Hair care product applicator member and systems and methods thereof

An apparatus comprising:

• means for receiving an amount of hair care product defining a means for outputting the amount of hair care product;
• means for presenting hair to apply the amount of hair care product output by the means for outputting;
• and
• means for guiding the amount of hair care product extending from the means for receiving adjacent the means for outputting,
• wherein the means for presenting hair to apply the amount of hair care product includes:
• first means for holding a first amount of hair greater than none;
• and
• second means for holding a second amount of hair,
• wherein the first means forms at least a portion of the means for guiding,
• wherein the means for guiding surrounds the means for outputting in an overhead plane view of the apparatus,
• wherein the first means for holding the first amount of hair and the second means for holding the second amount of hair are diametrically opposite to one another,
• wherein the first means for holding the first amount of hair is separated from the second means for holding the second amount of hair by the means for outputting the amount of hair care product, and
• wherein the first amount of hair that the first means is configured to hold is less than the second amount of hair that the second means is configured to hold.

A method of using an applicator member for a hair care product comprising:

• providing the applicator member to apply the hair care product, the applicator member including:
• a base defining a discharge opening to discharge the hair care product for application,
• a first platform extending from the base adjacent a first side of the discharge opening, the first platform having a free end configured to hold a first amount of hair,
• a second platform provided adjacent a second side of the discharge opening opposite the first side, the second platform defining a cutout configured to hold a second amount of hair greater than the first amount of hair, and
• a nozzle extending from the base adjacent the discharge opening,
• wherein the first platform forms at least a portion of the nozzle,
• wherein the nozzle surrounds the discharge opening in an overhead plan view of the dispensing applicator member,
• wherein the first platform and the second platform are diametrically opposite to one another, and
• wherein a first part of the cutout farthest from the base is wider than a second part of the cutout closest to the base;
• for a group of strands of hair, providing a first part of the group of strands of hair to the second platform, in the cutout of the second platform, the first part of the group of strands of hair corresponding to the second amount of hair;
• and
• providing a second part of the group of strands of hair on the first platform, the second part of the group of strands of hair corresponding to the first amount of hair.