WASHINGTON STATE ESTHETICIAN
LICENSURE REVIEW 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS TESTED QUESTIONS.
■ What muscle connects the occipitalis to the frontalis? Answer:
Epicranial Eponeurosis
■ What regulates the strength of electrical currents? Answer: A
circuit breaker
■ What is the medical term for dry skin? Answer: Asteatosis
■ What is the hair removal method that can be used on a client using
isotretioin? Answer: Threading
■ What process of disinfection uses sound? Answer: Ultrasonic
■ What is the term used to describe therapy in skincare using plants
and their properties? Answer: Phytotherapy
■ What botanical is considered to be an anti viral? Answer:
Eucalyptus
■ What is a contradiction in Sclerotherapy. Answer: Diabetes
,■ When do you degrease in microderm? Answer: Before PPE
■ During Ultrasonic does eye or ear protection go first? Answer:
EAR
■ When do you degrease during LED? Answer: Before PPE
■ When do you degrease in BHA? Answer: After gloves
■ When do you step back in BHA? Answer: After you neutralize
■ What are the contradictions of a body wrap? Answer:
Claustrophobia, epilepsy, pregnancy, autoimmune disease
■ What is the process for collecting essential oils? Answer:
Distillation
■ Who should you not use clove oil on? Answer: Pregnant or
sensitive skin clients
■ What other essential oil can pregnant women use for acne?
Answer: Tea tree oil
■ What botanical is safe for use on someone with acne who is
pregnant? Answer: Geranium
, ■ What body wrap ingredients would be a contraindication for
somebody on accutane? Answer: Sulfer
■ Essential oil that kills bacteria. Answer: Eucalyptus
■ Comfrey Root ointment helps with? Answer: Bruising and pulled
muscles
■ What property do clove and rosemary have in common? Answer:
Antiseptic
■ What is the contraindication for Sclerotherapy. Answer: pregnancy
■ What is a contraindication to performing chemical peels? Answer:
Erythema
■ Geranium oil is good for? Answer: Acne, sensitive skin, or
immune strengthening
■ A client taking antibiotics will have a contraindication for what
therapy? Answer: Light Therapy
■ LED contraindications. Answer: Seizures, autoimmune disorders,
pregnancy, photosensitive medications and open lesions, Hepatitis
■ What botanical is considered antispasmodic? Answer: Basil
LICENSURE REVIEW 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS TESTED QUESTIONS.
■ What muscle connects the occipitalis to the frontalis? Answer:
Epicranial Eponeurosis
■ What regulates the strength of electrical currents? Answer: A
circuit breaker
■ What is the medical term for dry skin? Answer: Asteatosis
■ What is the hair removal method that can be used on a client using
isotretioin? Answer: Threading
■ What process of disinfection uses sound? Answer: Ultrasonic
■ What is the term used to describe therapy in skincare using plants
and their properties? Answer: Phytotherapy
■ What botanical is considered to be an anti viral? Answer:
Eucalyptus
■ What is a contradiction in Sclerotherapy. Answer: Diabetes
,■ When do you degrease in microderm? Answer: Before PPE
■ During Ultrasonic does eye or ear protection go first? Answer:
EAR
■ When do you degrease during LED? Answer: Before PPE
■ When do you degrease in BHA? Answer: After gloves
■ When do you step back in BHA? Answer: After you neutralize
■ What are the contradictions of a body wrap? Answer:
Claustrophobia, epilepsy, pregnancy, autoimmune disease
■ What is the process for collecting essential oils? Answer:
Distillation
■ Who should you not use clove oil on? Answer: Pregnant or
sensitive skin clients
■ What other essential oil can pregnant women use for acne?
Answer: Tea tree oil
■ What botanical is safe for use on someone with acne who is
pregnant? Answer: Geranium
, ■ What body wrap ingredients would be a contraindication for
somebody on accutane? Answer: Sulfer
■ Essential oil that kills bacteria. Answer: Eucalyptus
■ Comfrey Root ointment helps with? Answer: Bruising and pulled
muscles
■ What property do clove and rosemary have in common? Answer:
Antiseptic
■ What is the contraindication for Sclerotherapy. Answer: pregnancy
■ What is a contraindication to performing chemical peels? Answer:
Erythema
■ Geranium oil is good for? Answer: Acne, sensitive skin, or
immune strengthening
■ A client taking antibiotics will have a contraindication for what
therapy? Answer: Light Therapy
■ LED contraindications. Answer: Seizures, autoimmune disorders,
pregnancy, photosensitive medications and open lesions, Hepatitis
■ What botanical is considered antispasmodic? Answer: Basil
