Patent ID: 6182420
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: A45D,B65B,G09F

Abstract:
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; anddividing 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.