Abstract: A comb and mirror-tray assembly which when in a storage mode the mirror-tray then acts to protect the comb nested therein. In a combing mode, the user who has withdrawn the comb from the mirror-tray can then view her hair in the mirror as she combs it. And in an easel mode in which the comb acts as a stand for the mirror-tray, the user may then view her face in the mirror as she applies makeup thereto. The tray, which is generally rectangular in form and has the mirror secured to its bed, is surrounded by a peripheral wall, a transverse slot being formed in the bed between the end of the mirror and the wall. In the storage mode, the comb snaps into the tray to overlie the mirror, the comb being withdrawn from the tray in the combing mode. In the easel mode, the comb is inserted in the transverse slot to serve as a stand forming an angle with the mirror-tray to support it on a table or other surface.

Abstract: A travel compact for housing a cosmetic supply and a mirror, both of which in a storage mode of the compact are encased therein, the supply and the mirror being both exposed in a utility mode whereby the user may then view her face as she applies the cosmetic thereto. The compact includes a small rectangular case having an open front end and a top wall whose front section has an open window therein. Slidable in the case through its open end is a drawer whose top wall includes in its rear section a shallow well having a mirror nested therein, a front section on which is printed identifying indicia and a deeper well intermediate the front and rear sections in which a cosmetic supply is stored. In the storage mode, the drawer is pushed fully within the case, the window in the case being then closed by the front section of the drawer to expose the indicia through the window. In the utility mode, the drawer is pulled out to an extent exposing the cosmetic supply and aligning the mirror with the window.

Abstract: A dispenser cartridge loaded with identical mini-compacts containing a test sample of a particular cosmetic such as lip gloss or eye shadow, thereby making it possible for consumers, before purchasing this cosmetic, to try out the sample. The cartridge, which is vertically mounted, includes a gravity-feed channel accommodating a stack of mini-compacts, the lowermost of which rests on a ledge in alignment with an exit slot. Below the slot is a slidable ejector which when pulled out acts to withdraw the lowermost mini-compact through the slot. And when the ejector, after the withdrawn mini-compact is removed therefrom, is pushed back, then the mini-compact, which is now lowermost, falls on the ledge in readiness for the next ejector action. The cartridge, when exhausted, is refillable through a channel inlet at the upper end of the cartridge.