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Once again my hunt of the best mascara continues, and this time we’re taking a trip to Sephora to try their much-loved Size Up Supersized Volume Mascara. But does it live up to the hype?

Spoiler: it absolutely does.

Perfect for those after a three-in-one volumising, curling and lengthening formula that doesn’t break the bank, the Sephora Collection Size Up Supersized Volume Mascara is everything I’ve been searching for in a mascara – and costs under £15.

There’s no denying that finding the perfect mascara can be hard. From clumpy results to flakes and smudges, a really good formula is hard to come by

That’s why I was so pleasantly surprised to get my lashes on this one from Sephora Collection.

Sephora Collection Size Up Supersized Volume Mascara – Ultra Black

Designed with its namesake in mind, the Size Up Supersized Volume Mascara delivers 180% volume in 20 swipes, making it the perfect choice for bigger, bolder looks.

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Designed with its namesake in mind, the Size Up Supersized Volume Mascara delivers 180% volume in 20 swipes, making it the perfect choice for bigger, bolder looks.

An affordable option with an expensive feel, the £14.99 mascara has an hourglass-shaped wand with short fibres in the centre to load lashes and give them intense black volume, as well as long fibres at the ends for a separated, fanned-out look.

In just a few swipes you’re left with an impressive eye-opening effect even on shorter lashes, with length, gorgeous curl and impact that lasts all day.

In fact, in a clinical study on 20 people after 21 days of use, 100% found their lashes had more curl while 95% found the mascara gave their lashes extreme volume and longer length.

My thoughts

When I first tried this mascara the word ‘volume’ scared me – I’d like to think my days of spidery lashes were behind me. Thankfully however, the volume came without a thick and unsightly look – even after multiple coats.

This mascara delivers a blacker-than-black wash of pigment that immediately coats every lash and instantly gives them life – without the unpleasant thickness.

There’s very little I hate in the makeup world more than a too-wet mascara, but this formula is the perfect consistency, making it easy and effective to apply from the very first use.

The hourglass wand is a godsend, too, coating my lashes in just a matter of swipes and leaving me with a dramatic, fluttery look with very minimal transfer on my eyelids and bottom lashes.

Within just a few swipes I’m left with visibly longer and defined eyelashes, not to mention an incredible added ‘oomph’ of volume that leaves them reaching for my eyebrows and remaining gorgeously curled all day.

Because that’s another thing about this mascara – it really lasts. Holding up the entire day without a trace of smudging or flaking, I can rely on this Sephora mascara to keep my lashes looking amazing from morning application to evening removal.

And for just £14.99? It’s hard to find fault in truth.

Beauty buffs love the Sephora Collection mascara, too, with hundreds rating it a five-star buy and finding favourites among all of the five bold and wearable shades.

‘I own every colour of this mascara and I absolutely love it!’ Wrote one impressed reviewer. ‘Makes my lashes so volumised and not clumpy at all, I recommend any of the shades because the brush is amazing.’

Another raved: ‘Genuinely surprised with how good this mascara is. Value for money and really easy to apply. Lifts the lashes really well.’

‘I could not recommend this more. I like this better than the Too Faced better than sex mascara. I am actually so shocked it didn’t smudge because every mascara I have used before has smudged no matter the price.’ Wrote a third.

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