EP0236400B1 - Making-up method and device - Google Patents

Abstract

PCT No. PCT/FR86/00312 Sec. 371 Date May 6, 1987 Sec. 102(e) Date May 6, 1987 PCT Filed Sep. 16, 1986 PCT Pub. No. WO87/01567 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 26, 1987.According to the method, a portrait of the client is projected onto a medium and is made up, said medium being suitable for receiving cosmetics such as makeup and cream and the references of the cosmetics used to perform the makeup are marked on a chart. Applications: the customer takes the medium and the chart away with her or him and can easily reproduce the style of makeup as often as she or he desires.

Description

The subject of the present invention is a method and a device allowing a client to choose a determined facial makeup as well as the products necessary for the preparation thereof, a device for implementing the method as well as the projection supports and make-up charters obtained in accordance with the process.

We know that make-up lends itself to many variants making it possible to modify the appearance of the face practically at will, in particular depending on the lighting. Thus, for example, a day makeup will generally be different from an evening makeup.

The customer finds at her disposal in the trade a large number of products between which she chooses according to generally arbitrary criteria. She can, for certain occasions call upon an esthetician to carry out a determined make-up, but, she experiences great difficulties to then reproduce at home such make-up.

An object of the present invention is to allow him to have recourse to the services of a make-up artist or esthetician consultant who will carry out a personalized make-up that the client can reproduce very simply.

Another object of the invention is a process which makes it possible to guide the client in the choice of the most suitable products for the shape of her face, her complexion, the characteristics of her skin and the colors of her eyes and her hair. .

Yet another object of the invention is a simple device making it possible to carry out real training for the client in the production of suitable makeup.

It is based on the fact that makeup requires information on the products and their exact shades and on the configuration of the product ranges.

It has already been proposed in FR-A-1 297 337 to make, in front of the clientele, a make-up on a pre-printed sketch representing, roughly speaking, the shape of the face thereof by direct application of make-up to the desired locations of the sketch. But the choice of a predetermined type of face eliminates certain important aspects of the personality of the face, this process being liable to lead to a kind of uniformity of make-ups.

US-A-3,339,453 describes a method for preselecting hairstyles. To this end, a photo of the client, on which the hair has been masked, is projected simultaneously with a hairstyle photo to form a composite image. This process requires a work of cutting or masking of the image which was taken from the Client which is relatively long. In addition, it is practically not possible to obtain by projection of a photo on a support an exact reproduction of the shades of the eyeshadows. On the other hand, makeup is made up of a multitude of colored areas so that it is not possible to achieve a perfectly adjusted overlay.

One could have thought of constituting a device for simulating make-up by a set of suitably arranged mirrors. In fact, as the simulation of a make-up requires a relatively long time, it is not possible to obtain a suitable immobilization of the Client to perform the precision work required by the realization of a standard make-up.

There is also known a makeup simulation device using a television shooting, an image being stored and displayed on a screen. However, the choice of shades of eyeshadows can only be made on an image obtained by transmission, which is not satisfactory with regard to the rendering of colors. On the other hand, such devices are expensive and require highly specialized personnel for their maintenance.

According to the present invention, the makeup method is characterized in that it consists in forming an image of a client's face on an opaque support suitable for receiving the eyeshadows and in restoring their exact shades when they are applied to apply the eyeshadows to the appropriate places to create a personalized make-up that the client can then reproduce easily.

The support thus fulfills the role of projection surface and, simultaneously, the role of makeup surface. It is essential according to the invention to work by reflection as is the case with ordinary makeup and not by transmission. Thus, the client can leave the place of makeup by taking a support representing the configuration of the eyeshadows and the shades thereof and easily reproduce the makeup created for her.

According to the invention, it is in fact working on the products themselves and not on colors which are generally only approximating. In addition, by returning the image as it results from the shooting, we obtain on the support the specular image of the client's face, that is to say the image of her face as she can see it in her mirror.

According to another characteristic of the process, the image of the face is obtained by projection onto a suitable support of an overexposed slide.

