Template for forming a contour on an eyebrow

Abstract

A template for forming a contour on an eyebrow, having a hair-removing means, having a flat, flexible support, which has a support edge that follows the lower contour curve to be formed for the eyebrow and a hair-removing region adjoining this support edge, which is coated with a hair-removing means, and having an optical positioning aid provided on at least one lateral half of the template for positioning the template relative to the eyebrow. For a simple use of the template with reproducible results, it has a positioning aid on each of the two halves.

Claims

1. A template for forming a contour on an eyebrow, comprising: a hair-remover; a flat, flexible support, which has a support edge that follows only a lower contour curve to be formed for the eyebrow when the entire support is positioned below the eyebrow, wherein the support edge has a first ascending contour section and a second descending contour section and these contour sections adjoin each other in a corner-shaped transition, and the flat, flexible support having no support edge along an upper contour curve of the eyebrow, and having a hair-removing region adjoining the support edge, which is coated with the hair-remover, and the flat, flexible support also has at least two holding regions each adjacent to and on opposite sides of the hair-removing region, wherein the holding regions are free of the hair-remover; and an optical positioning aid provided on each lateral half of the template for positioning the template relative to the eyebrow, with one half of the template having at least one positioning aid for positioning the template in a user's eyebrow region that ends in a vicinity of the user's nose and the other half having at least one positioning aid for positioning the template in an eyebrow region that ends in a vicinity of the user's temple.

2. The template according to claim 1, wherein the positioning aids are embodied in the form of at least one marking.

3. The template according to claim 2, wherein the marking is point-shaped.

4. The to template according to claim 1, wherein the holding regions are each embodied as a tab.

5. The template according to claim 1, wherein the support is coated with an opaque hair-remover.

6. The template according to claim 1, wherein one half of the template has one marking for positioning the template in the user's eyebrow region that ends in the vicinity of the user's nose and the other half has two markings for positioning the template in the eyebrow region that ends in the vicinity of the user's temple.

7. The template according to claim 1, wherein the positioning aids are located in the hair-removing region of the support.

8. The template according to claim 1, wherein the positioning aids axe provided on the support side opposite from the side of the support that is coated with the hair-remover.

9. The template according to claim 1, wherein the hair-remover is a hair-removal wax.

10. The template according to claim 1, wherein the hair remover contains resin (rosin).

11. The template according to claim 1, wherein the hair-remover contains sugar.

12. The template according to claim 1, wherein the curve formed on the eyebrow by the first contour section is twice as long as the curve formed by the second contour section.

13. The template according to claim 1, wherein the positioning aid has haptic elements.

14. The template according to claim 1, wherein the support has two recesses for grasping the template with a user's fingertips.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) The subject of the invention is illustrated in greater detail by way of example in the drawings based on several exemplary embodiments. In the drawings:

(2) FIG. 1 shows a front view of a template according to a first exemplary embodiment; and

(3) FIG. 2 shows front view of a template according to another exemplary embodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

(4) FIG. 1 shows a front view of the template 1 according to a first exemplary embodiment for forming a lower eyebrow contour 2. The template 1 is composed of a flat, flexible support 3 whose support edge 4 forms the eyebrow contour 2. For this purpose, the hair-removing region 5 adjacent to the support edge 4 is coated with a hair-removing means 6, preferably hair-removing wax. Forming the contour curve 2 for the eyebrow 7 clearly requires a precise positioning of the support edge 4 relative to the eyebrow 7.

(5) This is achieved with optical positioning aids 8 on the two opposing lateral halves 9, 10. In this case, the positioning aids 8 are provided in the form of optically perceptible markings 11, 12, 13 on the template 1. It is thus relatively easy to align and place it in a secure position along the lower half of the eyebrow 7. The hair-removing means 6 adheres to the hair in the hair-removing region 5 of the template 1 and by the subsequent pulling off of the template 1, permits the lower eyebrow contour 2 to be brought into the desire form. The new eyebrow contour 2 is thus produced in a reproducible, reliable, and simple way. In addition, the markings 11, 12, 13, which can be produced for example by means of punching, can be easily provided during the production of the template 1, which reduces the manufacturing costs of the template 1.

