Abstract: A mascara applicator having a brush which can be adjusted by a user from straight to curved comprising a wand within which is slidably disposed an adjusting rod connecting to manipulating means within the applicator handle. The rod is extendable into an applicator head on the end of the wand and may be straight so as to straighten a precurved applicator or curved so as to impart curvature to a straight applicator.

Abstract: An improved cosmetic package, particularly for eye make-up such as mascara, comprising a container, a cap having an applicator extendable into the container and a wiping body within the neck of the container. The package is particularly suited for applicators having an irregular cross-section and provides for threaded cooperation between the cap and container by a construction wherein the cap and applicator are relatively rotatable about their common longitudinal axis. An alternative construction provides for the applicator to be fixed within the cap and the wiping body to be relatively rotatable with the container about their common longitudinal axis. These constructions allow applicators with irregular cross-sections to be used in containers where the cap and container attach by means of cooperating threads.

Abstract: An adjustable mascara applicator includes a comb formed by a first comb section having a first proximal end, a first distal end, and a first set of teeth at the first distal end, the proximal end including opposing side walls having teeth thereon, and a second comb section having a second proximal end, a second distal end and a second set of teeth at the second distal end, the first and second comb sections each extending in a longitudinal direction between the proximal and distal ends thereof for holding mascara therebetween; a cylindrical handle fixedly connected with the proximal end of the second comb section and including an elongated slot for receiving the proximal end of the first comb section therethrough, the handle being used for grasping the adjustable mascara applicator during use; an adjustment knob rotatably connected with the handle and extending partially therein for receiving the proximal end of the second comb section, the adjustment knob including an internal helical thread for meshingly en

Abstract: A novel mascara composition is disclosed. The composition comprises: (a) an effective amount of water; (b) an effective amount of microsphere particles selected from the group consisting of silica beads, polymethylmethacrylate beads, and combinations thereof; and (c) an effective amount of a water dispersible, high molecular weight, amorphous anionic polyester polymer having an approximate molecular weight, MN, of about 14,000 to about 16,000 and a melt viscosity at 200.degree. C. of about 2000 to about 42,000 poise as measured with a Sieglaff-McKelvey Capillary Rheometer, 100 sec.sup.-1 shear rate. The polyester polymer is added to the mascara composition as a water dispersion having a solids content of not more than about 40% by weight of the dispersion. Prepared mascara compositions contain silica beads polymethylmethacrylate beads and an effective amount of the emulsifier C12-C15 alcohols benzoate.