We know that it is now possible to obtain a photograph in the form of a slide by taking a picture with a "Polaroid" camera (Trademark). This facility makes it possible to immediately project the contours of a face which will serve as benchmarks for the application of eyeshadows, creams or the like. Advantageously, the shooting is carried out in the form of a slide or "slide". It is however possible to start from an image on an opaque support and to project it using a device of the Episcope type. Similarly, the process can be implemented from an image taken by a television picture-taking tube, provided that this image is projected on a support according to the invention.

When she enters a store, the client is usually made up and overexposure is a way to avoid having to remove her skin. bowling before the start of operations. The overexposure makes it possible, in a way, to erase the make-up worn to achieve, on the support, a new make-up. However, it has proved, during various tests, that it was possible to project a normal image, when the client is not outrageously made up beforehand, the light intensity of the projector being reduced. Indeed, the purpose of this projection is only to give the beautician the topology of the different beaches to be covered with eyeshadows.

As soon as the projection is interrupted, there remains on the sheet only the arrangement of the colors on the face with their distribution. The makeup artist can, without difficulty, sketch the contours of the client's face. One could have thought of making up makeup on a photographic support, but the nature of these supports is opposed to obtaining the desired result. The term “suitable support” means a support, of plastic or the like having a pink, fleshy (or possibly neutral, gray tint for example, if it is desired to accentuate the clipping effect due to overexposure), the support having a surface condition such that the eyeshadows can be applied under the same conditions as on the skin.

"Preferably, however, the projection and make-up support is a composite support whose bottom is rigid, and for example, cardboard, the useful, upper surface, consisting of a slightly granular rubberized fabric capable of absorbing water. and the fats generally constituting the eyeshadows.

Whereas previously, the beautician proceeded to make-up directly on the client's face, she will, according to the method of the invention, make up a fleeting reproduction of the client's face, only the palette of the make-up on the support remaining permanent.

According to another characteristic of the invention, the projection is carried out on a support comprising a charter of available products and colors.

When making up part of the face projected onto the corresponding sheet of the support, for example the lips, the beautician transfers onto a region of the support forming a palette which may be either the lower edge of the sheet on which is projected the portrait, either on an adjacent sheet or support, the lipstick used in the form of a line forming a sample, with its reference.

• prendre deux photographies successives du visage de la cliente, le second portrait étant surexposé;
  • à projeter côte à côte les deux portraits, le portrait superposé étant filtré de manière à ce que les teintes soient les mêmes;
  • à procéder au maquillage du portrait surexposé.

In a second embodiment, the makeup process is characterized in that it consists in:

• take two successive photographs of the client's face, the second portrait being overexposed;
  • projecting the two portraits side by side, the superimposed portrait being filtered so that the colors are the same;
  • to make up the overexposed portrait.

The first portrait will serve as a permanent reference while the work will be done on the overexposed portrait. However, in the case of a single portrait shot, it is possible to obtain the reference portrait at any time by passing a sheet of white cardboard, for example, over the projection plane.

The invention also relates to a device allowing the implementation of the method as well as the make-up boards obtained according to this method.

• La Fig. 1, une vue en perspective d'une cabine de maquillage permettant la mise en oeuvre du procédé selon l'invention;
• La Fig. 2, un schéma montrant en vue pardessus le déroulement d'une opération;
• La Fig. 3, une vue de la partie gauche du support de travail destinée à recevoir la projection du portrait;
• La Fig. 4, une vue de la palette ou charte des produits employés aux endroits qui peuvent être maquillés.

Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will appear during the following description of a particular embodiment given solely by way of nonlimiting example with reference to the drawings which represent:

• Fig. 1, a perspective view of a make-up cabin allowing the implementation of the method according to the invention;
• Fig. 2, a diagram showing in view over the course of an operation;
• Fig. 3, a view of the left part of the work support intended to receive the projection of the portrait;
• Fig. 4, a view of the palette or chart of the products used in places that can be made up.

In Fig. 1, there is a make-up booth 4 closed by a roof 5 carrying a projector 6 to which a slide carousel 7 can be annexed. Next to the projector 6 is arranged a screen which is constituted by the left-hand part 1 (in FIG. 1) of a support, part 1 being connected or not to a straight part 2. The two sheets 1 and 2 of the support are arranged on a desk 3 orthogonal to the axis of the lantern 6. On the right of the desk 3 is provided a table 8 on which the beautician will have all the products that may be necessary for him to make different make-ups. An additional projector or part of the beam of the projector 6 illuminates the sheet 2, in daylight type light. Indeed, according to the invention, one always works with real products and in natural light.

