Proper lighting is an essential factor in applying beauty products such as foundation, blush, eyeliner and lip gloss. Most individuals rely on existing lighting solutions within the locations where make up is applied, such as lighting configurations in bathrooms and on counters. However, existing lighting solutions typically result in shadows, halos, and generally poor lighting conditions for properly illuminating areas to which beauty products are applied. Other lighting configurations for applying beauty products, such as freestanding mirrors with integrated lights or articulating mirrors with light rings, have been proposed for situations where beauty products are applied. However, these other lighting configurations (e.g., freestanding mirrors with integrated lights or articulating mirrors with light rings) do not provide a temporary or portable solution as they are typically fixed or bulky, requiring a user to lean into a mirror to which a light source is affixed.
An applicator for beauty products comprises a lighting device for providing lighting when applying beauty products. In various embodiments, the lighting device is a hollow body enclosing a power supply, such as one or more batteries, with the power supply and including a light source. The light source is surrounded by an opaque body so the light source casts an even glow of light. Further, the light source has in such a shape or an orientation allowing the light source to emit beyond an outer perimeter of one or more brush heads that are coupled to an inner perimeter of the light source. Hence, the coupling of the one or more brush heads to the inner perimeter of the light source extends beyond the outer perimeter of the one or more brush heads. Different shapes or styles of brush heads, organizes to the hollow body or to the light source in different embodiments.
The hollow body also includes a switch coupled to the power supply and to the light source. When activated, the switch completes a circuit providing power from the power supply to the light source, causing the light source to emit light. When deactivated, the switch opens the circuit to disconnect power from the power supply to the light source. In various embodiments, the switch is a dimmable switch, allowing a user to regulate a brightness of light emitted by the light source by adjusting the switch. The hollow body may be removably coupled to a mirror or other surface in various embodiments to provide temporary lighting to the mirror or other surface. Hence, the lighting device allows a user to provide portable aesthetic lighting in various scenarios independent of availability of a surface for providing lighting.
The figures depict various embodiments of the present invention for purposes of illustration only. One skilled in the art will readily recognize from the following discussion that alternative embodiments of the structures and methods illustrated herein may be employed without departing from the principles of the invention described herein.
The light source 1e is surrounded by an opaque body if that allows the light source 1e to cast an even glow of light. In various embodiments, the light source 1e has a hole through its center. Further, the light source 1e has in such a shape or an orientation allowing the light source 1e to emit beyond an outer perimeter of one or more brush heads, coupled to an inner perimeter of the light source 1e.
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The hollow body 1a may be coupled to a mirror and subsequently removed from the mirror. Hence, a user may attach the hollow body to a free-standing mirror, a fixed mirror, or a mobile mirror to provide light in different locations. Those skilled in the art will appreciate multiple variations of the method and understand that this is not an exhaustive list of embodiments. Such affixing of aesthetic lighting may be beneficial for other beauty applications such as lipstick tubes, eyeliner sticks, hair brushes as well as personal grooming products.
Additional Considerations
The foregoing description of the embodiments of the invention has been presented for the purpose of illustration; it is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed. Persons skilled in the relevant art can appreciate that many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above disclosure.
Finally, the language used in the specification has been principally selected for readability and instructional purposes, and it may not have been selected to delineate or circumscribe the inventive subject matter. It is therefore intended that the scope of the invention be limited not by this detailed description, but rather by any claims that issue on an application based hereon. Accordingly, the disclosure of the embodiments of the invention is intended to be illustrative, but not limiting, of the scope of the invention, which is set forth in the following claims.
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/792,447, filed Jan. 15, 2019, which is incorporated by reference in its entirety.
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