ✔✔The study of hair and its diseases
✔✔What signifies the acidity or alkalinity of a product? - ✔✔The pH scale
✔✔What is an internal cause of lack of pigmentation? - ✔✔Hormonal imbalance
✔✔What nervous system sends messages to and from the central nervous system? -
✔✔Peripheral nervous system
✔✔What direction do you apply the wax when using strip wax? - ✔✔With the hair
growth
✔✔Before performing a service, what type of decontamination do you use to clean your
hands? - ✔✔Sanitation
, ✔✔When do you remove hard wax? - ✔✔When it settles
✔✔Which layer of the skin has melanin? - ✔✔Stratum Germinativum (basal)
✔✔What are cell appendages that resemble prickly spines? - ✔✔Desmosomes
✔✔What is a blackhead? - ✔✔An open comedone
✔✔What makes up 70 percent of the dermis? - ✔✔Collagen
✔✔Towels and/or steam should never be too warm or used to long because they can
over stimulate and damage the what? - ✔✔Capillaries
✔✔What type of marine life would be bad if you had an allergy? - ✔✔Shellfish
✔✔In what stage does the hair shaft grow and detach itself from the bulb? -
✔✔Catagen
✔✔What is hypertrichosis? - ✔✔Abnormal hair growth in areas that normally grows
vellus hair
✔✔Which layer of the skin are you exfoliating when performing a microdermabrasion? -
✔✔Stratum corneum
✔✔What is the most effective method of sterilization that destroys microbial life and
uses high pressure steam? - ✔✔Autoclave
✔✔What is ringworm? - ✔✔Fungus
✔✔Which layer of the skin has keratinocytes? - ✔✔Stratum corneum
✔✔What procedure removes fat and skin from the upper and lower eyelids? -
✔✔Blepharoplasty
✔✔What skin can never be suctioned or vacuumed? - ✔✔Couperose
✔✔What is the first thing you do when there is an exposure incident? - ✔✔Stop the
service
✔✔What is the last step of performing a facial? - ✔✔Apply sunscreen
✔✔What is titanium dioxide? - ✔✔Inorganic physical sun screen that reflects UV
radiation
GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔How does the FDA define cosmetics? - ✔✔Articles that are intended to be rubbed,
poured, sprinkled or otherwise apply to the human body or any part thereof for
cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance
✔✔What is trichology? - ✔✔The study of hair and its diseases
✔✔What signifies the acidity or alkalinity of a product? - ✔✔The pH scale
✔✔What is an internal cause of lack of pigmentation? - ✔✔Hormonal imbalance
✔✔What nervous system sends messages to and from the central nervous system? -
✔✔Peripheral nervous system
✔✔What direction do you apply the wax when using strip wax? - ✔✔With the hair
growth
✔✔Before performing a service, what type of decontamination do you use to clean your
hands? - ✔✔Sanitation
, ✔✔When do you remove hard wax? - ✔✔When it settles
✔✔Which layer of the skin has melanin? - ✔✔Stratum Germinativum (basal)
✔✔What are cell appendages that resemble prickly spines? - ✔✔Desmosomes
✔✔What is a blackhead? - ✔✔An open comedone
✔✔What makes up 70 percent of the dermis? - ✔✔Collagen
✔✔Towels and/or steam should never be too warm or used to long because they can
over stimulate and damage the what? - ✔✔Capillaries
✔✔What type of marine life would be bad if you had an allergy? - ✔✔Shellfish
✔✔In what stage does the hair shaft grow and detach itself from the bulb? -
✔✔Catagen
✔✔What is hypertrichosis? - ✔✔Abnormal hair growth in areas that normally grows
vellus hair
✔✔Which layer of the skin are you exfoliating when performing a microdermabrasion? -
✔✔Stratum corneum
✔✔What is the most effective method of sterilization that destroys microbial life and
uses high pressure steam? - ✔✔Autoclave
✔✔What is ringworm? - ✔✔Fungus
✔✔Which layer of the skin has keratinocytes? - ✔✔Stratum corneum
✔✔What procedure removes fat and skin from the upper and lower eyelids? -
✔✔Blepharoplasty
✔✔What skin can never be suctioned or vacuumed? - ✔✔Couperose
✔✔What is the first thing you do when there is an exposure incident? - ✔✔Stop the
service
✔✔What is the last step of performing a facial? - ✔✔Apply sunscreen
✔✔What is titanium dioxide? - ✔✔Inorganic physical sun screen that reflects UV
radiation
