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Cosmetology Licensing Examination: Skin Care

Skin types, facials, hair removal safety, and contraindications.

Licensing exams are administered by state boards and national councils. FreeExam is not affiliated with those organizations, and these questions are original practice, not an official test.

These questions are original. This is not an official cosmetology licensing exam, and FreeExam is not affiliated with any state board of cosmetology.

  1. 1.A client's cheeks feel tight and flake, while little oil appears on the tissue after cleansing. Which skin description fits?

  2. 2.The T-zone shines by afternoon, but the cheeks feel rough and lack water. The client still produces oil. Which distinction is useful?

  3. 3.Cheeks are dry while the nose and forehead are shiny. What skin pattern is that?

  4. 4.A client stings and reddens with fragrance and alcohol toner. Which approach is safer?

  5. 5.Skin is even, comfortable, and neither flaky nor oily. What is still appropriate at the end of a daytime facial?

  6. 6.Makeup is still on the face at the start of a facial. What has to happen before you analyze the skin?

  7. 7.Which massage movement is light stroking used to begin and end a facial massage?

  8. 8.Kneading and lifting the tissue is which massage movement?

  9. 9.A classmate wants to use heavy tapping all over the face. What is the classroom limit?

  10. 10.Classroom massage on the face moves in which direction?

  11. 11.The client has a fever and a contagious respiratory illness and still wants a long facial massage. What should you do?

  12. 12.The client reports uncontrolled high blood pressure and wants vigorous facial percussion. What is the stricter choice?

  13. 13.Steam is prepared for a client with active rosacea and visible dilated vessels on the cheeks. What should you do?

  14. 14.The skin is sunburned and the client wants steam, a scrub, and wax before a trip. What do you do?

  15. 15.A deep, painful cyst is present and the client asks you to extract it. What is the limit?

  16. 16.A single open comedone releases easily after the skin is prepared, and there is no sign of infection. What is a reasonable limit if it does not release?

  17. 17.Which mask type is the usual classroom choice for very oily skin, if the skin is not irritated?

  18. 18.A cream mask is chosen. Which client is the better match if there is no contraindication?

  19. 19.Soft wax is ready for a lower-leg service. The skin is intact. Which application pattern is standard?

  20. 20.How do you test wax temperature before it touches the client?

  21. 21.A spatula has touched the client's skin during a wax. What happens to that spatula and the wax pot?

  22. 22.Hard wax is selected for a small facial area. Which handling point is correct?

  23. 23.The client is taking isotretinoin and wants a leg wax and a peel. What do you do?

  24. 24.The client used a topical retinoid last night and the face is red and flaking. They want a brow wax today. What do you do?

  25. 25.A raised mole sits in the area to be waxed. What is the rule?

  26. 26.A wart is in the waxing area. What should you do?

  27. 27.Prominent varicose veins cover the area the client wants waxed. What is the safer choice?

  28. 28.Wax lifts a piece of skin and the area bleeds. What do you do?

  29. 29.The same day as a chemical exfoliation, the client asks for a wax on that same skin. What do you do?

  30. 30.After a wax, the client is going straight into the sun. What do you advise?

  31. 31.Tweezing stray brow hairs on intact skin. Which direction is standard?

  32. 32.A depilatory cream is requested on unbroken skin. What is required before the full application?

  33. 33.The client brings a prescription retinoid and asks you to apply a stronger acid peel over it tonight. What do you do?

  34. 34.A light chemical exfoliation is within your license, and the product requires a patch test. The test skin is red and swollen the next day. What do you do?

  35. 35.During a peel that is allowed by your license, the client reports intense burning beyond the expected tingle. What do you do?

  36. 36.Microdermabrasion is requested over active pustules and a rosacea flare. What should you do?

  37. 37.A client with a pacemaker wants galvanic and high-frequency treatments. What is the decision?

  38. 38.The client has epilepsy and asks for a flashing high-frequency treatment. What should you do?

  39. 39.A pregnant client wants electrical facial current and an aggressive peel. What is the safer scope?

  40. 40.Metal implants are under the area where a galvanic electrode would sit. What do you do?

  41. 41.While using a galvanic electrode, the client reports a burning pain. What do you do?

  42. 42.A mole has an irregular border, more than one color, and has been growing. The client asks for a cosmetic cover and a shave removal. What do you do?

  43. 43.The client wants a dark spot guaranteed gone before a wedding. What may you say?

  44. 44.A patch of skin has lost pigment and the client wants you to stain it to match. What do you do?

  45. 45.Many inflamed cysts cover the face. What level of acne care is outside basic cosmetology?

  46. 46.Small white keratin cysts sit under the surface. The client asks you to lance each one. What is the stricter scope for general cosmetology?

  47. 47.Honey-colored crusts suggest a contagious skin infection on the cheek. The client wants a full facial. What do you do?

  48. 48.A cold sore is active beside the lip. The client wants camouflage makeup and a lip wax. What do you do?

  49. 49.The client's eye is red, sticky, and painful, and they want a brow tint. What should you do?

  50. 50.An eczema flare is weeping on the arm the client wants waxed. What do you do?

  51. 51.Psoriasis plaques are on the skin scheduled for a body scrub. What should you do?

  52. 52.A skin tag is in the brow and the client asks you to snip it off. What do you do?

