SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING A TOPICAL FORMULATION WITH IMPROVED IMAGE CAPTURE

A method is described that includes displaying a body part image of a user on an optical display of a device used by the user. The device may include an image sensor, and an image of a body part of a user is sensed by the sensor. The method includes determining whether a position of the body part image relative to the sensor is acceptable to allow recording of the body part image; determining whether a lighting environment associated with the sensor is acceptable to allow recording of the body part image; recording an image using a sensor to provide a recorded image having image data; processing the recorded image to determine lighting model data associated with the lighting environment; and determining reflectance and color features associated with the body part based on the recorded image and the illumination model data. In one embodiment, the optical display has a light source, and when the illumination environment is unacceptable for recording, the method instructs a user to modify the illumination enviro