Patent ID: 8662090

Claim:
An applicator for applying a composition to at least one of eyelashes and eyebrows, comprising: a brush that comprises a core including a rectilinear portion having a core longitudinal axis; and bristles extending from the rectilinear portion of the core, the bristles having free ends defining an envelope surface extending along an envelope longitudinal axis; wherein the envelope longitudinal axis is not parallel to the core longitudinal axis; the envelope surface has at least one portion along the envelope longitudinal axis and a cross-section of this portion has a shape that is flattened along a mid-plane; the envelope surface defines a truncated distal portion and at least one surface that is at least partly circularly cylindrical along the core longitudinal axis, further defines first and second planar opposite faces that are not parallel to the core longitudinal axis, and is non-symmetrical about the mid-plane; and the core is off-center with respect to the envelope surface at least at each axial end of the brush.