Textured device for cleaning cosmetic brushes

1. A device for washing and rinsing cosmetic brushes, including:

a flexible enclosure having first and second opposed layers cooperating to define an interior space between the layers to accommodate a user's hand when inserted into the enclosure through an opening at a proximal end of the enclosure, the enclosure further having an exterior surface comprising a frontal surface of the first layer and a back surface of the second layer;

wherein the enclosure comprises a primary section to accommodate a palmar area of the hand and the fingers when the hand is so inserted, a first thumb section disposed along a first side of the primary section, and a second thumb section disposed along a second and opposite side of the primary section;

wherein the enclosure is adapted to alternatively accommodate the hand:

in a first orientation with the first layer confronting the palm, and the second layer confronting the back of the hand, and the first thumb section accommodating a thumb of the user's hand; and

in a second orientation with the second layer confronting the palm, the first layer confronting the back of the hand, and the second thumb section accommodating the thumb of the user's hand;

a first textured surface arrangement formed along the frontal surface to facilitate washing and rinsing of a cosmetic brush head by selective movement of the brush head along the first textured surface arrangement; and

a second textured surface arrangement formed along the back surface to facilitate washing and rinsing a cosmetic brush head by selective movement of the brush head along the second textured surface arrangement;

wherein the primary section comprises a proximal section adjacent the proximal opening, a distal section spaced apart longitudinally from the proximal section to accommodate the fingers, and a medial section between the proximal and distal sections; and

wherein the first textured surface arrangement comprises a directionally neutral first texture disposed over the frontal surface along the medial section, and a directionally-oriented second texture formed over the frontal surface along the distal section.

2. The device of claim 1 , further including a first shaping surface formed along adjacent portions of the first and second layers to provide first and second confronting shaping-surface regions along the first thumb section and the first side of the primary section, to facilitate use of the thumb and the index finger to compress a brush head between the first and second confronting shaping-surface regions when the hand is so inserted in the first orientation.

3. The device of claim 2 , further including a second shaping surface formed along adjacent portions of the first and second layers to provide third and fourth confronting shaping-surface regions along the second thumb section and the second side of the primary section, to facilitate use of the thumb and the index finger to compress a brush head between the third and fourth confronting shaping-surface regions when the hand is so inserted in the second orientation.

4. The device of claim 3 , further including a plurality of elongate, parallel and spaced apart ridges formed along each of the first and second shaping surfaces and extending generally perpendicular to major planes of the first and second layers.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the second textured surface arrangement comprises a directionally neutral third texture formed over the back surface along the medial section, and a directionally-oriented fourth texture formed over the back surface along the distal section.

6. The device of claim 5 , further including a fifth texture comprised of multiple bristles formed over portions of the frontal surface and the back surface, wherein each of the bristles has a height in a height direction away from its associated one of the frontal and back surfaces greater than a bristle diameter of the bristle taken at the associated surface, and wherein adjacent ones of the bristles are spaced apart by a distance less than the bristle diameter.

7. The device of claim 5 , wherein the first textured arrangement further comprises a directionally-oriented fifth texture formed over the frontal surface along the medial section.

8. The device of claim 7 , wherein the fifth texture comprises a plurality of elongate, parallel and spaced apart ridges.

9. The device of claim 5 , wherein the second textured surface arrangement further comprises a fifth texture formed over the back surface along the medial section.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the fifth texture comprises a plurality of circular ridges formed as concentric rings.

11. The device of claim 1 , wherein the directionally neutral first texture comprises multiple nodules.

12. The device of claim 11 , wherein the multiple nodules comprise multiple intermingled nodules of different sizes.

13. The device of claim 1 , wherein the directionally-oriented second texture comprises a plurality of elongate ridges.

14. The device of claim 13 , wherein the elongate ridges are substantially parallel and linear or undulating.

15. A device for washing and rinsing cosmetic brushes, including:

a flexible enclosure having first and second opposed layers cooperating to define an interior space between the layers to accommodate the user's hand when inserted into the enclosure through an opening at a proximal end of the enclosure, the enclosure having an exterior surface comprising a frontal surface of the first layer and a back surface of the second layer;

wherein the enclosure comprises a primary section to accommodate a palmar area of the hand and the fingers when the hand is so inserted, a first thumb section disposed along a first side of the primary section, and a second thumb section disposed along a second and opposite side of the primary section, said thumb sections being adapted, alternatively, to accommodate a thumb of the user's hand when the hand is so inserted;

a first textured surface arrangement formed along the frontal surface to facilitate washing and rinsing of a cosmetic brush head by selective movement of the brush head along the first textured surface arrangement;

a second textured surface arrangement formed along the back surface to facilitate washing and rinsing a cosmetic brush head by selective movement of the brush head along the second textured surface arrangement;

a first shaping surface formed along adjacent portions of the first and second layers to provide confronting shaping-surface regions along the first thumb section and the first side of the primary section, to facilitate use of the thumb and the index finger to compress a brush head between the confronting shaping-surface regions when the hand is so inserted in a first orientation; and

a plurality of elongate, parallel and spaced apart ridges formed along the first shaping surface and extending generally perpendicular to major planes of the first and second layers.

16. The device of claim 15 , wherein the confronting shaping-surface regions are formed as first and second elongate regions of a continuous surface.

17. The device of claim 15 , further including a second shaping surface formed along adjacent portions of the first and second layers to provide confronting shaping-surface regions along the second thumb section and the second side of the primary section, to facilitate the use of the thumb and the index finger to compress a brush head between the confronting shaping-surface regions of the second shaping surface when the hand is so inserted.

18. The device of claim 17 , further including a plurality of elongate, parallel and spaced apart ridges formed along the second shaping surface and extending generally perpendicular to major planes of the first and second layers.

19. The device of claim 17 , wherein the confronting shaping-surface regions of the second shaping surface are formed as first and second elongate regions of a continuous surface.

20. A device including:

a flexible enclosure having first and second opposed layers cooperating to define an interior space between the layers to accommodate the user's hand when inserted into the enclosure through an opening at a proximal end of the enclosure, the enclosure having an exterior surface comprising a frontal surface of the first layer and a back surface of the second layer;

wherein the enclosure comprises a primary section to accommodate a palmar area of the hand and the fingers when the hand is so inserted, a first thumb section disposed along a first side of the primary section, and a second thumb section disposed along a second and opposite side of the primary section, said thumb sections being adapted, alternatively, to accommodate the thumb when the hand is so inserted;

a first textured surface arrangement formed along the frontal surface to facilitate washing and rinsing of a brush head by selective movement of the brush head along the first textured surface arrangement;

a second textured surface arrangement formed along the back surface to facilitate washing and rinsing a brush head by selective movement of the brush head along the second textured surface arrangement;

wherein the primary section comprises a proximal section adjacent the proximal opening, a distal section spaced apart longitudinally from the proximal section to accommodate the fingers, and a medial section between the proximal and distal sections; and

wherein the first textured surface arrangement comprises a directionally neutral first texture comprising a plurality of nodules disposed over the frontal surface along the medial section, and a directionally-oriented second texture comprising a plurality of elongated ridges formed over the frontal surface along the distal section.

21. A method of using the device of claim 20 to wash and rinse brush heads, the method comprising:

providing the device of claim 20 ;

inserting the user's hand into the flexible enclosure, wherein said thumb sections alternately accommodate the thumb of the user's hand when the hand is so inserted;

washing the brush head by selective movement along the first textured surface arrangement; and

rinsing the brush head by selective movement along the second textured surface arrangement.