A pen-type cosmetic dispenser for discharging a cosmetic medium, including an elongate housing extending in a main direction of extent, a discharge opening at an end face of the housing, a liquid reservoir arranged inside the housing, and a pumping device arranged inside the housing, which pumping device can be actuated by an actuating handle arranged on a lateral surface of the housing. The pumping device has a pump chamber, which is connected to the liquid reservoir on an inlet side and to the discharge opening on an outlet side. The pump chamber is delimited at least in sections by a wall which is flexible in shape, wherein the exterior surface of the wall forms the actuating handle.
