US Patent No. 8,875,719 B2; L’Oréal S.A., Paris, has patented a brush for applying makeup to eyelashes and/or eyebrows. The brush is comprised of a core, bristles comprising end portions extending substantially radially around at least a portion of the core, wherein the bristles define a bristled portion of the brush having a first length measured along a longitudinal axis of the core; and at least one notch having a second length measured along the longitudinal axis of the core less than half t...