West Virginia Cosmetology Continuing Education
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Mandatory
3 Hrs
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This course fulfills the 3 hour requirement for Sanitation to be taken every other year.
Sanitation and Infection Control
Learning Objectives
- Explain why infection control and safety in the cosmetology industry are so important.
- Describe ways in which infections can be transmitted within the salon environment.
- Define the characteristics of a communicable disease and discuss the most common communicable diseases likely to affect the salon industry.
- Discuss ways that risks within the industry can affect salon professionals and their customers.
- Name the viral, bacterial and fungal infections most likely to occur within the salon setting.
- Describe effective measures that a salon professional can take to reduce and/or eliminate risks of bacterial and viral transmissions.
- Discuss why the health and safety of your client should be the number one priorities, and how cleanliness can affect - either negatively or positively - your business' reputation.
- Define the terms associated with sanitation, disinfection and sterilization and discuss the differences in each of these methods.
- Explain the risks and every day hazards that affect cosmetologists; give examples of manual task risk factors.
- Describe some easy fixes that can be incorporated within the work area to make it more ergonomic and efficient, thus reducing the risk of injuries and strains.
How to Build a Better Haircut
Learning objectives:
- Recognize the basic elements that create the necessary building blocks for haircut development.
- Review the types of hair parts, parting patterns and their direction.
- Identify the types of cutting methods and recognize the result of pairing parting direction with variations in distribution.
- Differentiate the influence on the hair when using various types of cutting tools.
- Identify the results of using specific cutting tools and hand positions on various hair types.
- Identify methods of altering cut components for density, texture, natural hairlines and curl patterns that may interfere with finished designs.
- Construct haircuts that will provide confidence in clients by complimenting the head shape and facial contours, based on bone structure and underlying tissues.
- Confidently apply the appropriate hair cutting technique while using the most effective implement for successful results.
Make-up and Your Client
Learning objectives
- Explain the steps and theories in color analysis for your client.
- List the hair colors that flatter cool-toned persons and warm-toned persons.
- Explain the seasonal theory of color and how to use it to help clients with wardrobe colors and other fashion advice.
- Define and list primary colors, secondary colors and tertiary colors.
Manicuring in the 21st Century
Learning objectives
- Describe the symptoms of people who are allergic to EMA.
- Name the first symptom usually evident when one is allergic to polish.
- Name the three chemicals that are being formulated out of polishes.
- Explain why manicuring has become popular again in the nail industry.
- List five conditions that must be on the health history sheet.
- List three conditions that disqualify clients from soaking.
- Provide the reasons for not trimming cuticles.
- Describe a soakless pedicure.
- List three reasons why a patient would have a soakless pedicure.
Personalizing the Color Experience
Learning objectives:
- Recognize which hair textures cause results to vary from manufacturer color swatches when tinting.
- Identify results of using specific types of coloring agents on various hair types based on their ingredients.
- Distinguish the strengths of developers for use in various hair color products.
- Maintain the integrity of the hair strand by confidently applying the appropriate type of product.
- Perform a pre-service analysis that will lock in the essential information of: What do we want, what do we have, and what are we missing?
The Skin Care Professional's Guide to Exfoliation
Learning objectives
- Describe the difference between mechanical and chemical exfoliation.
- Give examples of mechanical and chemical exfoliants.
- Recall cosmetology rules regarding the practice of microdermabrasion.
- Define standard precautions and infection control.
- Understand the role of the FDA in classifying devices.