Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Maybelline The Colossal Volume Express



This mascara was just something I needed to have. The packaging is bright yellow with purple lettering, how wrong can you go right? But it's something you cant get around tho....
It claims to give: no clumps, 9 times more volume with just one go and it has a special formula with collagene. So my first impression when I saw the brush was DIORSHOW! The brush is kind of huge and if you're not used to this and didnt like the hige dior brush, dont even buy this, stay away from it. It's pretty much the same brush but the only difference is that the dior brush is maybe a tiny bit bigger.
The structure and smell of this is pretty nice, but as ever, dont trust anything they say in commercials. One go and that much volume as they claim it will give you is a damn lie. I needed at least 3 brushstrikes to get me some volume. It doesnt do a whole lot for the length, but if you want lenght you need to buy a lenghtening mascara right ;)

The smell is wonderfull, reminded me a bit of honey (?) but I wouldnt buy it again. Im not satisfied about the many times you need to apply this to get what you want. Im not satisfied about the staying on power as well. At first when you put this on it's gorgeous looking when you finally get what you wanted, but after a few hours it doesnt flake or anything, but it just seems to dissapear from the lashes. Maybe I'm the only person who has this problem, but it kind off sucks. When this stuff is dry its not hard and all, but applying another layer is pretty much impossible since it is going to clump like crazy....

Final score

  • Price: Pretty cheap
  • Packaging: Out there, bright yellow with purple...
  • Waterproof: Not seen this version yet
  • Smell: Sweet, reminder me off honey, not irritating to the eyes
  • Dries out fast: Dont know, dont have it that long, but looking at the structure probably not
  • Flaking: No, but seems to just dissapear after a few hours
  • Lenght/Volume/Curl: Volume and Curl, not much lenght
  • Goes off easily: No, needs some help
  • Will buy again: Probably not

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