Packaging and application device for a cosmetic product, kit and covering device

A packaging and application device for a cosmetic product, comprising:

• a first part for containing a cosmetic product, the first part extending along a longitudinal axis (D) between a first end and a second end,
• a covering able to be moved between an engaged position, in which the covering covers at least partly the first part, and a free position, in which the covering is separated from the first part,
• the displacement between the engaged position and the free position being made by translation of the covering along the longitudinal axis (D) away from the first part from the second end of the first part,
• wherein one of the first part and the covering comprises at least one flexible indexing tab projecting longitudinally, the other of the covering and the first part comprising an indexing surface, the flexible indexing tab being able to engage reversibly with the indexing surface to hold the covering in the engaged position, and wherein the flexible indexing tab can be deformed transversely between a rest position and a deformed position,
• wherein, when the covering is in the engaged position, the flexible indexing tab engages on the indexing surface in the rest position, which maintains the covering in the engaged position, the flexible indexing tab being adapted to be deformed from the rest position to the deformed position such as to no longer be contact with the indexing surface such hat the first part can be displaced away from the covering along the longitudinal axis,
• and in that the movement from the engaged position to the free position can be controlled by manually pulling the covering relative to the first part in translation along the longitudinal axis and away from the first part, manually pulling disengaging the flexible indexing tab from the indexing surface.