Patent ID: 8880218

Claim:
A custom liquid cosmetic dispensing system, comprising: a) a housing comprising: a dispenser including: i. one or a plurality of chambers for holding ingredients having shades, tints, or hues of color or pigments or base compositions connected to the dispenser; ii. a nozzle in fluid communication with each of the one or the plurality of chambers for holding ingredients; a platform or stage for holding one or more receptacles; b) a computer for interacting with a user to select a custom cosmetic formulation and communicating information about a selection for use in controlling the dispensing system, the computer being in communication with: i. a spectrophotometer, and ii. an input device so that the user can interact with the computer; c) a vibrator or shaker that are located independent of or integrated with the platform or stage, the vibrator or shaker include a member for holding one of the one or more receptacles that contain ingredients to be mixed and the vibrator or shaker mix the ingredients so that the ingredients have uniform mixing and dispersion; wherein the housing has a transparent panel that allows viewing of the dispenser: and wherein the one or more receptacles are fixed in a single location and each of the nozzles are aligned with the one or more receptacles so that the one or the plurality of chambers will dispense different ingredients into the one or more fixed receptacles.