Patent ID: 8291920

Claim:
A mascara applicator, including a long core member, and an application part comprising an upper application part and a lower application part that are supported by the core member, wherein the application part extends from the core member to the outside in a cross sectional direction of the core member perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of an axis of the core member, wherein the application part carries a mascara thereon, and wherein the application part can be used to apply the mascara to eyelashes, wherein the lower application part is shorter than the upper application part in the cross sectional direction of the core member perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the axis of the core member, wherein a cross section of the upper application part along the longitudinal direction of the axis of the core member is shaped into a series of crests with one and a half crests along the longitudinal direction between a base end part and tip part of the core member, the half crest being disposed at the end of the mascara applicator, a cross section of the upper application part perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the axis of the core member has a fan-shape, and the application part is formed by brush fibers.