When I think about “Most Disappointing,” it doesn’t always mean all the Fs, because it can also mean formulas or products that you’ve come to expect A-level quality from that end up C-level (or worse!) quality, which is possibly more disappointing than a product that was never great to begin with. There were also some new formulas that were introduced this year that had little to no ability to be saved!

• MAC Techankohl Liners — the majority of the shades in the new-for-2014 shade extension release were disappointing with poor color payoff and wear
• Stila Body Eyeshadow Palette — beyond disappointing and gets a place as one of the worst palettes I’ve ever dealt with
• Gucci Potent Violet Lip Lacquer — by “intense color,” they must have meant “barely there”
• Tom Ford Ice Queen Eye Quad — difficult to apply, shorter-wearing, subpar color payoff
• bareMinerals Lasting Line Eyeliner Sets — a painfully stiff, dry, and poorly pigmented formula
• Kat Von D Star Studded Eyeshadow Palette — though it didn’t get the lowest score overall, it had some beyond dismal shades, like Gothica, which was like purple sand and introduced me to a texture I had never seen (and hope never to see again)
• Kat Von D Studded Kiss Lipstick — another formula with mostly disappointing shades in what could have been a real winner (still kills me how bad these were/are)
• Urban Decay Shadow Box Palette — a major departure from Urban Decay’s signature formula left me majorly disappointed with this one
• NARS Night Series Eyeliners — so much potential, but lacking in color payoff
• Chanel Sweet Star — there are so many stellar teal eyeliners to choose from, how a brand can charge $29 and put out a poor performing one leaves me utterly confused

What were your big beauty disappointments this year?