SYSTEM FOR TAKING UP AND APPLYING A COSMETIC COMPOSITION

Abstract

System for taking up and applying a cosmetic composition onto a surface of the skin to be treated, having a predefined shape, the system including: —at least one support having a receiving surface which can take at least one incurved application configuration roughly matching the profile of the surface to be treated, and —a deformable application member mounted on the receiving surface of the support, having a first take-up and application surface and a second surface, opposite the first, which serves for attaching to the receiving surface of the support, the application member having, between the first and second surfaces, an adaptation layer of variable thickness, the shape of which is chosen so that the relief of the first surface of the application member, when the support is in the application configuration, corresponds more finely to that of the surface to be treated than that of the receiving surface of the support.

Claims

1. A system for taking up and applying a cosmetic composition, notably a makeup composition, onto a surface of the skin or the lips to be treated, having a predefined shape, the system including: at least one support having a receiving surface which can take at least one incurved application configuration roughly matching the profile of the surface to be treated, and a deformable application member mounted on the receiving surface of the support, having a first take-up and application surface and a second surface, opposite the first, which serves for attaching to the receiving surface of the support, the application member having, between the first and second surfaces, an adaptation layer of variable thickness, the shape of which is chosen so that the relief of the first surface of the application member, when the support is in the application configuration, corresponds more finely to that of the surface to be treated than that of the receiving surface of the support.

2. The system according to claim 1, in which the cosmetic composition is in the form of a transferable printed film.

3. The system according to claim 1, in which said receiving surface of the support is capable of taking two different configurations, said incurved application configuration roughly matching the profile of the surface to be treated and a configuration for taking up the cosmetic composition.

4. The system according to claim 3, in which the adaptation layer of the application member is configured so that the relief of the second surface of the application member, when the support is in the take-up configuration, adapts to the relief of a surface including the cosmetic composition to take it up, notably a printing support, so that gentle crushing of the adaptation layer suffice to place said first surface of the application member in contact with the cosmetic composition and to take it up.

5. The system according to claim 1, said system also including a second support having a receiving surface which may take a configuration for taking up the cosmetic composition, different from the application configuration, the two supports notably being interchangeable.

6. The system according to claim 5, in which the adaptation layer of the application member is configured so that the relief of the second surface of the application member, when the second support is in the take-up configuration, adapts to the relief of a surface including the cosmetic composition WPM to take it up, notably a printing support, so that gentle crushing of the adaptation layer suffice to place said first surface of the application member in contact with the cosmetic composition and to take it up.

7. The system according to claim 3, in which, in the take-up configuration, the receiving surface of the support forms a developable surface.

8. The system according to claim 7, in which, in the take-up configuration, the receiving surface of the support is substantially flat.

9. The system according to claim 1, in which, in the application configuration, the receiving surface of the support has a concave or convex shape.

10. The system according to claim 1, in which, in the application configuration and during application to the surface to be treated, the first surface of the application member has a shape that is adapted to said surface to be treated.

11. The system according to claim 1, in which the support(s) are made of an undeformable material, notably a polymeric, metallic or composite material, or glass, ceramic, hard plastic or plaster.

12. The system according to claim 1, in which the support(s) are made of a deformable material, notably an elastically or plastically deformable material, in particular rubber, plastic or metal foil which is thin enough to be flexible.

13. The system according to claim 1, in which the support is connected to at least two elements that are movable relative to each other, such that a relative movement of these two elements brings about a mechanical stress on the support and causes the latter to deform between a configuration for taking up cosmetic composition and the application configuration.

14. The system according to claim 1, in which the adaptation layer of variable thickness is made of a deformable, notably elastomeric, material or includes a foam.

15. The system according to claim 1, in which the thickness of the adaptation layer corresponds, at each point of said layer, to the separation between the surface to be treated and the receiving surface of the support in the application configuration.

16. The system according to claim 1, including a means for attaching the adaptation layer to the receiving surface of the support, notably a light adhesive, a magnet or a hook-and-loop tape, the adaptation layer preferably being configured to be removably attached to the receiving surface of the support.

17. A process for manufacturing a system, according to claim 1, for taking up and applying a cosmetic composition, notably a makeup composition, to a surface of the skin or the lips to be treated having a predefined shape, in which the shape of the outer face and/or the thickness of the adaptation layer is chosen from an acquisition of the topography of at least one part of said surface to be treated, notably by means of a 3D scan.

