Maybelline The Colossal Big Shot Mascara Review

Thankyou BR for allowing me to trial this range.

The packaging is sleek and trendy. It has no scent. I personally do not like the "big shot" brush, mine doesn't look like the picture, my bristles are extremely short which make for a horrible application on my lashes. It applied too much Mascara and left my lashes looking lumpy and stuck together.

So I tried an old favorite mascara brush of mine and found the application alot smoother and non clumpy....

The Mascara itself was jet black and left my lashes looking more bolder. I like the end result.

To wash this mascara off however was a mess, I used makeup remover wipes and a foam cleanser but it smudged around my eyes and left them black. I also had a slight panic attack when it looked like my lashes were coming off but then I realized that it was what the Mascara looked like when you rubbed it off....like fibres...

I would recommend but will not purchase as it needs a better bristle brush unless mine was faulty because like I said....my brush looked nothing like the one in the picture.

Thanks Beauty Review for this trial. I was excited to trial a new mascara, I am still searching for my holy grail. After this trial, I am still searching. I am not saying there is anything wrong with this one, however I felt it didnt live up to its promise of fully loaded volume in one coat.

I did enjoy the brush, it was a bit different to my usual brush, this was wavy. I felt I got length but not the volume.

I am not currently using a lash serum so my lashes need some help with looking thicker.

The formula was quite nice, the colour was awesome and it didnt flake off throughout the day. It removed really well with my usual eye makeup remover. Overall, not too bad but not my favourite mascara.

I’m normally a fan of Maybelline mascara, believing that generally for the price point you can’t go wrong. However, while I don’t dislike this particular mascara it’s not going to be my go to and here’s why. While I love the gold packaging, the shape of the tube annoys me as it’s unnecessarily colossal, doesn’t fit into my acrylic makeup tray compartments and takes up too much room in my makeup purse. Maybelline isn’t the only brand that packages mascara in unwieldy shapes, I just don’t understand the need! The mascara itself is okay. Okay as in, I like the wand shape and size, not too big, not too small, nice and straight, not curvy, therefore, makes the mascara easy to apply and less like to land on places other than your actual eyelashes. But, the bristles on the wand are stubby which I found to make the mascara quite clumpy on application. It certainly didn’t volumise as the name suggests, although it did enhance the length. If you have the patience to apply coats of mascara and brush through to separate your lashes then you might be happy with this product. If you are a more of a slap dash, one coat girl like myself, it might not be the mascara for you!

I love mascara, i mean who wouldnt to be honest when it does so many things for your lashes. So this was going to be an interesting review considering im used to certain brands of mascara. Packaging: Love the shiny tube im like a magpie and drawn to it immediately. It is the same usual maybelline tube that we all know so no change there. Brush: Thankfully the bristles are not as large as i thought they would be, which makes for easy brushing on the lashes, the wavy wand however made me wonder what that was for? Formula: Very black which i love, easy to wipe off immediately when you make those pesky errors, clumps quite quickly if you apply too much and you get spider lashes. It comes off well with both facewash with makeup remover as well as with Micellar Water. A Little bit fibery when removing so just be careful where that goes, especially for contact lens wearers. Durability: lasts pretty well, but not as much as the old benefit mascaras would. Volume: Definite Volume increase, however im a length kind of gal so it took a few goes before i could get it how i wanted. Overall: Good cheap mascara for everyday use! Probably would buy in a hurry if needed but not a preferred choice.

I have very straight eyelashes that are short and sparse so I need a lot of help with my lashes and it’s hard to find mascara that I fall in love with. This was pretty average in my opinion. The product it self was nice and wasn’t too clumpy for me but the wand I didn’t really like as I prefer a curved brush rather than something like this one. The brush itself is also quite big and chunky for my eyes and eyelashes so I really struggled to keep it off my eyelids and it was basically impossible for me to apply on my lower lash as they are super short.

I have mixed feelings about this mascara. Which I will get to. I received the shade blackest black in the washable version. Firstly the packaging is plastic and gold. A bit blingy but not offensive. The brush end is terrible, it was so thick and full of mascara that the bristles had all clumped together. I had to swipe so much mascara off onto the rim that it made quite a mess and when I applied it, it just clumped all my eyelashes together. I decided to give it another go with another mascara brush as I did like the formula. The mascara wears well and doesn't flake off after a full day wear. It gave some volume but definitely not colossal volume in one coat. I liked how easy it was to remove with just my cleanser.   Apart from brush it's not a bad mascara just not another great mascara like Maybelline great lash.

I am usually a Maybelline stan but this left me disappointed. I found the product to not be of the same high quality I'm used to from Maybelline. The mascara left my lashes clumpy and heavy. It was not easy to apply as I found the consistency to be quite a lot thicker than other mascaras. It took a while to dry and do I got little black dots just under my eyebrows from where my lashes had touched my skin while I blinked. I had already applied my eye make and mascara was last so was pretty annoyed to have to fix that up. When it did dry, I found it to be clumpy and hard. It didn't wash off particularly easily either, leaving me with big dark circles when I woke up. So sad to say that all as usually I find Maybelline to be of excellent quality, rivaling many other more expensive brands.

I didn’t like this mascara. The wand was too big for my personal preference and didn’t apply evenly. I found it felt way too heavy on my lashes and unlike my preferred mascara I noticed I was wearing this one from its heavy formula.