MAC Archie's Girls: Powder Blushes

Tomorrow, MAC will be releasing its collaboration collection with Archie Comics, called Archie's Girls. As the name implies, this collection is inspired by Betty and Veronica and their "epic love triangle" with Archie. This collection "captures the legendary rivalry of sweet blonde Betty and vivacious brunette Veronica" with "two contrasting colour collections." This collection is comprised of 32 products — 24 of which are new and limited edition, two of which are re-promotes, and six of which are permanent — and five collectable accessories (which will only be available online and at MAC Stores). Archie's Girls sees the release of two new shades of Powder Blush, one for each Betty and Veronica. Each Powder Blush comes in a special edition glossy white compact featuring a comic-style design of either Betty or Veronica. They are packaged in special edition white glossy boxes featuring a comic-style design with the faces of Betty, Archie, and Veronica. Each Powder Blush contains 6 grams of product, and retails for $26.

Betty Powder Blush in Cream Soda
Veronica Powder Blush in Prom Princess
Cream Soda and Prom Princess
Cream Soda and Prom Princess

Cream Soda is a light-medium warm peach with subtle pink undertones in a Satin finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. The texture is soft, silky, and finely-milled, and it goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is slightly lighter than Melba, more pinked than Peaches, and darker and brighter than Stay By Me Pro Longwear Blush.

Prom Princess is a medium-dark cool-toned berry pink in a Satin finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. The texture is soft, silky, and finely-milled, and it goes on smoothly and evenly. It has intense pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is darker and more cool-toned than Dollymix, less bright than Rhubarb (PRO only), and lighter and more pink than Stubborn Pro Longwear Blush.

The formulas on both are phenomenal and apply beautifully. Cream Soda is on the lighter side, so it will work well as a soft blush for those with fair to medium skintones, but can start to look ashy on skintones that are medium-dark and darker. On the flip side, Prom Princess is a pretty intense shade, so I would recommend using a light hand to avoid clown-cheek syndrome (unless that is the look you are going for, in which case, go crazy!). It can look very, very bright on fairer skintones, but is a wonderful pink blush for those with darker skintones. It is ultimately very blendable, though, which is really nice for such a strong colour (a lot of brighter blushes can end up looking streaky and '80s-like because they don't blend out well). These blushes actually go very well with their Pearlmatte Face Powder counterparts, and look stunning layered on top of each other — Flatter Me will amplify and brighten up Cream Soda, whereas Veronica's Blush will subdue and illuminate Prom Princess.