18. A cosmetic assembly including, in the same packaging, at least one system, according to claim 1, for taking up and applying a cosmetic composition to a surface of the skin or the lips to be treated having a predefined shape, and a plurality of transferable printed films, intended to be taken up by the first take-up and application surface of the application member of the system when the receiving surface of the support is in the take-up configuration, the films notably being different from each other in their composition and/or their pattern.

19. The assembly according to claim 18, in which the receiving surface of the support is capable of taking two different configurations, an incurved application configuration roughly matching the profile of the surface to be treated and a configuration for taking up the cosmetic composition.

20. The assembly according to claim 18, in which the system includes two supports, one having a receiving surface which can take a configuration for taking up the cosmetic composition and the other having a receiving surface which can take an incurved application configuration roughly matching the profile of the surface to be treated, which is different from the take-up configuration.

21. A process for the cosmetic treatment of a surface of the skin or the lips to be treated having a predefined shape, notably a makeup process, including the application, to said surface, of a cosmetic composition, which is notably in the form of a transferable printed film, by means of a take-up and application system according to claim 3, in which process a) the first take-up and application surface of the application member of the system is used for taking up said cosmetic composition, the support being in a take-up configuration, the composition notably being placed on a printing support, b) said support is placed in an application configuration or the application member is attached to a different support which is placed in an application configuration, c) the cosmetic composition is applied by placing the take-up and application surface of the adaptation layer in contact with the surface to be treated, said adaptation layer having a shape chosen such that the relief of the first surface of the application member, when the support is in the application configuration, corresponds more finely to that of the surface to be treated than that of the receiving surface of the support.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0128] The invention may be understood more clearly on reading the following detailed description of non-limiting implementation examples thereof and on studying the appended drawing, in which:

[0129] FIG. 1 shows an example of a system according to the invention in a take-up configuration,

[0130] FIG. 2 is a view similar to that of FIG. 1 of the system in an application configuration,

[0131] FIG. 3a illustrates a step of taking up a cosmetic composition according to one embodiment of the invention,

[0132] FIG. 3b illustrates a step of taking up a cosmetic composition according to one embodiment of the invention,

[0133] FIG. 3c illustrates a step of taking up a cosmetic composition according to one embodiment of the invention,

[0134] FIG. 3d illustrates a step of taking up a cosmetic composition according to one embodiment of the invention,

[0135] FIG. 4a illustrates a step of applying a cosmetic composition according to one embodiment of the invention,

[0136] FIG. 4b illustrates a step of applying a cosmetic composition according to one embodiment of the invention,

[0137] FIG. 4c illustrates a step of applying a cosmetic composition according to one embodiment of the invention,

[0138] FIG. 4d illustrates a step of applying a cosmetic composition according to one embodiment of the invention,

[0139] FIG. 5 shows a second example of a system according to the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0140] FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a system 1 for taking up and applying a cosmetic composition P, according to the invention, in a take-up configuration. This system 1 includes a support 21 having a receiving surface 22 and a deformable application member 9 mounted on said receiving surface of the support 21. The application member 9 has a first take-up and application surface 100 and a second surface 101, opposite the first, which serves for attaching to the receiving surface of the support 9, and, between the first and second surfaces, an adaptation layer 10 of variable thickness e.

[0141] The support includes a gripping member 20, a shaft in the example described, which facilitates the handling of the system 1 by the user.

[0142] In the example under consideration, said receiving surface 22 of the support 21 is capable of taking two different configurations, a configuration for taking up the cosmetic composition P, shown in FIG. 1, and an incurved application configuration roughly matching the profile of the surface to be treated, shown in FIG. 2. The adaptation layer 10 has a shape chosen such that the relief of the first surface 100 of the application member 9, when the support 21 is in the application configuration, corresponds more finely to that of the surface to be treated than that of the receiving surface 22 of the support 21.

[0143] In the take-up configuration shown in FIG. 1, the receiving surface 22 of the support 21 is substantially flat.

[0144] In the example described, the adaptation layer 10 is made of a deformable material, notably an elastomeric material, and the support 21 is made of an undeformable material, notably chosen from polymeric, metallic or composite materials, or glass, ceramic, hard plastic or plaster. As a variant, the adaptation layer may include a foam.

