Maybelline Volum' Express the Colossal Review

I was excited to try this one, as love many other Maybelline mascara's. However within two days of wearing this mascara I had an awfully painful allergic reaction. I do not have sensitive skin or eyes and have only ever had one other reaction before... to Maybelline Great lash mascara! Apart from that the product was ok, nothing special. I wouldn't really recommend this to others, only because of my own experience.

Again, this is one of the more "average" mascaras Maybelline has come out with. It definitely gives you length and volume, and is super dark, which gives you a nice, good fake lash look, however, it clumps and makes my eyelashes stick together very quickly and easily. First coat is fine, but the second coat, I find no matter how many times I try to wipe off the excess product on the brush, or how many times I stroke through my lashes, instead of separating, the lashes stick together, makes me look like I have 3 giant lashes. Also I find that after about 5 -6 hours (not too bad) I find dark fine powder under my eyes have gathered, which actually accents my dark bags around the eyes. Not good!

The formula is too thick and i find it just clumps my lashes together, flakes during the day and you end up looking in the mirror with black dot all over your face. the brush is not practical and is very hard to apply to the bottom lashes.

Can't say I love this product - out of sheer desperation that I tried it. Great if you have run out of your fav but def wouldn't say it's a top fav for me. Didn't do what it said it was supposed to.

I have the black waterproof version of this mascara and when i first put it on i really thought it was nice, it made my lashes look amaziging and gave them lots of volume. But after wearing this for an hour i noticed the black under my eyes, it dosnt last long and smudged under my eyes really badly. Through out the whole day i seemed to have more mascara under my eyes than on my actual lashes. This could just be the water proof one but i wouldn't use this product again. Definitely preferred the falsies by maybelline

this mascara wasn't as good as i wished it was for my lashes particularly. I have very straight long lashes and they are quite volumous to begin with i guess so maybe asking for more volume back fired?? because of my straight stubborn lashes the wand wasn't as flexible as i now realise works best for me. Found this a bit clumpy but could be fixed with an eyelash comb if you wanted a more natural look. not for me, but could be for you?!

While I was using this mascara I thought it was fabulous! - However when I went to repurchase I bought Rocket instead and have since realised how clumpy and flaky the colossal mascara was in comparasin. Definitely not a bad mascara! and if I was given a new one I would definitely use it, but for the price there are better mascaras out there!

I really like the effect that this gives. Lashes look AMAZEBALLS - thick and long - but the only bugger is (and this is a big bugger) that it smudges on me - e.g. up by my eyebrows. I've got long lashes (no, not whinging about that) and, even using the waterproof version, it rubs off on my upper eye area and leaves black marks. So I won't be using it again... It's been relegated to the 'emergency stash'...

Kinda clumpy, very thick. Quite voluminous, but can be overdone very very easy. True black. Dries very quickly if you dont screw the top super tight