US 6,109,921 A · Make-up mannequin head and make-up mannequin kit for use therewith

Abstract

There is disclosed a soft skin make-up mannequin head having an "ideal" facial configuration, the make-up mannequin head having a smooth, realistic surface and texture simulative of human skin. The make-up mannequin head is accompanied by at least one flexible, soft-skin companion mask carrying a facial configuration identical with the facial configuration carried by said make-up mannequin head. The companion mask is stretchable and elastically resilient and mountable tightly upon said make-up mannequin head and selectively removable therefrom. The make-up mannequin head and associated companion mask presented particularly is intended for the teaching, training and practice of application of permanent make-up using tattoo techniques. The invention further is directed to the provision of a make-up mannequin kit which includes, in addition to the make-up mannequin head and at least one companion mask as well as the necessary tools particularly for permanent make-up application using tattoo techiques, such as surgical needles, containers of inks, pigments and other compositions employed in the tattoo art, plural eyebrow and other stencil templates and instructional material.

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Dependent claims

A cosmetology teaching, training and practice system comprising a soft skin makeup mannequin having a body having an oval symmetrical facial configuration formed thereon and a flexible, elastic, resilient and stretchable companion mask member, said companion mask member being formed as a shell open at one side thereof and being of the size and shape conforming to the size and shape of at least the facial configuration portion of said make-up mannequin head, said facial configuration being identical to the facial configuration of said make-up mannequin, each companion mask member having a soft skin human simulative surface texture, said companion mask member being stretchable and mountable upon the facial portion of said body and being elastically resilient to assume return secure engagement with the facial configuration of said mannequin head.

A make-up mannequin kit comprising:

a make-up mannequin head having a body carrying an oval symmetrical facial configuration,
a flexible, elastic, resilient and stretchable companion mask member, said companion mask members formed as a shell open at one side thereof and being of size and shape conforming to the size and shape at least of the facial portion of said make-up mannequin head and having a facial configuration identical to the facial configuration of said make-up mannequin head, each companion mask member having a soft human-like skin surface suitable for the practice of permanent make-up application by tatoo technique, said companion mask-member being stretchable and elastically resilient and capable of mounting on said make-up mannequin body tightly and having sufficient elastic resilience to spring back to assume return secure engagement with the facial configuration of said make-up mannequin head, said companion mask being selectively removable from said make-up mannequin head;
plural colored dyes and pigment for selected application to said soft-skin surface of said companion mask according to tattoo technique;
plural surgical needles for applying colored dyes and pigments to said soft-skin surface in patterns according to tattoo technique as permanent make-up;
plural containers of inks and related compositions suitable for permanent application to said skin surface;
and,
guide means for aiding the operator in the selection of locations on said mounted companion mask member and providing guidance in effecting desired patterns upon said soft-skin surface of said companion mask by conventional tattoo technique, said guide means including stencil templates having detail configurations of selected traceable outlines for tracing areas upon said companion mask member for application of selected tattood facial element representational patterns on the facial configuration represented by the companion mask on the make-up mannequin body.

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