applicator device illustrated in the drawing includes a bottle like container 10 for receiving a product which is to be applied in this case for receiving lip rouge in pasty form fitted on the container 10 is a carrier 12 on to which a metal twill weave 14 is fitted under tension the weave 14 is held under tension on the carrier 12 by a ring 18 the tension is a tension in the direction of the main plane of the weave 14 which results from a deep drawing operation for fitting the weave 14 over the carrier as is conventional in relation to lipsticks the applicator device illustrated in the drawing has a flattened working region 20 which is angled with respect to the longitudinal axis the edge of the carrier 12 which delimits the working region 20 and which is identified in the drawing by references 22 1 and 22 2 is rounded off so that no damage occurs when the weave 14 is being fitted over the carrier in addition it is bevelled the applicator device illustrated in the drawing is produced as follows a metal twill weave is calandered and fitted over the carrier 14 by a deep drawing operation thereupon the ring 18 is applied in order to maintain the tension resulting from the deep drawing operation that provides that the.