The present invention is directed towards a composition, especially a cosmetic composition, in particular for coating keratin fibres such as the eyelashes, comprising: —at least one aqueous phase gelled with at least one synthetic polymeric hydrophilic gelling agent and —at least one oily phase gelled with at least one lipophilic gelling agent chosen from meltable compounds, said oily phase also comprising at least one volatile oil said phases forming therein a macroscopically homogeneous mixture, said composition comprising less than 10% by weight of non-volatile oil(s), relative to the total weight of the composition, said composition comprising from 10% to 70% by weight of volatile oil(s), relative to the total weight of the composition, said composition comprising a water content at least equal to 15% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition.
