L'oreal

Karin Kaskiel

William Robert Bickford

Lemis Noya Tarajano

Chunhua Li

Kyoo Jin Park

Francesca D Cruz

Zachary Mahoney

Yingchao Chen

Youn Jong Lee

Sylvie Poret-fristot

Applicators for grasping and applying small items, such as fibers and eyelashes, are disclosed. The applicators passively hold the items and a user actuates the applicator to release the items. An applicator includes a compression spring that forces a disc against a disc retention element to hold the items passively, and a button is pressed to separate the disc from the disc retention element to release the items. An applicator includes an expansion spring that holds items between coils of the spring passively, and a button is pressed to separate the spring coils to release the items.

Gesture and articulation of a cosmetic applicator with a spring or compressed clamping mechanism

A beauty tool may include a cover made from a fishnet material. A beauty tool may include a cover made from a material configured for cleansing, exfoliation, and/or massaging a keratinous material without damaging the keratinous material and a body defining a hollow interior received within the cover.

Beauty tool

Porous formulation storage cushion, formulation delivery systems including porous formulation storage cushions, and methods of additively manufacturing a porous formulation storage cushions are described. In an embodiment, the porous formulation storage cushion defines a plurality of pores configured to absorb a formulation, such as through wicking the formulation through capillary action. In an embodiment, the plurality of pores is configured to define a capillary force gradient along a length of the porous formulation storage cushion.

Porous formulation storage cushion, formulation delivery system, and method of manufacturing a porous formulation storage cushion

An apparatus for applying cosmetic solutions includes: a holder, including a cap, a stem, and a brush; and a bottle configured to hold a solution, wherein the brush is disposed at a first end of the stem and a second end of the stem is attached to the cap; the stem includes an absorbing structure configured to absorb the solution; and the brush is configured to wick the solution from the absorbing structure of the stem.

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New York, NY, United States of America

Karin Kaskiel