Maybelline Great Lash Mascara Review

Firstly the brush is too small for my liking I feel like I have to put a dozen coats on to notice any difference, it tends to flake off so if you are wearing it make sure to check the mirror so you don't have unwanted black lines.

This is not a good mascara, despite it being a cult classic and favorite of many it just didn't work for me. It's affordable though, but if you want a better mascara there is only a $5 difference anyways.

The brush is very average, just a normal spoolie, which could be where I went wrong but I am not impressed with it. The formula is average too, inky black in colour and a good consistency - not too watery and not too dry.

But when I try to apply it on my lashes it just comes off in huge amounts, causing my lashes to clump and when I take a clean spoolie to comb out the clumps all of the length comes off.

The lasting time was good, I found it didn't smudge too much on my oily eyelids and only had minimal flaking to my surprise.

Maybe other people could make this work, but for me it just doesn't. I may end up trying the 'Lots of Lashes' version of this, it looks like it may work better for me but as for the classic I really don't like it.

I found this mascara to be light on the eye and easy to apply for a qick get up and go. No clumping and the long brush makes it easy to use when reaching in the eye corner.

Perhaps I have been very unlucky but I’ve purchased twice now and both times it hasn’t lasted long and looks like it has already dried out. I’m not sure if maybe that’s the texture it’s meant to be? But when I have used it, it seems to smudge even though it’s so hard to remove!

I would recommend this to others, as the Black of black is great. What is NOT great is the "shadow" you get if you have deep set eyes like me! Whether it is warm or cold, this mascara leaves a black shadow on my top lid that i have to wipe during the day...! Not IDEAL :-( It is hard finding one that doesn't do it, so i think it is more me than the mascara!

I used this a couple of times and it did give me fab looking lashes but made such a mess coming off. Black panda eyes! I don't have the patience for wiping over and over to clean up the mess.

I wouldn't rave about this one. It has been clumpy for me when I have tried it. Very black colour, which goes in its favour I guess.

This was one of the very first Maybelline mascaras i tried and sadly i was very disappointed. It left my eyelashes clumpy and really thick. It seemed to go every where! on the plus side it did make my eye lashes long and i also liked how the brush was simple and easy to use as it didn't bend. It is one of the cheaper maybelline mascaras , so the price isn't bad if it is what you like but this mascara just is not for me . I think it would be perfect for beginners who want more of a natural look or something for school. I do like the packaging but the name great lash? it defiantly didn't give me great lashes and as for that reason i wouldn't buy it again.

The name 'Great Lash' is quite appropriate for this mascara, I feel, because that's pretty much the result that this mascara gives: one (okay, a few more than one) big ol' clumpy lash. Seriously, the clumping is awful with this. I don't know if it's the brush, the formulation (which is SUPER wet) or just me (possibly all three!), but the only way I can get this mascara not to clump is to apply it with a separate spoolie wand. Not a fan of this product, at all.

It does lengthen my (medium, fairly thick) lashes pretty well, and doesn't smudge or flake throughout the day. It's just the clumping and lack of, well, anything!, that ruins this mascara for me...