Maybelline Volume Express Mascara - Falsies Flared

I didnt purchase this but used a friends after she had just purchased. Can i just say this was not what i expected. I had heard alot of hype about this and unfortuntaly it didnt live upto what i had expected. Yes it does lengthen and make them fuller however the formula once it dried and wore during the day was not good. I found it to be flakey and when i went to the bathroom had abit of fallout under my eyes. Did not like this formulation at all!

I've always been a Maybelline mascara fan. My very first mascara was good, old, reliable Maybelline Great Lash and then I discovered Maybelline's Lash by Lash mascara (this was back in the 90's), it had a tiny, thin wand that literally coated every lash and was my absolute favourite but unfortunately, it didn't stick around on the market for very long and ever since then, I've been in search of something similar.

Now, I'm not a fan of big, fluffy mascara wands. If possible, I'll check the size of the wand before I purchase the mascara but unfortunately, with this one it was sealed with a cardboard backing so I had to buy blindly.

Don't get me wrong, I love a mascara that delivers nice, full, individually coated lashes that look just like you're wearing falsies without the hassle, irritation and sometimes pain of having to actually wear falsies, so I was very excited to try this mascara.

The tube is quite chunky, as it seems that Maybelline is going through a "chunky" phase with all their mascara tubes (Great Lash aside) and the wand inside is flexible, curved, yet still full and quite fluffy. My first attempt at using this wand was an absolute disaster, I ended up with mascara everywhere! There's definitely a trick to holding the wand at the right angle in order to coat every single lash in one swoop.

Unfortunately, this time Maybelline let me down, big time. The curved wand doesn't suit every eye shape and no matter how hard I try with this wand, I always end up with mascara on my upper eyelid and have to touch up my eyeshadow again after applying my mascara. It doesn't matter how I hold the wand or how much I angle my head and look down into my mirror, some part of the curve always ends up touching my eyelid. It's so frustrating! I haven't had mascara application this messy since I first started experimenting with make-up.

Secondly, this mascara does not stay on my lashes. During the course of the day, it tends to migrate from my top lashes (I don't apply mascara to my bottom lashes) and onto the skin under my eye. Every time I wear this mascara, I end up with panda eyes. Not cool, Maybelline!

Needless to say, I won't be repurchasing or recommending this mascara to anyone. In the past few years, I've begun using a different mascara (brand, formula, etc.) each time I replace my mascara, which is every 3-6 months, the formula of this one isn't bad but it definitely has one of the worst mascara wands that I've come across in recent years.

Hated this mascara! Dried up soo quickly in the tube and didn't do anything amazing for my lashes. My lashes clumped up a lot. Definitely will not be using it again.

Not impressed one bit, picked this up during the recent sale in Farmers and meh!! It was lovely the first time I used it, went on smoothly and didn't clump but 3 days on and its all flaky, after a couple of hours I'm itching to take it off. Not had this with Maybelline before.

I could not, for the life of me, get this mascara NOT TO CLUMP! My lashes looked horrible every time I used it, and I really did give it a good try! Would not buy this one again, and feel the same about most of the other Maybelline Mascaras - Great Lash being a huge exception.

I love the xxl range, so when this came out I was really excited to try it. Used it three times and chucked it in a draw.. all that happened is it turned my eyelashes into a clumpy lumpy mess. Was really disappointed. The whole product was full of lumps. I dont have the time to 'fix' their product.

My eyelashes are naturally quite long and thick, with a curl so I'm not sure if it is just my type of lashes or what.

The worst part is that I have always had good experiences with Maybellines product, and this product was just so bad that its lost my brand loyalty. It may have just been a bad batch H or something after reading the reviews on here, but I'm not prepared to give this product a second chance. As a consequence, my new fav mascara is a Revlon brand.

I have heard good reviews about this mascara from friends but unfortunately i did not like it. The mascara went on very clumpy even after one application. This mascara does add a decent amount of length but i could not get past the clumps in my eyelashes