Method of making a cosmetic sampler using bulk thin film application techniques

A method of producing a cosmetic sampler incorporating the genuine cosmetic that is to be sampled, comprising the following steps:

• conveying a base web substrate;
• mixing a genuine cosmetic with a volatizing solvent to form a cosmetic mixture;
• intermittently applying the cosmetic mixture incorporating the genuine cosmetic that is to be sampled to sample areas on the base web substrate covered with the cosmetic to form a plurality of spaced-apart quantities of the cosmetic mixture;
• drying the spaced-apart quantities of the cosmetic mixture to form a genuine cosmetic layer that adheres to the base web substrate;
• applying an adhesive to a portion of the base substrate not covered by the cosmetic layer that circumscribes an area around the cosmetic sample;
• covering a sheet over the base web substrate and covering the adhesive and dried cosmetic layer to form a resulting web;
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• dividing the resulting web through areas without a layer of cosmetic into a plurality of individual cosmetic samplers each comprising of a base substrate, a cosmetic layer and a cover sheet adhered to the base substrate covering the cosmetic layer.