molded brush portion remains in the molded brush portion the hollow space 14 d of the stem 14 a may be provided with one or more flexible 14 m tabs that allow the proximal end 15 b of the non molded brush portion 15 to be forced into the hollow space of the stem but that prevent accidental removal therefrom once the applicator head is assembled the stem 14 a of the molded brush portion 14 can be secured to the distal end of a rod 12 as explained above to complete the mascara applicator when assembled the longitudinal axis a a of the molded brush portion 14 is parallel to the longitudinal axis b b of the non molded brush portion 15 together the molded brush portion and the non molded brush portion fill and angular sector of 360 u00b0 the molded brush portion fills an angular sector of 180 u00b0 200 u00b0 which is significantly greater than the 30 u00b0 120 u00b0 of the arrangement brush portion 4 in u s pat no 7 231 926 the greater angular size of the comb portion provides better grooming of the lashes especially curling the distal end 14 i of the assembled applicator is covered with the bristles to facilitate making up those eyelashes that are near the inner canthus of the eye this feature is missing from the applicator of u s pat no 7 231 926 which has no bristles on its distal end also because we use the hollow space 14 d in the side wall 14 e of the stem for assembly we were able to extend the bristles of the non.