Theory: Safety and Sanitation
34%of exam
SanitationFirst aidDrapingClient records
Theory: Facial Services
16%of exam
FacialsHair removalManicuresPedicures
Theory: Laws and Rules
10%of exam
LicensureDisciplineSalonsBoard duties
Clinical: Color and Lightening
39%of exam
ColorLightenerWavesRelaxers
Clinical: Waving and Relaxing
34%of exam
WavesRelaxersTest curlBase
Theory: Client Services
24%of exam
ConsultationDrapingAnalysisRecords
Theory: Nails
16%of exam
ManicuresPedicuresExtensionsWraps
Clinical: Scalp and Hair
5%of exam
ShampooMassagepHConditioning
Clinical: Cutting and Shaping
10%of exam
AnglesSectionsClippersTexturizing
Clinical: Hair Styling
12%of exam
WavesRollersThermal ironsBraiding
Quick Facts
- Owner
- Florida DBPR
- Vendor
- Pearson VUE
- Papers
- Theory + Clinical
- Each paper
- 65 multiple choice
- Each time
- 90 minutes
- Passing score
- 75% scaled
- School hours
- 1,200 minimum
- Both portions
- Two years
Theory Order
Safety, client, skin, nails, law.
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Theory Versus Clinical
Written Theory
- 65 questions
- 90 minutes
- Safety emphasis
- Law questions
Written Clinical
- 65 questions
- 90 minutes
- Chemical emphasis
- Styling questions
Pass both separate examinations.
Client Condition Decision
- Client requests service→Clarify desired result
- Before any service→Drape client
- Skin needs review→Analyze skin
- Hair needs review→Analyze hair
- Scalp needs review→Analyze scalp
- Nails need review→Analyze nails
- Disorder is recognized→Refer for medical treatment
- Service remains appropriate→Update record card
Sanitation Actions
- Wet procedures
- Sanitize implements
- Dry procedures
- Sanitize implements
- Work area
- Clean and sanitize
- Personal hygiene
- Protect every service
- Chemical storage
- Store safely
- Accident facts
- Record pertinent details
- Medical emergency
- Recognize and respond
Client First
Consult, drape, analyze, refer, record.
ConsultDrapeAnalyzeReferRecord
Cleaning Versus Disinfection
Cleaning
- Remove visible debris
- Use soap and water
- Before disinfection
Disinfection
- Use registered disinfectant
- Follow label contact time
- After cleaning
Clean first; then disinfect.
Hair Versus Skin Analysis
Hair and scalp
- Structure review
- Disorder recognition
- Service selection
Skin and nails
- Condition review
- Disorder recognition
- Medical referral
Analyze the actual service area.
Facial Services
- Sensitivity test
- Check before service
- Waxing
- Remove superfluous hair
- Tweezing
- Remove superfluous hair
- Depilatory
- Remove superfluous hair
- Hair lightening
- Treat superfluous hair
- Artificial eyelashes
- Apply safely
- Facial massage
- Perform safely
Laws and Licensure
- Licensure status
- Maintain properly
- Salon license
- Know requirements
- Board duties
- Know regulatory authority
- Discipline
- Recognize prohibited conduct
- Recordkeeping
- Retain required records
- Display rules
- Post licenses properly
Clinical Order
Color, chemicals, style, cut, scalp.
393412105
Patch Versus Strand
Patch test
- Skin sensitivity
- Before color
- Client protection
Strand test
- Hair result
- Before processing
- Outcome prediction
Do not treat them interchangeably.
Chemical Service Decision
- Color service planned→Select color approach
- Sensitivity is relevant→Perform patch test
- Outcome needs checking→Perform strand test
- Lightening is planned→Select lightener
- Wave is planned→Perform test curl
- Relaxing is planned→Select relaxer type
- Hairline needs protection→Apply base
- Result is unwanted→Plan corrective color
Clinical Weights
- Color and lightening
- 39%
- Waving and relaxing
- 34%
- Hair styling
- 12%
- Cutting and shaping
- 10%
- Scalp and hair care
- 5%
- Clinical items
- 65 questions
- Clinical time
- 90 minutes
Wave Versus Relaxer
Permanent wave
- Select pattern
- Apply wave solution
- Check test curl
Chemical relaxer
- Select relaxer
- Protect hairline
- Manage chemical change
Choose service for intended change.
Color Services
- Patch test
- Check skin sensitivity
- Strand test
- Predict hair result
- Semi-permanent color
- Select and apply
- Permanent color
- Select and apply
- Toner
- Select and apply
- Lightener
- Select and apply
- Corrective color
- Address unwanted result
Chemical Services
- Test curl
- Check processing
- Acid wave
- Wave solution type
- Exothermic wave
- Wave solution type
- Thio relaxer
- Chemical straightening
- No-lye relaxer
- Chemical straightening
- Sodium hydroxide
- Chemical straightening
- Base application
- Protect hairline areas
Theory Weights
- Safety and sanitation
- 34%
- Client services
- 24%
- Facials and makeup
- 16%
- Manicures and pedicures
- 16%
- Laws and rules
- 10%
- Theory items
- 65 questions
- Theory time
- 90 minutes
Client Analysis
- Consultation
- Determine desired service
- Draping
- Protect the client
- Skin analysis
- Recognize disorders
- Hair analysis
- Recognize disorders
- Scalp analysis
- Recognize disorders
- Nail analysis
- Recognize disorders
- Record card
- Check and update
Nail Services
- Nail repair
- Repair damaged nails
- Nail filing
- Shape desired nails
- Plain manicure
- Perform service
- Oil manicure
- Perform service
- Plain pedicure
- Perform service
- Nail extensions
- Select and apply
- Nail wraps
- Apply correctly
Scalp and Hair Care
- pH levels
- Hair, shampoo, rinse
- Hair analysis
- Assess condition and texture
- Scalp analysis
- Recognize contraindications
- Shampoo selection
- Match hair condition
- Scalp massage
- Use safe movements
- Conditioner
- Match treatment need
Cutting and Shaping
- Cutting implements
- Select method
- Texturizing
- Use thinning shears
- Sectioning
- Control the haircut
- Elevation
- Control weight and layers
- Guideline
- Set cutting reference
- Clippers
- Cut short hair safely
Hair Styling
- Thermal irons
- Style after assessment
- Freehand styling
- Braiding or roping
- Finger waves
- Shape wet hair
- Roller set
- Control curl pattern
- Blow-dry styling
- Direct heat and airflow
- Pin curls
- Shape curl formations
Common Traps
Two Papers, Not One
Theory and Clinical separate ≠ Pass both within two years
Clinical Means Written
Clinical paper is multiple choice ≠ It is not performance testing
Never Ignore Conditions
Recognize disorders ≠ Refer for medical treatment
Patch Is Not Strand
Patch checks skin ≠ Strand predicts hair result
Weights Belong To Papers
Theory weights stay Theory ≠ Clinical weights stay Clinical
Last Minute
- 1.Separate Theory and Clinical notes
- 2.Recall 65 questions each
- 3.Recall 90 minutes each
- 4.Prioritize Theory safety weight
- 5.Prioritize Clinical color weight
- 6.Know 75% scaled score
- 7.Review patch versus strand
- 8.Review medical referral rule
- 9.Confirm DBPR application approval
- 10.Bring required identification
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