Chapter 6 Skin Care Products: Chemistry,
Ingredients, and Selection Exam Questions
With Correct Answers 100% Guaranteed
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It is very important to your career to provide clients with what? - Answer✔Appropriate
treatments and home care products.
Why should you provide clients with appropriate treatments and home care products? -
Answer✔To achieve their goal of healthy skin, as well as work within the specific laws and
regulations that pertain to cosmetics and ingredients.
It is essential to educate your clients about what? - Answer✔Products and ingredients that you
use in a treatment or recommend for their home care use.
You must be able to explain what? - Answer✔What skin care products and ingredients do, why
they're effective, realistic expectations, and how to properly use products at home.
As new developments in cosmetic chemistry are constantly evolving, it's imperative that
esthetician's do what? - Answer✔Remain on top of the latest ingredient and product technology
throughout their entire career.
In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for? -
Answer✔Ensuring the safety of our nation's cosmetics.
Cosmetics - Answer✔Makeup and skin care products
There are ________ and ________ that apply to cosmetics on the market. - Answer✔Laws and
regulations
What are the two most important laws pertaining to cosmetics marketed in the US? -
Answer✔The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) and the Fair Packaging and
Labeling Act (FPLA)
The FDA regulates cosmetics under the authority of what two laws? - Answer✔The FD&C act
and the FPLA
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, The FD&C defines drugs as what? - Answer✔"Articles intended for use in the diagnosis, cure,
mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease" and "articles (other than food) intended to affect
the structure or any function of the body of man or other animals."
A product can legally be a ________, a ________, or a combination of both. - Answer✔Drug,
cosmetic
Cosmeceuticals - Answer✔Can be used in many ways, but in general refers to professional skin
care products and makeup that include pharmaceutical-grade ingredients.
Ingredients on a label must be listed how? - Answer✔In descending order of predominance,
starting with the ingredient having the highest concentration and ending with the ingredient
having the lowest concentration.
A fragrance must be listed as a fragrance, but..? - Answer✔Particular ingredients used for the
fragrance need not be listed.
The FDA requires that all cosmetic labels include a list of what? - Answer✔A list of ingredients
using standardized INCI names for each ingredient.
The option of INCI names ensures what? - Answer✔That cosmetic ingredients are consistently
listed, using the same ingredient name from product to product.
Having the same ingredient name from product to product ensures what? - Answer✔That
consumers can easily compare multiple products that have the same ingredient names all around
the world.
Symptoms of an irritant reaction that include burning while itching is usually a sign of? -
Answer✔An allergic reaction
Where should you patch test a product? - Answer✔Apply the product on the inside of the arm
near the elbow or behind the ear.
If during a facial treatment the skin becomes excessively red or the client complains of burning,
you should immediately do what? - Answer✔Remove the product, rinse the skin with cold water,
and apply cool compresses until the skin calms.
Products directly from nature can have powerful skin benefits; however, some of the most
effective cosmetic ingredients are..? - Answer✔Not derived from natural sources
The terms natural and all natural are often used in? - Answer✔Marketing for skin care products
and ingredients derived from natural sources.
Why is the only regulation for the term organic by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)?
- Answer✔Because it applies to agricultural products.
Cruelty free - Answer✔Term used to describe products that are not tested on animals at any
stage of the production process; nor are any of their ingredients tested on animals.
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Ingredients, and Selection Exam Questions
With Correct Answers 100% Guaranteed
Pass.
It is very important to your career to provide clients with what? - Answer✔Appropriate
treatments and home care products.
Why should you provide clients with appropriate treatments and home care products? -
Answer✔To achieve their goal of healthy skin, as well as work within the specific laws and
regulations that pertain to cosmetics and ingredients.
It is essential to educate your clients about what? - Answer✔Products and ingredients that you
use in a treatment or recommend for their home care use.
You must be able to explain what? - Answer✔What skin care products and ingredients do, why
they're effective, realistic expectations, and how to properly use products at home.
As new developments in cosmetic chemistry are constantly evolving, it's imperative that
esthetician's do what? - Answer✔Remain on top of the latest ingredient and product technology
throughout their entire career.
In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for? -
Answer✔Ensuring the safety of our nation's cosmetics.
Cosmetics - Answer✔Makeup and skin care products
There are ________ and ________ that apply to cosmetics on the market. - Answer✔Laws and
regulations
What are the two most important laws pertaining to cosmetics marketed in the US? -
Answer✔The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) and the Fair Packaging and
Labeling Act (FPLA)
The FDA regulates cosmetics under the authority of what two laws? - Answer✔The FD&C act
and the FPLA
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, The FD&C defines drugs as what? - Answer✔"Articles intended for use in the diagnosis, cure,
mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease" and "articles (other than food) intended to affect
the structure or any function of the body of man or other animals."
A product can legally be a ________, a ________, or a combination of both. - Answer✔Drug,
cosmetic
Cosmeceuticals - Answer✔Can be used in many ways, but in general refers to professional skin
care products and makeup that include pharmaceutical-grade ingredients.
Ingredients on a label must be listed how? - Answer✔In descending order of predominance,
starting with the ingredient having the highest concentration and ending with the ingredient
having the lowest concentration.
A fragrance must be listed as a fragrance, but..? - Answer✔Particular ingredients used for the
fragrance need not be listed.
The FDA requires that all cosmetic labels include a list of what? - Answer✔A list of ingredients
using standardized INCI names for each ingredient.
The option of INCI names ensures what? - Answer✔That cosmetic ingredients are consistently
listed, using the same ingredient name from product to product.
Having the same ingredient name from product to product ensures what? - Answer✔That
consumers can easily compare multiple products that have the same ingredient names all around
the world.
Symptoms of an irritant reaction that include burning while itching is usually a sign of? -
Answer✔An allergic reaction
Where should you patch test a product? - Answer✔Apply the product on the inside of the arm
near the elbow or behind the ear.
If during a facial treatment the skin becomes excessively red or the client complains of burning,
you should immediately do what? - Answer✔Remove the product, rinse the skin with cold water,
and apply cool compresses until the skin calms.
Products directly from nature can have powerful skin benefits; however, some of the most
effective cosmetic ingredients are..? - Answer✔Not derived from natural sources
The terms natural and all natural are often used in? - Answer✔Marketing for skin care products
and ingredients derived from natural sources.
Why is the only regulation for the term organic by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)?
- Answer✔Because it applies to agricultural products.
Cruelty free - Answer✔Term used to describe products that are not tested on animals at any
stage of the production process; nor are any of their ingredients tested on animals.
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