The invention relates to a mascara brush (18) having a centre made of at least two wire sections (12, 13) twisted together along a longitudinal axis (LD) of the wire core, and having a bristle trim (26) made of plastic bristles (1) formed by filaments, each of which bristles is held in a clamping manner between the two wire sections (12, 13), and which bristles are formed with a wedge-shaped bristle tip or without a wedge-shaped bristle tip on their free ends, thereby providing further improved separation properties of the mascara brush. For this purpose, at least one portion of the bristles (1) has a a bristle coating (6) made of a first softer material, and a bristle core (5) that is joined to the bristle coating (6) and made of a second harder material, and, in particular, at least these bristles (1) have a transverse cut (3), in the form of a simple wedge, on one side or on two sides, at least partially on their radially outward free ends, and comprise a wedge-shaped bristle tip having at least one cut su
