Over the past year, I've tried plenty of new products, good and bad. Here are five let-downs that I wrote to tell you about:

5. Urban Decay 24/7 Liners

After hearing endless praise for these babies, I got my paws on a couple to try out. While they are indeed colour, creamy and mostly lovely - they don't set on my skin. I compared them to MUFE aqua eyes, and it was clear they were not equal. Let down for me!

4. China Glaze Fast Forward Top Coat

While I appreciate that this dries polish quickly and has a glossy finish, I'm not so keen on seeing my polish pop off my nails in huge flakes. I adore most China Glaze products, but I consider this to be a fast-forwarded route to flaky failure.

3. Benefit's Bad Gal Blue Mascara

With a huge, unwieldy brush that makes it incredibly difficult to coat the lashes evenly and a formula flakier than French pastry, this mascara is just not for me.

2. Rimmel Sexy Curves Mascara

Now, when you see this picture, you totally think, "wow, sexy lashes!", right? Yeah, I don't either. An entree of clumping with side dishes of flaking and smudging, Sexy Curves doesn't seem so sexy to me.

What was the number one epic fail of the year for me in the beauty realm?

Follow up:

1. Neutrogena Deep Clean Cleanser

Whether it was an allergic reaction or chemical burn, this cleanser brought on the worst skin crisis of my life. My skin was red, raw, peeling, itching and required several days of regular icing to keep me from clawing it off. To me? This is the Cleanser of Death.

While these products certainly don't fail everyone, they were hardly superstars for me. There were other fails even more epic (oh, goodness) than most of this list, but I couldn't even bring myself to write about them! I prefer to have at least something good to say, you know?

What about you? Did you have any product let-downs or failures that really stick out in your mind? I'd love to hear about them!