GOSH Show Me Volume Mascara Review and a FOTD (Pic Heavy)

I don't know if you remember but just before Christmas I was sent some GOSH goodies by the lovely people at Superdrug - I actually already owned most of the things they sent so I just kept the mascara and gave the rest away in a giveaway :) Anyways the mascara I kept for this review was the GOSH Show Me Volume Mascara in Black.
Like a lot of mascaras this GOSH mascara comes is quite a chunky tube which is black with silver writing and a silver lid - tres chic


Unsurprisingly enough the spool is also quite chunky in a fat Christmas tree bristle style. Whilst this is good in the sense that it cover the lashes quite easily it's size makes it harder to get too close to the inner corner and quite difficult to do the lower lashes without dabbing it on your skin

I personally found this quite a dry mascara - it was OK at first but as I've used I've found that it tended to dry out and that as a result made it a little flaky on the lashes after a while. Despite the inclusion of E, B, and C vitamins I even found the mascara a bit drying on my lashes - the colour itself is good though as you can see here.

Described as a mascara which will give you "exaggerated visual volume" I thought I'd show you some pics
My Bare Lashes

One Coat

Two Coats

Three Coats

As I am sure you can see you certainly need more than one coat, the more you apply the more you see a volumising and even an slight lengthening effect. There is a little bit of clumping as you can see but other than the issues I've already mentioned the application is OK.
So what do I think? well I think this mascara is OK certainly no more than that - the finish is OK, but the formula seemed a bit too dry for me, and of course there is my usual issue with some mascaras with big wands lol. I personally think there are better mascaras on the market for the price - If you want to try this it is exclusive to Superdrug in the UK and retails for £7.50, and if your interested GOSH is currently on 3 for 2 :)

FOTD

Since I was taking some pics of my mascara for my review I thought I'd show you some pics of the make up look I wore. The lighting was awful today and as per usual my camera washed the colour out but I decided to have a play with some colour today lots of purples and lilac, pale pink cheeks and glossy baby lips :)
My eyes the colours aren't coming out very well apart from the liner which looks blue here grr













Today I Wore

id Bare Mineral Foundation - Medium Beige (my summer shade but for how long it's freezing today hmm)
ELF Sheer Mineral Booster
MAC Prep + Prime Eye - Light
Lancome Palette Mix Complexion Kit - 1 (Medium Shade Only)
ELF Studio Blush Tickled Pink
MAC MSF Porcelain Pink
George Eyeshadow - No.22 Jellybean (all over lid)

Indulge In Beauty - Urban Eyes - Modern Eye Palette (*light shade to highlight, dark shade on outer corner)

Opia Kohl Pencil - no name but the bright purple one - an absolute bargain from Primark

GOSH Show Me Volume Mascara - Black
ELF Luscious Liquid Lipstick - Baby Lips

(The GOSH Show Me Volume Mascara was provided by Superdrug for review purposes - this has in no way influenced my review which as per usual as my opinion and mine alone, your may vary)