Applicator for applying a product to the eyelashes

An applicator for applying a cosmetic product to eyelashes and/or eyebrows, having an applicator member having:

• a core made of polymer material,
• at least two bows molded with the core, and
• a support having two branches twisted around the core, said at least two bows being arranged one after the other forming a helical line which progresses from a distal end to a proximal end of the core, the applicator member comprising spikes molded with the core and the core defining ribs to which the spikes and the bows are connected,
• wherein grooves are located between the ribs to which twisted branches of the support extend, and
• comprising two diametrically opposed rows of spikes and two diametrically opposed rows of bows.