Patent ID: 8564778

Claim:
A system for producing custom color mixed cosmetics matching the skin coloration of a consumer, the system comprising: a) non-transitory non-signal computer readable medium containing machine readable instructions; b) a processor; c) a main executable program in communication with the processor, the main executable program in communication with a first subroutine for color analysis, the first subroutine in communication with a general spectrophotometer device; d) a set of machine readable instructions in communication with firmware located upon a custom cosmetic blending machine, the set of machine readable instructions transmitted from the first color analysis subroutine, the machine readable instructions including color mixing instructions communicated to a plurality of peristaltic pumps, e) the peristaltic pumps connected to flexible tubing and canisters connected to the flexible tubing; f) a needle nozzle attached to each of the peristaltic pumps; g) the custom cosmetic blending machine including one or more automatic balance level sensors, the sensors in communication with the main executable program; h) the canisters attached to canister caps; i) a second subroutine manipulating customer data and generating machine readable data in communication with a printer and in communication with an electronic network.