Patent ID: 8257718

Claim:
A method of manufacturing, using an apparatus, a plurality of cosmetic applicators each of which includes a material surface and cosmetic preparation which is carried by the material surface and which includes at least one cosmetic powder layer; the method comprising the steps of: providing the apparatus comprising: at least one bulk powder storage vessel to house a cosmetic powder; at least one applicator having at least one powder application head; a feed means from the at least one bulk power storage vessel to at least one of the at least one applicator for providing a portion of the cosmetic powder to the applicator; a transport means which transports the material surface relative to the powder applicator head to enable application of the cosmetic powder in a controlled manner onto the material surface in the form of a pattern while allowing the cosmetic preparation retined thereon to be transferred onto a human skin in a single wiping pass of the substantially powder cosmetic preparation across the skin surface; and an electrostatic control means; generating an electrical charge on the material surface; removing electrostatic charge from the cosmetics powder using the electrostatic control means; wherein the powder at least in part is retained on the cosmetic applicator material surface with the assistance of electrostatic attraction between said surface and said cosmetic preparation; controlling the electrostatics using ionised air, during the application of the cosmetic powder on said surface using the powder applicator head, on the cosmetic powder as the ionised air is blown onto the surface of the cosmetic applicator to form a predetermined pattern on the cosmetic applicator.