Abstract: An easily manipulatable cosmetic stick holder has a housing with an opening at its upper end and a sidewall with opposed access apertures and a core member with a generally cylindrical sidewall having axially extending slots therein and a collar at its upper end providing horizontal shoulders with slots therein. A manipulatable tubular member having helical channels in its inner and outer surfaces is rotatably disposed about the core member and is manipulatable through the housing apertures. A carrier cup is slidable in the core member and has projections extending through the slots in the core member and into the inner helical channel of the manipulatable member. A closure member has a cylindrical body portion slidable on the manipulatable member and a projection on its inner surface is seated in the outer channel of the manipulatable member. Rotation of the manipulatable member moves the closure member and carrier cup axially in opposite directions.