The presence of a booth 4 is justified by the need to have an area with attenuated brightness so that the projection can be observed in good conditions. But of course, it is possible to operate directly in a sufficiently dark room.

As shown in Fig. 2, during an operation, client C sits next to the esthetician E. The latter begins the make-up of plate 1 on which is projected the overexposed portrait of the client who can interact with Council E at course of make-up of plate 1.

If the result is not satisfactory, it is possible to discard part 1 and / or 2 of the support and then repeat the operations until mutual satisfaction. The client can thus follow the evolution of makeup with the products that she will use. It is also possible to project, using the carousel 7, on the board 2 a face model which approximates that of the client. A triac potentiometer or attenuator allows the intensity to be adjusted properly light of the projection. In this case, the esthetician can give the client a make-up course adapted to her case and indicate to her how to remedy certain possible defects.

We thus arrive at the arrangement of FIG. 3, the projected contours 10 of the client's face having been shown in dotted lines while the makeup zones 11 are in solid lines.

When this result is achieved, the beautician E relates to the chart or palette 2 which is preprinted as shown in FIG. 4, the mention and the references of the products used to make this specific make-up or simply ticks pre-printed boxes. In Fig. 4, sheet or part of sheet 2 is preprinted with a drawing of a woman's face half. In this drawing are also pre-printed areas 13 which it is customary to make up such as the lips for example, as well as reference rectangles 12 connected to the make-up areas by arrows. The esthetician carries in the boxes 12 the designation of the products and all the desirable references. So the client will take sheets 1 and 2 with her as a memory aid, both for the products and for their arrangement on her face. She will thus know what products she will use and how she will use them to reconstitute the makeup developed by the beautician.

In another embodiment of the invention (not shown), instead of taking a single overexposed image, a normal image is taken simultaneously. The two images are then projected side by side, a filter being placed on the light path of the overexposed image so that the same light density of the two images is obtained in the projection plane. It is also possible, for the sake of simplification, to project only one image of the portrait, on which the makeup is carried out. The client can thus compare her current makeup and that which she will obtain with the products offered organized according to the configuration which is analogous to that of FIG. 3, in the previous example. Of course, in this embodiment, the sheet 2 no longer exists since it is replaced by the current portrait. The beautician then carries on sheet 1 the mention of the products used, this sheet serving as previously a memory aid.

Claims (8)

1. A method of making up a client characterized in that the method consists in projecting an image of her face on an opaque medium (1) which serves simultaneously as a projection plane and as a make-up plane, said medium being suitable for receiving make-up and for reproducing the exact nuances thereof as when applied to skin, and in disposing make-up on said projection in suitable locations to achieve a desired style of make-up.

2. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the image of the face is obtained by projecting a slide onto the medium (1), which slide reproduces only the main features (10) of the face.

3. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that a chart (2) is annexed to the projection surface (1), with the chart enabling information relating to the cosmetics used to be written thereon and enabling samples of the cosmetics to be applied thereto.

4. A method according to claim 3, characterized in that the chart (2) has a pre-printed outline of a woman's face on which zones (13) to be made up are marked together with a list of the cosmetics available for providing such a style of make-up.

5. A make-up method according to claim 1, characterized in that it consists in:

taking two successive photographs of the client's face, with the second portrait being over-exposed;

projecting both portraits side-by-side, with the over-exposed portrait being filtered in such a manner as to provide the same tones;

making up the over-exposed portrait;

marking indications about the cosmetics used onto the projection medium.

6. A make-up booth for performing the method according to any preceding claim, characterized in that it comprises, at the top (5) a projector (6), and a desk (3) whose surface is orthogonal to the projection axis.

7. A projection and make-up medium for performing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that it comprises a rigid backing on which a top layer of slightly granular rubberized cloth is disposed.

8. A medium according to claim 7, characterized in that it includes on its projection surface face a pre-printed chart indicating the references of available cosmetics.

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