  53. 53.The client reports diabetes and wants a service that would cut or abrade the skin. What is the stricter choice?

  54. 54.The client takes an anticoagulant and bruises easily. Extractions and waxing are on the book. What should you do?

  55. 55.A peel product enters the eye. The client wears contact lenses. What is the immediate step?

  56. 56.Cream is in a jar. How do you remove a portion for one client?

  57. 57.Cotton pads and sponges were used on one face. What happens to them?

  58. 58.The facial bed's headrest cover was used. What is required before the next client?

  59. 59.A minor asks for a bikini wax and no parent or guardian is present. Your state requires guardian consent for that minor. What do you do?

  60. 60.During a wax the client says stop. What do you do?

  61. 61.The client asks you to perform laser hair removal. Your license does not include laser. What do you do?

  62. 62.The client had facial filler injections two days ago and wants a firm massage and a wax over those sites. What do you do?

  63. 63.Skin in the treatment area is currently undergoing radiation therapy and looks fragile. The client wants a scrub and wax. What do you do?

  64. 64.The client forms keloids and wants a service that would break the skin. What should you do?

  65. 65.An essential oil bottle says to dilute before skin contact. The client has a scratch and wants the oil straight on it. What do you do?

  66. 66.A hot towel is prepared for a facial. How is the heat checked?

  67. 67.Your rings have raised settings and you are about to massage a face. What should you do?

  68. 68.After a wax the client develops spreading redness and pus at the follicles a few days later and asks you for an antibiotic. What do you do?

  69. 69.An ingrown hair has a pustule and the redness is spreading. The client wants you to dig it out. What do you do?

  70. 70.A daytime facial is complete and the client asks whether moisturizer replaces sunscreen. What is accurate?

  71. 71.You refuse an unsafe peel. What should the record include?

  72. 72.Which implement practice fits a facial station between clients?

  73. 73.A high-frequency electrode touched one client's face. What happens before the next client?

  74. 74.The client asks which skin layer a rinse-off cleanser actually contacts.

  75. 75.During a facial the client asks you to name a function of the skin besides looking smooth. Which function is real?

  76. 76.A shared lipstick bullet has already touched one client's lips. How is color taken for the next person?

  77. 77.Mascara is in a tube with a wand. What is the sanitary way to coat lashes?

  78. 78.A peel-off mask is on the face and has stuck to the eyebrows. The client is in pain as you pull. What should you do?

  79. 79.Mechanical scrubbing is planned over pustules and visible broken capillaries. What should you do?

  80. 80.An enzyme exfoliant has a maximum time on its label. You are considering a second acid peel immediately afterward. What is the safer plan?

  81. 81.The client wants a numbing cream that is a prescription anesthetic before a wax. You are not authorized to apply it. What do you do?

  82. 82.A facial client has an open lesion on the cheek and asks you to work through it with steam and massage. What do you do?

  83. 83.You explain insertion and origin before a massage. Which definition is correct?

  84. 84.A client with very dry skin asks for the same heavy cream on a cluster of pustules on the chin. What is the better split?

  85. 85.Aging skin is thin, and the client wants a strong peel and a lip wax the same morning. What is the cautious plan?

  86. 86.A brow tint product requires a patch test. The client had a rash from haircolor last year. What do you do before any tint touches the brow?

  87. 87.Permanent makeup that breaks the skin is requested, and your cosmetology license does not include it. What do you do?

  88. 88.A recent surgical scar is still open in spots. The client wants a scrub over it. What do you do?

  89. 89.The magnifying lamp was used on one client. What is required before the next facial?

  90. 90.You are draping for a facial. Which practice respects both modesty and sanitation?

  91. 91.The client asks you for a steroid cream for a rash you noticed. What is your response?

  92. 92.Waxing causes a hive-like reaction and the client's lips begin to swell. What do you do?

  93. 93.A beard wax is booked. The skin has an open shaving nick. What changes?

  94. 94.The client's skin burns easily and has never had a peel. They want the strongest acid you can create. What do you do?

  95. 95.After the facial you are tempted to add an exfoliating acid at home for the client tonight, outside the protocol. What is the better advice?

  96. 96.Hands are washed, and a bowl of water was used in the facial. What happens to the bowl?

  97. 97.A friction movement is very deep rubbing. When is it a poor first choice?

  98. 98.An extraction produces a drop of blood. What is the stricter sequence?

  99. 99.A painful bump on the eyelid looks like a stye. The client wants it extracted during the brow service. What do you do?

  100. 100.A sensitive client uses a strongly alkaline cleanser every day and reports tightness and irritation. What is a sound product direction?

  101. 101.Tweezers used for brow hair on intact skin must be ready for the next client. What is required?

  102. 102.You are explaining desincrustation without giving a recipe. Which statement is the classroom concept?

  103. 103.A photo of a spot is texted to you with a request to say whether it is cancer. What do you answer?

  104. 104.A mask causes immediate itching and redness on a client who just disclosed a fragrance allergy. What do you do?

  105. 105.Paraffin is offered on the hands during a skin service. The client has loss of sensation from neuropathy. What should you do?

  106. 106.The facial towel that touched one client is damp. A second client is seated. What is the linen rule?

  107. 107.Acne papules are present, and a classmate starts a heavy petrissage over them. What is the correction?

  108. 108.A client card for a peel or wax should include which safety information?