the stem of a cosmetics applicator cooperating with it is wiped clean all over viewed in the direction of the longitudinal axis l and in a direction towards the proximal end of the wiper 1 a projection 10 ends above the ring portions 5 as can be seen in particular from fig1 preferably the ring portions 5 of the stem portions 4 reach across the respectively adjacent projection s 10 viewed in the circumferential direction without touching the respective projection s 10 which promotes the above mentioned effect as can easily be seen from the comparison of fig1 and fig2 the wiper 1 according to the invention preferably has two such projections 10 and thus generally also two windows 9 taking a very close look it is possible to see in fig1 and as fig2 also shows that preferably each projection 10 carries on its distal end a lip 11 protruding inwards in the radial direction which preferably contributes to the wiping result fig6 to 10 show a second exemplary embodiment of the invention this wiper 1 is also constructed from two portions one of which is the retaining portion 2 already described in detail above u2014 in this respect the first and second exemplary embodiments are identical the second portion whose length is marked by the distal end of the longest wiper arm 3 is of equal or substantially equal length as the retaining portion 2 also in this case.