Cosmetic Mixing Device with Proportion Regulator
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current devices for packaging and distributing cosmetic products that combine different compositions for application to keratin materials lack the ability to vary the relative proportion of components, resulting in limited control over visible optical effects such as color, coverage, and texture, which are not adaptable to individual preferences or skin tones.
Innovation Solution
A device that separately stores two cosmetic compositions, allowing users to mix them in varying proportions using a regulating member, which can produce a range of visible optical effects beyond color, including coverage, gloss, and diffraction, suitable for different skin tones and occasions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a device packages and distributes cosmetic compositions with fixed proportions, then the device structure is simple, but the adaptability to different skin tones and preferences is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The device incorporates a regulating member that allows dynamic adjustment of the mixing proportions between two cosmetic compositions. This dynamic mechanism enables the device to adapt to different skin tones and user preferences while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The device changes the parameter of mixing proportion by allowing users to adjust the relative amounts of two different cosmetic compositions. This parameter adjustment capability provides adaptability to different skin tones and optical effects without requiring multiple fixed formulations, thus improving versatility while keeping the device structure simple.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a device allows varying proportions of compositions, then the adaptability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device segments the cosmetic composition into two separate storage chambers, each containing a different composition. This segmentation allows independent control and mixing of the compositions in varying proportions through a regulating member, enabling control over optical effects while keeping the regulating mechanism relatively simple.
Solution Approach 2:
The regulating member serves multiple functions: it controls the mixing proportion, determines the optical effect (color, coverage, gloss), and adapts to different skin tones. This multi-functionality allows the device to provide versatile control over cosmetic effects without requiring separate mechanisms for each function, thus managing complexity effectively.
3Ease of operation
If the device stores compositions separately, then the mixing control is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device divides the cosmetic storage into two separate compartments, each holding a different composition. This segmentation enables precise control over mixing proportions by allowing the user to independently manage each composition before mixing, improving ease of operation while maintaining a simple packaging structure through effective spatial organization.
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AI summary
A device for packaging and distributing at least first and second cosmetic compositions, which are different from each other and which may be mixed together for the purpose of applying them to keratin materials may be configured to separately store the first and second compositions. The device may include a regulating member configured to allow a user to vary a relative proportion of at least one composition in the mixture, the relative proportion conditioning at least one visible optical effect other than color in the mixture.