Occasionally among the good, there are the bad. Brands you know and love create a product that’s mediocre. Something doesn’t live up to your expectations. Disappointing products that really let you down. We’ve all had that twinge of regret when something just doesn’t quite measure up. If you’re ontop of it, hopefully you’ve kept your receipt and can return them. Or perhaps you hang onto them, in hopes that someday you’ll find a use for them. But alas that day never comes and they end up collecting dust on your vanity, building your sense of regret whenever you work past them while doing your hair and makeup.

I really try to keep Dream In Lace a positive space, but there are products that nag at me again and again with how disappointed I was in them. Or maybe I just don’t like it enough to use it. If I could turn back the hands of time, these are the items I would not purchase again. Big Sexy Hair: Volumizing Dry Shampoo

When it comes to dry shampoo, I’m not that picky. I also bounce around basically to whatever’s on sale. It’s not something where I’m hunting for ‘the perfect dry shampoo’ – although, perhaps I should be because the days I use dry shampoo far outweigh the days I wash my hair. This Big Sexy Hair dry shampoo was a major, MAJOR let down. It’s honestly, like spraying glue in your hair. My hair was so sticky I could work a brush through it and ultimately had to spritz my hair with water to break it down and ended up needing to blow dry the front. So, essentially…it’s the dry shampoo that forced me to basically wash my hair. I mean, it’s not cute. When you put this on you look very Cameron Diaz ala There’s Something about Mary – and that is bad. I highly recommend not buying this.

Tarte Amazonian Clay Eyeshadow : Beauty and the Box

I regret purchasing this eyeshadow, not for lack of quality, but because basically…I never use it. The shades are muted, cool tones and when picking out my eyeshadow, there’s always a palette or a version of each shade that I like better. I will say, the quality of the shadows is quite nice. So while I regret purchasing this because I’m never inclined to use it, I do think if I found more unique colors…I’d love it. Now that fall, and winter, are through…I fear any hope of me ever using this is gone.

BareMinerals : Passion Fruit Lipstick

If I had to award the worst lipstick of all time it would go to these lipsticks from BareMinerals. While scouring the internet for a link, I discovered these have been discontinued – and with great reason. This lipstick is the most difficult lippie to apply, ever. It’s seriously like dragging clay across your lips. Hard, old clay. I tried to pawn this off onto my mom and she as well hates it, citing that it might make great traction during a snow storm. That’s how sticky and hard this is. Worse? It smells like playdoh. So, after fighting to get it on your lips in the first place, while there you have the fun of smelling nasty old playdoh. The color and pigment is great, but this was so bad I’m skeptical of buying any BareMinerals lip product again!

Urban Decay : Naked 3 Palette

A lot of people rave about the Urban Decay Naked 3 palette, but I’m not one of them. In fact, I hate this so much I’m inclined to not trust anyone who says it’s great. I think the folks at UD really built on the love the beauty community has for their Naked 1, Naked 2 and Naked Basics palette. This one, does not live up to any of those. In fact, this may be the product that has disappointed me most, because generally I love Urban Decay and all things their eyeshadow. I own several palettes from Urban Decay, all that I could rave on for days about. The quality of this palette just doesn’t live up to their good name.

A: The palette is composed of basically ‘eyeshadow twins’. Such as, each shadow comes with a dupe that appears identical on the eye. It’s a lot of waste because think how much more diverse and useful this could be!

B: I find these all very dry somehow. The color doesn’t build and pop quite like other Urban Decay shadows, there’s a lot of fallout…they don’t blend as easily, and all around.

Every time I use this, in hopes it will finally become love – I walk away thinking ‘MEH’! In fact, I’ve been so frustrated that I’ve stopped mid-makeup, wiped it off and started over with something else. Huge, huge letdown!

L’Oreal Magic : BB Cream

Another product I’m surprised to hear good things about is this BB Cream. I wrote a full review on this before (here), but have let it hung around in hopes it might grow on me. It just doesn’t impress me at all. This is the only drugstore BB cream I have tried, so I can’t really compare it to other comparable version, but standing against the BB creams and tinted moisturizers I have used from the department store, this doesn’t measure up.

Kevin Murphy : Powder Puff

I was seduced by how cute this product was when I discovered it. A stylist used this on me to build volume and I thought it was the cutest thing in the world! I still think it’s cute and it does build up volume in your hair, but at $30+ a pop, it’s totally not worth it. If you are more into high end hair producta, you would probably like this. But, I like to go more reasonable with my hair care and find that this works the same as a $3 dry shampoo in creating oomph and lift.

Those are the products I’ve picked up in the last 6-9 months that have really disappointed me. Good thing, there’s only 6 of them. That’s a pretty great batting average if you ask me! To avoid making regretful purchases, I like to read reviews and look around at what other’s are picking up. There’s so much great information on the internet that you can use to help make informed purchases.

But, it’s not foolproof! Let me know, what products do you regret purchasing?