ITEC MANICURE PEDICURE 2026 TEST PAPER 2 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Pterygium? - ✔✔Overgrowth of cuticle
✔✔Onychauxis? - ✔✔Excessive thickening of the nail plate
✔✔Onychogryphosis? - ✔✔Enlarged nail with increased curve
✔✔Onychatrophia? - ✔✔Nail slowly deteriorates, nail gets smaller and sometimes falls
off
✔✔Koilonychia? - ✔✔Spoon shaped nail
✔✔Onychocryptosis? - ✔✔Ingrowing nails
✔✔Onychophagy? - ✔✔Bitten Nails
✔✔Onychoptosis? - ✔✔Shedding or falling off of nails
✔✔Onychophyma? - ✔✔Swelling of the nail and its bed
✔✔Onychia? - ✔✔Bacterial or Fungal infection
✔✔Paronychia - ✔✔(Whitlow) - Infectious inflammatory condition of the tissue
surrounding the nail (bacterial)
✔✔Cuticle Cream? - ✔✔Fats and waxes, e.g beeswax, Cocoa butter, white soft paraffin
✔✔Cuticle remover? - ✔✔Potassium hydroxide, glycerol, oleic acid, water
✔✔Nail enamel remover? - ✔✔Acetone or ethyl acetate, oil, glycerol to counteract the
drying affect
✔✔Massage oil/cream? - ✔✔Lanolin oils, mineral oils, cetyl alcohol, perfume,
preservatives, water
✔✔Buffing paste? - ✔✔Powdered silica or pumice, wax polish or mineral oil, soft
paraffin, paraffin wax
✔✔Nail strengtheners? - ✔✔Formaldehyde
✔✔Nail enamel? - ✔✔Plastic film,
Nitrocellulose,
, Plasticiser (flexibility)
Solvent (drying)
Plastic resin (gloss)
Pigment (colour)
✔✔Pearl and frosted enamels? - ✔✔Guanine or bismuth oxychloride
✔✔Quick dryers? - ✔✔Mineral oil and oleic acid or silicone
✔✔Hard skin remover? - ✔✔Sodium chloride, pumice, liquid paraffin and glycerine
✔✔5 main nail shapes? - ✔✔Oval - most popular
Square
Long square
Pointed
Round
✔✔How long should a manicure take? - ✔✔30 Mins
✔✔How long should a pedicure take? - ✔✔40 Mins
✔✔Base coat benefits? - ✔✔Protects the nail plate from staining
Gives a smooth surface for enamelling
✔✔Top coat benefits? - ✔✔Seals the enamel
Gives extra shine
Prevents chipping
Increases longivety of the enamel
✔✔Hot oil treatment? - ✔✔Moisturises dry skin and cuticles
Moisturises flaking nails
✔✔Paraffin wax treatment? - ✔✔Nourish and moisturise the skin
Relieve the pain of stiff joints and improve mobility
Improve skin colour
✔✔Aftercare for Manicure? - ✔✔Use gloves for house hold work
Use nail strengtheners, base coat and enamels
Soaking brittle nails in warm oil
Use cuticle cream at night
Apply hand cream after hands have been wet and before bed
Use emery boards not metal files
No biting or picking at cuticles
Wear gloves in winter
AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Pterygium? - ✔✔Overgrowth of cuticle
✔✔Onychauxis? - ✔✔Excessive thickening of the nail plate
✔✔Onychogryphosis? - ✔✔Enlarged nail with increased curve
✔✔Onychatrophia? - ✔✔Nail slowly deteriorates, nail gets smaller and sometimes falls
off
✔✔Koilonychia? - ✔✔Spoon shaped nail
✔✔Onychocryptosis? - ✔✔Ingrowing nails
✔✔Onychophagy? - ✔✔Bitten Nails
✔✔Onychoptosis? - ✔✔Shedding or falling off of nails
✔✔Onychophyma? - ✔✔Swelling of the nail and its bed
✔✔Onychia? - ✔✔Bacterial or Fungal infection
✔✔Paronychia - ✔✔(Whitlow) - Infectious inflammatory condition of the tissue
surrounding the nail (bacterial)
✔✔Cuticle Cream? - ✔✔Fats and waxes, e.g beeswax, Cocoa butter, white soft paraffin
✔✔Cuticle remover? - ✔✔Potassium hydroxide, glycerol, oleic acid, water
✔✔Nail enamel remover? - ✔✔Acetone or ethyl acetate, oil, glycerol to counteract the
drying affect
✔✔Massage oil/cream? - ✔✔Lanolin oils, mineral oils, cetyl alcohol, perfume,
preservatives, water
✔✔Buffing paste? - ✔✔Powdered silica or pumice, wax polish or mineral oil, soft
paraffin, paraffin wax
✔✔Nail strengtheners? - ✔✔Formaldehyde
✔✔Nail enamel? - ✔✔Plastic film,
Nitrocellulose,
, Plasticiser (flexibility)
Solvent (drying)
Plastic resin (gloss)
Pigment (colour)
✔✔Pearl and frosted enamels? - ✔✔Guanine or bismuth oxychloride
✔✔Quick dryers? - ✔✔Mineral oil and oleic acid or silicone
✔✔Hard skin remover? - ✔✔Sodium chloride, pumice, liquid paraffin and glycerine
✔✔5 main nail shapes? - ✔✔Oval - most popular
Square
Long square
Pointed
Round
✔✔How long should a manicure take? - ✔✔30 Mins
✔✔How long should a pedicure take? - ✔✔40 Mins
✔✔Base coat benefits? - ✔✔Protects the nail plate from staining
Gives a smooth surface for enamelling
✔✔Top coat benefits? - ✔✔Seals the enamel
Gives extra shine
Prevents chipping
Increases longivety of the enamel
✔✔Hot oil treatment? - ✔✔Moisturises dry skin and cuticles
Moisturises flaking nails
✔✔Paraffin wax treatment? - ✔✔Nourish and moisturise the skin
Relieve the pain of stiff joints and improve mobility
Improve skin colour
✔✔Aftercare for Manicure? - ✔✔Use gloves for house hold work
Use nail strengtheners, base coat and enamels
Soaking brittle nails in warm oil
Use cuticle cream at night
Apply hand cream after hands have been wet and before bed
Use emery boards not metal files
No biting or picking at cuticles
Wear gloves in winter
