IL Cosmetology case studies
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The Illinois Cosmetology licensure credential is the state-issued license that allows a graduate of an approved cosmetology program to legally perform hair, skin, and nail services for the public in Illinois. It is administered through the state licensing authority, and candidates typically qualify by completing the required clock hours at an approved school and then passing both a written theory examination and a hands-on practical examination. The IL Cosmetology case studies are 5 cases and about 4,597 words.
1Blood on the Pedicure Cart, Client at 5:15
A walk-in client is soaking in your piped, recirculating foot spa. While you file, you notice that the nail plate of her right great toe is thickened, yellow-brown, and lifting from the bed, with debris packed under the free edge.
876 words, about 4 min2The Owner's Nephew and the Bald Patch
You rent a chair in a six-station salon in Illinois. On a busy Saturday the owner asks you to "just hand off" a toner application to her 17-year-old nephew, who is not licensed, while you finish a color service, and to let him blow-dry a second client afterward.
936 words, about 5 min3Ten Weeks of New Growth, Three Days to the Wedding
A 34-year-old client wants her relaxer retouched before a wedding in three days. She relaxed at home "a few months ago" with a no-lye box kit; the mid-shaft is straight, there is about 1.5 inches of tight new growth, and the last 3 inches are lightened to a level 8 and feel mushy and stretchy when wet.
932 words, about 5 min4Box Color, Henna, and a Friday Deadline
A client arrives with three years of box color at a level 3 and wants to be a level 9 blonde by Friday for her daughter's wedding. In passing she mentions a "henna and indigo" gloss about five months ago, and a box relaxer applied six weeks ago.
952 words, about 5 min5Accutane, Adapalene, and the Interview
A 28-year-old books a 60-minute facial with brow and lip waxing before a job interview in three days. On the intake form she writes: isotretinoin 40 mg daily, started nine weeks ago; adapalene gel applied last night; two cystic bumps on the chin; and "dermaplaning elsewhere four days ago." She asks you to skip the patch test for brow tint because she has "had it a dozen times," wants steam and extractions on the cysts, and says, "just do the waxing first, I'm in a rush." Your room has a steamer, an ultrasonic spatula, 2% salicylic, 10% glycolic, tweezers, tint, and hard wax at the label-specified temperature.
901 words, about 5 min