Device for applying makeup

Abstract

A device for applying first and second makeup material to a skin surface as well as a method for applying a first and second makeup material using a device is provided in accordance with the disclosure. The device includes a template body and an absorbent backing attached to the rear side of the template body. The backing is compressible and dimensioned to conform to the contours of a skin surface, such as the area below the eye and proximate the cheek. The template body includes an upper edge which, when contacted with the skin surface, screens adjacent skin surfaces areas. A first makeup material may then be applied above the upper edge while a second makeup material is released to the skin area below the upper edge as the backing is pressed against the skin surface. The template may then be removed and the first and second makeup materials may then be blended together to create a desired ornamental effect.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A device for applying makeup, the device comprising:
 a template body having opposed front and rear sides with an upper and lower edge; and   an absorbent backing attached to the rear side of the template body, the absorbent backing substantially constructed from an absorbent and compressible material for retaining and releasing a makeup material when the absorbent backing is compressed, the absorbent backing having a makeup application edge defined as the edge of the absorbent backing furthest from the rear side of the template body, the makeup application edge conformable to a contoured skin surface as the absorbent backing is pressed against the contoured skin surface.   
     
     
         2 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the absorbent backing, defined as the furthest distance from the rear side of the template body to the makeup application edge at rest, is greater than the thickness of the template body, defined as the furthest distance between the front and rear sides of the template body. 
     
     
         3 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the upper edge of the template body has a bent curvature in the direction towards the lower edge thereby providing an indentation in the upper edge. 
     
     
         4 . The device according to  claim 3 , wherein the lower edge bends away from the upper edge, the template body thereby having a kidney bean shape. 
     
     
         5 . The device according to  claim 3 , wherein an upper edge of the absorbent backing is positioned adjacent to the upper edge of the template body, the upper edge of the template body having a curvature conforming with the curvature of the upper edge of the template body. 
     
     
         6 . The device according to  claim 5 , wherein the makeup application edge of the absorbent backing has a bent curvature towards the rear side of the template body. 
     
     
         7 . The device according to  claim 6 , wherein the makeup application edge of the absorbent backing has an additional curvature in substantially the same direction as the curvature of the upper edge of the template body. 
     
     
         8 . The device according to  claim 1 , further comprising a fastener for securing the absorbent backing to the template body. 
     
     
         9 . The device according to  claim 1 , further comprising a handle provided on the template body fur grasping by the hand of a user. 
     
     
         10 . The device according to  claim 1 , further comprising an additional absorbent portion attached to the rear side of the template body. 
     
     
         11 . The device according to  claim 5 , further comprising an additional absorbent portion attached to the rear side of the template body, the additional absorbent portion having substantially the same dimensions as the absorbent backing. 
     
     
         12 . A device for applying makeup, the device comprising:
 a template body having opposed front and rear sides with an upper and lower edge, the template body constructed from a substantially non-absorbent material; and   an absorbent backing attached to the rear side of the template body, the absorbent backing substantially constructed from an absorbent and compressible material for retaining and releasing a makeup material when the absorbent backing is compressed, the absorbent backing having a makeup application edge defined as the edge of the absorbent backing furthest from the rear side of the template body, the makeup application edge conformable to a contoured skin surface as the absorbent backing is pressed against the contoured skin surface,   wherein the template body may be tilted to press the nonabsorbent upper edge of the template body against a sealed skin surface area adjacent to the contoured skin surface thereby preventing the makeup material from being applied outside the contoured skin surface.   
     
     
         13 . The device according to  claim 12 , wherein the thickness of the absorbent backing, defined as the furthest distance from the rear side of the template body to the makeup application edge at rest, is greater than the thickness of the template body, defined as the furthest distance between the front and rear sides of the template body. 
     
     
         14 . The device according to  claim 13 , wherein the absorbent backing is substantially elongate and is attached to an area of the rear side of the template body that is less than the entire surface of the rear side of the template body. 
     
     
         15 . The device according to  claim 12 , wherein the front side and the upper edge of the non-absorbent template body is exposed to the environment.