[0145] FIG. 2 illustrates the system 1 of FIG. 1 when the support 21 is in an application configuration. This configuration is used, for example, for applying makeup to an eyelid. In this configuration, the first surface 100 of the application member 9 has a shape adapted to said surface to be treated, and also the second surface 101 and the receiving surface 22 of the support 21, these surfaces being incurved in the example described, and more particularly, cave towards the exterior, so as to have, for example, a shape complementary to the morphology of an eyelid.

[0146] The application surface 100 bears the cosmetic composition P which will be applied to the surface to be treated Z of the user, taken up beforehand by a support 21 in the take-up configuration. The thickness e of the adaptation layer 10 advantageously corresponds, at each point of said layer, to the separation between the surface to be treated Z and the receiving surface 22 of the support 21 in the application configuration.

[0147] The shape of the outer face and the thickness of the adaptation layer 10 are advantageously determined by acquisition of the topography of at least a part of said surface to be treated Z, notably by means of a 3D scan. At least a part of the adaptation layer 10, notably on the application surface 100 side, or a mould for manufacturing it, can be made by machining a preform or by additive manufacturing, notably by 3D printing.

[0148] The system 1 includes a means for attaching the adaptation layer 10 to the receiving surface 22 of the support at 21, which is an adhesive layer 11 in the example under consideration.

[0149] FIGS. 3a, 3b, 3c and 3d illustrate the steps for taking up a cosmetic composition P using one embodiment of a system according to the invention. In this example, the cosmetic composition P is a transferable printed film representing a pattern and placed on a flexible support 13. The printing was performed, for example, using a laser printer, the fuser of which was deactivated. In this embodiment, the system 1 includes two different interchangeable supports, one 21 being able to take a take-up configuration, and the other 21′ an application configuration. In this case, the adaptation layer 10 is configured to be removably attached to the receiving surface of the supports.

[0150] To take up the cosmetic composition P, the system 1 which is in its take-up configuration is brought close to the flexible support 13, as illustrated in FIG. 3a. Next, as illustrated in FIG. 3b, pressure is applied so that the adaptation layer 10 is compressed and the application surface 100 at least partially comes into contact with the cosmetic composition P. The system 1 is then moved away from the flexible support 13. The cosmetic composition P then rests on the first surface 100 of the application member 9, as illustrated in FIG. 3c. In the embodiment under consideration, using two different supports, one for taking up and the other for application, the application member 9 is then detached from the support 21, as illustrated in FIG. 3d, to be able to attach it to a second support for the application.

[0151] FIGS. 4a, 4b, 4c and 4d illustrate the steps for applying a cosmetic composition P according to the preceding embodiment. In a first step shown in FIG. 4a, the application member 9 is attached to a second support 21′ in application configuration. The adaptation layer 10 is thus deformed and, once attached to the support 21′, reproduces the negative imprint of the surface to be treated. Next, as illustrated in FIGS. 4b and 4c, the system 1 is brought close to the surface Z to be treated so as to bring the cosmetic composition P into contact with said surface Z. The adaptation layer 10 thus makes it possible to fill the space between the surface to be treated Z and the support 21′. The cosmetic composition can then be transferred with reduced risk of the pattern being deteriorated. Once the composition has been applied, the system 1 according to the invention is moved away from the surface to be treated Z, as may be seen in FIG. 4d, the application thus being achieved.

[0152] FIG. 5 shows a variant of system 1 according to the invention, in which the support 21 is connected to two elements that are movable relative to each other. A relative movement of these two elements brings about a mechanical stress on the support 21 and causes the latter to deform between the configuration for taking up cosmetic composition P and the application configuration.

[0153] In the embodiment shown in FIG. 5, the system 1 includes rigid links 5, each formed by an arm connecting an actuating element 14 of the system 1 to the ends 2a and 2b of the support 21. The actuating element is in the form of a push button 14 that is movable relative to the body of the system 1, which defines a gripping part 7, the links 5 being articulated on said body. The body of the system defining the gripping part 7 is, in this example, provided with wings 12a and 12b for holding the system 1 when the user presses the push button 14. These wings define two ergonomic rests configured to receive the fingers of a user in order to hold the system 1 while another finger presses the push button 14. In order to change configuration, the user presses the push button 14, causing the links 5 to pivot and to deform the support 21, which brings about deformation of the adaptation layer 10, without the need to touch the cosmetic composition P deposited on the first surface 100 of the application member 9.

[0154] The invention is not limited to the examples that have just been described.

[0155] Other types of support 21, 21′ and of adaptation layers 10 may be used, as may other materials for the production thereof.