Formulating device for cosmetically functional cosmetic products

An apparatus for formulating a custom mixed cosmetic product at the point of sale in response to specific input criteria, said apparatus comprising:

• (a) a plurality of cosmetically functional mixtures, each solution of said plurality of solutions being in a separate container, said solutions being adapted to interact to form a cosmetic product;
• (b) input means for entering specific input criteria representative of a customer's need at the point of sale comprising combinations of hair damage criteria, hair porosity criteria, and hair diameter criteria;
• (c) computing means which comprises a first and a second look up table stored in memory, said first look up table having a plurality of sets of amounts of said plurality of cosmetically functional mixtures, each set of amounts being defined by a combination of a first group of specific input criteria, and a means for selecting one of said sets of amounts in response to specific input criteria of said first group entered at the point of sale;
• and wherein said second look up table has a plurality of quantity factors, each quantity factor being defined by a combination of a second group of specific input criteria, and a means for selecting one of said quantity factors in response to specific input criteria of said second group entered at the point of sale, and a means for multiplying the amounts in said selected set of amounts by said selected quantity factors to determine custom amounts of said cosmetically functional mixtures to be dispensed to prepare said custom mixed formulation at the point of sale, and wherein said first look up table comprises 36 sets defined by 4 hair damage criteria, 3 hair porosity criteria, and 3 hair diameter criteria;
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• (d) dispensing means for automatically dispensing said plurality of cosmetically functional mixtures sequentially from their respective containers into a formulation receptacle in response to said instruction sets, said plurality of cosmetically functional mixtures interacting in said receptacle to thereby form a custom mixed formulation of cosmetic product at the point of sale.