Multi-unit cosmetic applicator

1. A multi-unit cosmetic applicator, comprising:

a housing including a single opening;

a first cosmetic unit comprising a first cosmetic agent;

a second cosmetic unit comprising a second cosmetic agent having a solid, semi-solid, or waxy structure;

a mechanism for independently advancing any length of said second cosmetic unit relative to said first cosmetic unit from a stored position through said single opening in said housing to an advanced position and returning said second cosmetic to said stored position,

wherein said first cosmetic agent has a functionally different property from said second cosmetic agent, wherein said first and second cosmetic agents are depletable and are transferred during use; wherein said second cosmetic unit includes a longitudinal channel to accommodate said first cosmetic unit, and wherein said first cosmetic unit is disposed within said longitudinal channel such that a peripheral clearance exists between said first and second cosmetic units.

2. The multi-unit cosmetic applicator of claim 1 , wherein said first cosmetic unit comprises a wicking substrate.

3. The multi-unit cosmetic applicator of claim 2 , wherein said wicking substrate comprises one of cotton, flax, silk, polyester, rayon, and acrylic.

4. The multi-unit cosmetic applicator of claim 1 , wherein each of the first and the second cosmetic agent comprises one of a lipstick, a lip liner, a lip gloss, and a lip balm.

5. The multi-unit cosmetic applicator of claim 4 , wherein said first cosmetic agent is a lip liner, and wherein said second cosmetic agent is selected from a group consisting of a lipstick, a lip balm, and a lip gloss.

6. The multi-unit cosmetic applicator of claim 1 , wherein said housing comprises a lower housing portion and an upper housing portion, said lower housing portion being rotatable with respect to said upper housing portion.

7. A multi-unit cosmetic applicator, comprising:

a housing having a proximal and a distal end, said housing comprising a single opening at said proximal end, a lower housing portion and an upper housing portion;

a first cosmetic unit comprising a first cosmetic agent;

a second cosmetic unit comprising a second cosmetic agent having a solid, semi-solid, or waxy structure;

wherein said first housing portion rotates relative to said second housing portion and thereby advances any length of said second cosmetic agent relative to said first cosmetic agent from a stored position to an advanced position and back to said stored position,

wherein each of the first and the second cosmetic agent is depletable and transferred during use, and comprise one of a lipstick, a lip liner, a lip gloss, and a lip balm;

wherein said second cosmetic unit includes a longitudinal channel to accommodate said first cosmetic unit, and

wherein said first cosmetic unit is disposed within said longitudinal channel such that a peripheral clearance exists between said first and second cosmetic units.

8. The multi-unit cosmetic applicator of claim 7 , wherein said first second cosmetic agent is a lip gloss, and wherein said second cosmetic unit is selected from the group consisting of a lipstick and a lip balm.

9. A method of delivering a plurality of cosmetic agents using one multi-unit cosmetic applicator, the method comprising of the steps of:

supplying a multi-unit cosmetic applicator, said applicator comprising a housing having a single opening at a proximal end of said housing; a first cosmetic unit comprising a first cosmetic agent; a second cosmetic unit comprising a second cosmetic agent having a solid, semi-solid, or waxy structure; a mechanism for independently advancing any length of said second cosmetic unit relative to said first cosmetic unit from a stored position to an advanced position and back to the stored position through the single opening in said housing;

ensuring said second cosmetic unit is in a stored position;

applying said first cosmetic agent to a portion of a user's body;

initiating the mechanism for moving said second cosmetic unit thereby advancing a length of the second cosmetic unit through said single opening in said housing;

applying said second cosmetic agent to a portion of said user's body; and

returning said second cosmetic agent to said stored position;

wherein said first cosmetic agent has a functionally different property from said second cosmetic agent, wherein said second cosmetic unit is depletable and is transferred during use; wherein said second cosmetic unit includes a longitudinal channel to accommodate said first cosmetic unit, and wherein said first cosmetic unit is disposed within said longitudinal channel such that a peripheral clearance exists between said first and second cosmetic units.