A dispenser for dispensing cotton pads, the dispenser comprising a top end and a bottom end, a side wall extending between the top and the bottom ends, and an end wall near the bottom end, the side wall and the end wall defining a volume adapted to accommodate a plurality of disc-shaped cotton pads stacked with mutual flat surfaces contacting each other, the side wall at the bottom end preferably extending beyond the end wall such as to form a supporting structure for supporting the dispenser in an upright position, characterized in that the side wall is moulded in a frusto-conical shape tapering towards the top end of the dispenser, wherein opposite parts of the side wall are inclined with respect to each other with an angle (θ) between 0.6° and 2°, preferably between 0.8° and 1.5°, most preferred about 1°, and in that a first cut-out provided in said side wall extends upwards from the bottom end of the dispenser so as to form an entrance into said volume through the side wall, and a second cut-out provided in said end wall extends from the first cut-out such that the cut-outs (3, 4) comprise a mutual transition to form one combined withdrawal aperture, the withdrawal aperture being arranged such as to enable withdrawal of a bottommost cotton pad in said volume by gripping a peripheral portion of the cotton pad with an indexing finger of a hand, the indexing finger being inserted at the second cut-out, and a thumb of the hand, the thumb being inserted at the first cut-out, and pulling the cotton pad out of the withdrawal aperture by means of deformation of the cotton pad, the first cut-out extending from said bottom end of the dispenser in a general arc shape, preferably substantially a semicircular shape, the side wall at the bottom end extending beyond the end wall such as to form a supporting structure for supporting the dispenser in an upright position, the end wall preferably being placed at a distance from the bottom end of the dispenser of between 0.2 cm and 5 cm, more preferred between 0.5 cm and 2.5 cm, most preferred between 0.7 cm and 1.3 cm, wherein a width of the second cut-out at said mutual transition is larger or substantially equal to a corresponding width of the first cut-out at said mutual transition, such that the second cut-out at said mutual transition flushes with or extends to a distance from an edge of the first cut-out, and/or the second cut-out extends from the side wall in a tapering, preferably substantially cone-shaped, shape to a substantially circular and centrally placed shape such as to form a keyhole-like shape, and/or the side wall is made of a plastics material, preferably a polypropylene, with a tensile modulus, measured according to ISO 527-2, of preferably between 1000 MPa and 3000 MPa, more preferably between 1500 MPa and 2200 MPa and most preferably of around 1800 MPa. a top end and a bottom end, a side wall extending between the top and the bottom ends, and an end wall near the bottom end, the side wall and the end wall defining a volume adapted to accommodate a plurality of disc-shaped cotton pads stacked with mutual flat surfaces contacting each other, the side wall at the bottom end preferably extending beyond the end wall such as to form a supporting structure for supporting the dispenser in an upright position, characterized in that the side wall is moulded in a frusto-conical shape tapering towards the top end of the dispenser, wherein opposite parts of the side wall are inclined with respect to each other with an angle (θ) between 0.6° and 2°, preferably between 0.8° and 1.5°, most preferred about 1°, and in that a first cut-out provided in said side wall extends upwards from the bottom end of the dispenser so as to form an entrance into said volume through the side wall, and a second cut-out provided in said end wall extends from the first cut-out such that the cut-outs (3, 4) comprise a mutual transition to form one combined withdrawal aperture, the withdrawal aperture being arranged such as to enable withdrawal of a bottommost cotton pad in said volume by gripping a peripheral portion of the cotton pad with an indexing finger of a hand, the indexing finger being inserted at the second cut-out, and a thumb of the hand, the thumb being inserted at the first cut-out, and pulling the cotton pad out of the withdrawal aperture by means of deformation of the cotton pad, the first cut-out extending from said bottom end of the dispenser in a general arc shape, preferably substantially a semicircular shape, the side wall at the bottom end extending beyond the end wall such as to form a supporting structure for supporting the dispenser in an upright position, the end wall preferably being placed at a distance from the bottom end of the dispenser of between 0.2 cm and 5 cm, more preferred between 0.5 cm and 2.5 cm, most preferred between 0.7 cm and 1.3 cm, wherein a width of the second cut-out at said mutual transition is larger or substantially equal to a corresponding width of the first cut-out at said mutual transition, such that the second cut-out at said mutual transition flushes with or extends to a distance from an edge of the first cut-out, and/or the second cut-out extends from the side wall in a tapering, preferably substantially cone-shaped, shape to a substantially circular and centrally placed shape such as to form a keyhole-like shape, and/or the side wall is made of a plastics material, preferably a polypropylene, with a tensile modulus, measured according to ISO 527-2, of preferably between 1000 MPa and 3000 MPa, more preferably between 1500 MPa and 2200 MPa and most preferably of around 1800 MPa.