Most Disappointing Products of 2018
Worst of 2018
Most Disappointing Products
As we close out 2018, it’s fun to reflect on some of the better and more interesting products that have been released and reviewed over the past year, but I also like to think about what products let me down during the year, too. When I think about the worst of the year, it’s more about expectation levels and what was released; it isn’t necessarily that it was the worst in quality but was it super hyped up and then fell totally short? The list below is a mix of products that are disappointing because of quality (with some being devastatingly bad) and others because these brands can or have done better.
For example, I don’t feel like Wet ‘n’ Wild improved their Color Icon Eyeshadow formula. The mattes seem a little more pigmented and blendable, but they don’t wear as well. The shimmers are often much worse than they were before. I miss the old Comfort Zone palette. Sephora reformulated their Colorful Eyeshadow range, which I deeply regret purchasing “all the shades” of based on past experience (I didn’t even end up testing them all as reader interest waned so thin after several dismal ratings and reviews!).
What’s noteworthy about this year’s list is that brands that have had very high notes in this year and past years have spots on my list. Fenty Beauty has four products on my list: Rose on Ice (much better in the pot now!), Moroccan Spice palette (not bad but should be so much better!), Killawatt Foil Palette (packaging is a let-down, formula wasn’t as good as it could be), and the awful, awful Metallic Eye & Lip Crayons.
Luxury-priced Tom Ford earned four spots on my list of 20 with the lackluster Private Shadows (for $30+ singles, they should be consistent AND high quality), more dismal Shadow Extremes, ho-hum Soleil d’Ambre, and the more recently disappointing experience I had with the dual-ended eyeliners. I have some long-time favorites from Tom Ford from over the years but this year, I’ve been less and less impressed by the offerings and consistency in quality.
It’s not much of a surprise when some of the more packaging-focused launches by MAC make it onto my list, like the Nicopanda kits and the Lo-Fi mega-palette. What is a surprise is to find that Viseart’s Petit Pro 02 was such a departure from the quality I expect from the brand. Similarly, I expect and know Urban Decay can do better, which is why this year’s newest Naked Palette, Naked Cherry, finds it way onto my list.
Did you have any product flops this year? Products that disappointed you?
MAC Nicopanda Full Face Kit
MAC Baby Girl
Tom Ford Beauty Shade & Illuminate Eye Kohl Duo
MAC Lo-Fi
Makeup Geek Power Pigment
Sephora Editorial 2.0
Fenty Beauty Rosé on Ice
Wet 'n' Wild Nude Awakening
Tom Ford Beauty Shadow Extreme
Fenty Beauty Metallic Eye & Lip Crayon
Colour Pop Super Star Loose Pigment
Tom Ford Beauty Private Shadow
NARS Heartbreaker
Wet 'n' Wild Color Icon Eyeshadow Quad
Urban Decay Naked Cherry
Sephora Colorful Eyeshadow
Fenty Beauty Moroccan Spice
Fenty Beauty Killawatt Foil
Tom Ford Beauty Soleil d'Ambre
Viseart Petit Pro (02)
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