A dispensing device includes a container defining a reservoir containing a liquid and a porous applicator for dispensing the liquid. Another dispensing device includes two containers attached to each other, where the first container defines a reservoir containing a first liquid and a porous applicator for dispensing liquid and the second container contains a second liquid that may be dispensed via application of a force.

A feeding container includes a container body 51, 52 capable of accommodating contents, and a nozzle 54 provided in an upper portion of the container body, and the contents accommodated in the container body is discharged from the nozzle 54. The nozzle 54 extends in a horizontal direction, and pushes out the contents in the horizontal direction via a discharge hole opening in the horizontal direction, and a projection 543 which projects in a direction intersecting an extending direction of the nozzle is provided on an extending side surface of the nozzle.

A fluid formulation assembly for a formulation dispenser includes a fluid container configured to store a volume of fluid cosmetic formulation, a drive assembly operatively connectable to the fluid container and configured to dispense the fluid cosmetic formulation, and a carriage that receives the fluid container and is configured to interface with the drive assembly. The fluid container is removably attachable with the carriage without tools and at least one of the drive assembly or the carriage is removably attachable with the cosmetic formulation dispenser.

A blending method is described for preparing a blended mixture. The blending method for preparing a blended mixture, the method includes: providing a control system having at least a processor, a computer-readable memory, and a display, wherein the memory contains software configured to receive a recipe defining instructions for preparing a blended mixture using one or more blending materials and amounts for producing a batch size of the blended mixture on a scale; monitoring a weight on the scale as blending materials are added to a receptacle on the scale; and indicating on the display the amounts of the blending materials that have been added to the scale to prepare an amount of a custom blended mixture based upon the selected blending materials.

The present application relates to an assembly (1) for packaging and dispensing of fluid cosmetic products, a threaded axial rod (60) cooperating with a first piston (81) and a second piston (82) that are able to be moved in axial translation inside a tubular container (2) in opposite directions under the effect of a rotation of said rod (60), said rod being a hollow rod forming at least part of an axial conduit between a bottom (4) of the container and an outlet orifice (52) for the products, said axial rod (60) cooperating in rotation with said dispensing head (50) in such a way that a relative manual rotation of said application head with respect to the container drives a movement of said first piston (81) toward the bottom (4) of the container.

A capsule integrated with a nail polish applying element for usage by a nail polish application apparatus comprising a capsule compartment and a pressure applying element, the capsule comprising a container defining a reservoir containing nail polish fluid, the container comprising an upper face with an opening sealed with a sliding gasket and a bottom face, wherein a volume of the reservoir is reduced and an internal pressure is built in the reservoir when pressure application slides the sliding gasket towards the bottom face, and a container housing comprising a body portion shaped to receive and accommodate the container, one or more conveying tunnels having a proximal end mechanically fixated to a bottom side of the body portion and a nail polish applying element mounted to receive the nail polish fluid from a distal end of the conveying tunnel(s) for applying the nail polish fluid on a nail surface.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a cosmetic arrangement can be provided, which can include a first structure that can enclose a cosmetic active ingredient(s), a second structure that can enclose a solvent solution, a third structure(s) that can separate the solvent solution from the cosmetic active ingredient(s), a medium that can be configured to absorb a mixture of the cosmetic active ingredient(s) and solvent solution, and an indicator structure that can be configured to indicate whether the cosmetic active ingredient(s) and the solvent solution have come in contact with one another. Upon an application of a particular amount of pressure on a portion(s) of the arrangement, the cosmetic active ingredient(s) and the solvent solution can be caused to come into direct contact with one another.

The present invention discloses a handheld device 200 and a method for creating customised cosmetic colours instantly. The handheld device 200 comprises a holder body 202 with two or more slots to house two or more dispensers that dispense two or more base colour liquid lipsticks. The handheld device 200 further comprises a container 212. In order to create customised liquid lipsticks, a user follows a colour recipe chart 600 and dispenses the two or more base colours in the two or more dispensers in predetermined ratios to create a custom colour in the container 212. While the present description focuses on creating liquid lipsticks, it will be apparent to those with ordinary skill in the art that the handheld device 200 and the method can be used to create any other colour cosmetics or artists colours.

A blending method is described for preparing a blended mixture. The blending method for preparing a blended mixture, the method includes: providing a control system having at least a processor, a computer-readable memory, and a display, wherein the memory contains software configured to receive a formula defining instructions for preparing a blended mixture using one or more blending materials and amounts for producing a batch size of the blended mixture on a scale; monitoring a weight on the scale as blending materials are added to a receptacle on the scale, both individually and in total; indicating on the display the amounts of the blending materials that have been added to the scale, both individually and in total, to prepare an amount of a custom blended mixture based upon the selected blending materials; determining an end weight of the custom blended mixture after a user has used the custom blended mixture; and recalculating a needed amount of the custom blended mixture by subtracting the end weight of the custom blended mixture from the prepared amount of the custom blended mixture.

A container comprising a flexible wall and a dispensing head, wherein the dispensing head is not detachable from the rest of the container during normal use; wherein the dispensing head comprises a dispensing orifice; wherein the smallest cross-sectional area of passage through the dispensing orifice is between 0.2 mm.sup.2 and 2.0 mm.sup.2 and wherein the container contains a fluid skin colour cosmetic composition having a viscosity of at least 10,000 cps measured at 23° C. and comprises at least 20% of one or more pigments.

A method of converting a skincare composition into a colour cosmetic composition

and a method of altering the colour of a colour cosmetic composition are provided.