KY Esthetician study plan

Build a one-page chart that separates sanitation, disinfection, and sterilization and lists at least two EPA-registered hospital-grade disinfectants with their contact times and dilution ratios.

Sequence a full facial station setup and breakdown, writing each step that touches a client, tool, or surface in the order it must occur.

Locate the Kentucky Board of Cosmetology statutes and administrative regulations governing esthetics and cite the exact section numbers for licensure, sanitation, and scope of practice.

Define the chain of infection and match each link to a specific esthetician action that breaks it (handwashing, glove use, single-use implements, surface barriers).

Classify 25 real or described items from a treatment room as single-use, reusable-requiring-disinfection, or porous-requiring-discard, and justify each call.

Demonstrate proper handwashing and glove donning/doffing sequences in writing, listing the exact duration and the moments gloves must be changed.

Distinguish contraindications that require physician clearance from those that require service modification or refusal, with at least 8 examples.

Explain blood exposure and sharps handling procedures, including which disinfectant class is required for blood-contaminated surfaces.

Diagram the layers of the epidermis in order and state the primary function and cell type of each layer.

Label a hand-drawn cross-section of skin showing epidermis, dermis, hypodermis, hair follicle, sebaceous gland, sweat gland, arrector pili, and major nerve and vessel supply.

Describe the functions of the skin barrier, acid mantle, and melanocytes, and predict what happens to each when the barrier is compromised.

Map facial muscles and the cranial nerve that innervates them well enough to explain why certain facial movements and massage strokes are avoided in specific conditions.

Differentiate the Fitzpatrick phototypes I through VI and match each to a waxing, exfoliation, and treatment-intensity recommendation.

Perform a written skin analysis on three volunteers or case descriptions, recording oiliness, pore size, hydration, sensitivity, and pigmentation with a rationale for each rating.

Explain the difference between dehydrated and dry skin and identify two visible cues that separate them.

Predict how aging, hormonal shifts, and photoaging each change skin thickness, sebum output, and healing response.

Draft a consultation script that covers health history, medications, allergies, prior treatments, and consent, and identify the five questions that most often change a treatment plan.

Design three complete 60-minute facial protocols for oily/acne-prone, sensitive, and mature skin, specifying cleansing, exfoliation, extraction, massage, mask, and finishing steps with product categories.

Sequence massage movements and state the contraindications that cancel or modify each.

List the pre- and post-service instructions you would give for each of the three protocols and the documentation you would record.

Write a waxing protocol for the brow, lip, underarm, and leg that states hair length requirements, temperature testing, patch testing, and post-wax care.

Identify at least 8 waxing contraindications and the correct action for each (defer, modify, or refuse).

Match makeup products, tools, and brush types to face shapes, eye shapes, and skin types, and describe a corrective technique for each of three face shapes.

Explain color theory application for concealing redness, neutralizing discoloration, and selecting foundation undertone.

Classify at least 15 common esthetic ingredients by function (humectant, emollient, occlusive, exfoliant, antioxidant, preservative, surfactant) and give a use case for each.

Explain pH, the acid mantle range, and how pH affects exfoliant strength and cleanser mildness.

Distinguish physical from chemical exfoliants and state the concentration and pH ranges that change risk for AHA and BHA products.

Identify common allergens and irritants, explain patch testing, and describe how to read an ingredient list to spot a client's known allergen.

Recite Kentucky licensure requirements, renewal cycles, continuing education obligations, and the scope of practice boundaries for an esthetician, citing the governing regulation for each.

List Board rules on record keeping, display of license, sanitation inspections, and prohibited practices, and describe the consequence of violating each.

Complete two timed 100-question practice sets and log every missed item by domain.

Re-review the two weakest domains from the logged misses and rewrite the notes for those domains into a one-page summary each.