(6) Adjacent to the hair-removing region 5, the flat support 3 has two holding regions 14, 15. These make it easy to grasp the template 1 and facilitate the maneuvering thereof. In this connection, it is conceivable for only one of these two holding regions 14, 15 to be provided, which has not been shown in detail in the templates according to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2.

(7) In the exemplary embodiments according to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the holding regions 14, 15 are embodied as tabs 16, 17 and are free of hair-removing means 6. These tabs 16, 17 make it easier to pull off the template 1, thus facilitating the accompanying hair removal procedure. Specifically, the tabs 16, 17 can be securely grasped between the thumb and forefinger. Depending on whether the inner tab 16 or outer tab 17 is used for the pulling-off, the template 1 can be pulled off with or against the growth direction of the hair.

(8) The support 3 is transparent and is coated with an opaque hair-removing means 6. This makes the support edge 4 easier to see, which is advantageous for a precise positioning. The opaque hair-removing means 6 nevertheless allows the rest of the eyebrow 7 to still be seen while the template 1 is being positioned.

(9) The half 9 closer to the nose has a positioning aid in the form of a marking 11 for positioning the template 1 at the eyebrow end 18 that ends in the vicinity of the nose. This marking 11 is used for an initial placement and positioning of the template 1 in the nose region of the eyebrow 7. The half 10 closer to the temple has two markings 12, 13 for easier positioning of the template 1 at the eyebrow end 19 that ends in the vicinity of the temple. These markings 12, 13 are used for the final placement and positioning of the template 1, which is already affixed in the nose region. In this case, the second marking 13 also permits the template 1 to be used with larger eyes 20. In addition, the provision of one inner marking 11 and two outer markings 12, 13 largely prevents a confusion of the templates 1, 100 provided for the left or right eye 20.

(10) The markings 11, 12, 13 shown in the exemplary embodiments are point-shaped and can, for example, be punched-out openings in the support 3. These points are aligned by means of a linear connection from the eyebrow ends 18, 19 to the respective eye corners 21, 22. If the extensions of the lines point at the lower corner of the nose 23, then the template 1 is positioned correctly, i.e. in the desired way. This also facilitates the horizontal alignment of the template and also insures that the contours on both eyebrows are optimally aligned with each other. Consequently, the template 1 can be used in a versatile way for producing a desired eyebrow contour, is easy to maneuver, and can yield reproducible results. In this connection, by contrast with a linear marking, which would have to be adapted in a relatively precise way to the respective face shape and eye shape, the point-shaped marking contour permits the template 1 to be used in a versatile and universal way.

(11) According to FIGS. 1 and 2, the positioning aids 8 are situated in the hair-removing region 5. Since the positioning aids 8 are provided on the support side opposite from the side of the support 3 that is coated with hair-removing means 6, there is no danger of covering the positioning aid 8 with the hair-removing means 6.

(12) In this exemplary embodiment, resin-based or rosin-based hair-removing wax is used as the hair-removing means 6. Consequently, the holding forces required for removing the hair during the pulling-off procedure are insured between the template 1 and the hair. It is naturally conceivable, however, to use sugar-based means or other conventional hair-removing means 6.

(13) The contour curve 2 of the eyebrow 7 is formed by the support edge 4, which has a first ascending contour section 24 extending outward from the middle of the face and adjoining this, a second descending contour section 25. In this connection, the first ascending contour section 24 of the eyebrow 7 is twice as long as the second descending contour section 25 of the eyebrow, which turns out to be advantageous with regard to the visual effect of the eyebrow contour that is achieved in this way. This is further improved since these contour sections 24, 25 adjoin each other by means of a corner-shaped transition 26, which comes to rest in the extension of a line leading from the corner of the nose 23 through the outer edge of the pupil 20.

(14) The fine positioning of the template 1, even with positioning aids 8 that are covered by fingers or the hand, is enabled and improved by means of a template 1 whose positioning aid 8 has haptic elements. In the case shown, these haptics are achieved by punching out the markings 11, 12, 13.

(15) Corresponding to FIG. 2, an embodiment variant of the additional template 100 is shown in which by contrast with the template 1 according to FIG. 1, the support 3 has two recesses 27, 28 for grasping the template 1 with the fingertips. This permits the template 100 to be grasped and positioned with one hand and facilitates maneuvering of the template 100.