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QUIZ: Manicure Basics 1. Nippers are used to: A. Carefully trim away tags of dead skin B. Shorten the fingernails C. Clean underneath the nails D. Cut the eponychium 2. After the manicure service, which of the following items should you give to your client to take home? (Circle all that apply.) A. Metal pusher B. Wooden pusher C. Nail file D. Buffer E. Nippers F. Nail polish 3. True or False? T F It is OK to cut the proximal nail fold if your client asks you to. 40 | 2013 NAILS CAREER HANDBOOK T F The first step of every manicure is for you and your client to wash your hands. T F Electric files should always be used during manicure services. T F All base and top coats, as well as nail polish are highly flammable. T F Massage is often part of a manicure service. 4. When scooping products like scrubs or masks out of their original container, it is best to: A. Use your fingers B. Use one common plastic or metal spatula so you don't get too many dirty C. Use a different plastic or metal spatula in each separate product so as not to cross-contaminate D. First spray your hands with sanitizer and then use your fingers 5. Cuticle removers work by: A. Cutting the cuticle B. Dissolving live tissue around the nail C. Loosening and dissolving dead tissue from the nail plate D. None of the above 6. If a treatment, base or top coat, or nail polish is called 3-free, what is it free of? (Circle the three correct answers.) A. Formaldehyde B. Dibutyl phthalate C. Nitrocellulose D. TSF resin E. Toluene 7. Which of the following is NOT one of the five basic nail shapes? A. Square B. Pointed C. Oval D. Chevron E. Squoval F. Round 8. A French manicure is: A. When the nails are all polished red B. When the nail tips are polished white and the nail beds are polished pink or beige C. When the nails are polished a natural pink or beige D. None of the above 9. How would you best describe Morgan Taylor Nail Mint Chocolate Chip? A. Iridescent sparkle B. Teal green C. Metallic turquoise D. Crème mint green 10. Morgan Taylor Nail Lacquer is named after: A. A famous model B. Danny Haile's and David Daniel's daughters C. Danny Haile's grandmother Sponsored by D. A salon where Danny Haile and David Daniel used to work Take this test online at www.nailsmag.com/CHQuiz. www.morganTaylorLacquer.com