Makeup application tool

Abstract

A makeup application tool has a substantially flat basic body with a relatively stiff center and a periphery formed with soft, pliable marginal edges. The center of the basic body is gripped by a user's hand. When the marginal edges are placed flat against the skin they fit snuggly and sealingly on the skin to form a masking border or a guide for the application of makeup product. In a plan view, the soft edges of the tool are formed with defined contours for makeup application, including straight edges, convex curves, and concave curves with variable radii of curvature. The tool is freely reversible between makeup applications at the right eye and the left eye.

1 . A makeup application tool, comprising:
 a substantially flat basic body with a center and a periphery formed with a plurality of marginal edges;   said center of said basic body having a given thickness that decreases gradually towards at least two of said marginal edges;   said center of said basic body being formed with a relative stiffness configured to be gripped by a hand of a user;   said at least two marginal edges being formed with a relative stiffness that is substantially lower than the relative stiffness of said center of said basic body, enabling one of said at least two marginal edges to be pliably bent and to conform to a shape of an underlying skin surface when a torque is applied to said basic body by the hand of the user, enabling makeup product to be applied next to said one of said marginal edges, with said one of said marginal edges forming a guide or masking boundary for the application of the makeup product;   said at least two marginal edges being formed with defined outline shapes at peripheral edges thereof, with said shapes, in a plan view of said basic body, including at least one segment with a convex curve, at least one segment with a concave curve, and at least one segment with a substantially straight edge.   
     
     
         2 . The makeup application tool according to  claim 1 , wherein said at least one concave curve follows a progressive curvature with a radius of the curvature gradually decreasing from a substantially straight edge to approximately r<40 mm within an arc length of less than 70 mm. 
     
     
         3 . The makeup application tool according to  claim 1 , wherein said marginal edges of said basic body, in a plan view, include a first marginal edge following a substantially straight line contour, a second marginal edge following a contour with a slightly convex curve that merges into a substantially straight line that merges into a concave curve, a third marginal edge following a substantially straight line contour, and a fourth marginal edge following a contour with a concave curve that merges into a convex curve that merges into a concave curve. 
     
     
         4 . The makeup application tool according to  claim 3 , wherein said first, second, third and fourth marginal edges merge into one another at rounded corners of said basic body. 
     
     
         5 . The makeup application tool according to  claim 1 , wherein a thickness of said center of said basic body is at least twice a thickness of said at least two marginal edges. 
     
     
         6 . The makeup application tool according to  claim 1 , wherein a thickness of said basic body at the center is about 4-8 mm and a thickness at said at least two marginal edges is about 1-2 mm. 
     
     
         7 . The makeup application tool according to  claim 1 , wherein said basic body is made of silicone, silicone rubber, rubber, or mixtures thereof. 
     
     
         8 . The makeup application tool according to  claim 1 , further comprising a reinforcement element integrated into said center of said basic body to increase a stiffness of said basic body at said center.