Device, kit and method for selecting personalized color cosmetics
US6603550B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 12, 2001 |
| Grant date | Aug 5, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 26, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01J3/0272
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A skin color measuring device is provided for use with a kit and method to measure skin shades at point-of-sale. The device includes a hand holdable housing encompassing a spectrophotometer/colorimeter, a logic program for calculating L, a, b values measured by the spectrophotometer/colorimeter and for converting these values into corresponding shades of facial foundation cosmetic products suitable for the measured customer, and a display window formed in the wall of the housing allowing visualization of the logic selected facial foundation products. Kits in the form of a display case are provided which include the skin measuring device and an inventory of different facial foundation products as well as a reader card set for correlating the selected facial foundation products with complementary color cosmetics such as lipsticks, eye shadows, eye liners, blush and lip liners. Also disclosed is a method for evaluating the most suitable facial foundation for a customer and referencing a complementary other color cosmetic product with appropriate shade.
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