The Archie’s Girls collection is made up of two sets of colours. One side is for all of the “Bettys”, and the other for “Veronicas”. The Betty colours were neutral with lots of browns, pinks and corals. Her brunette counterpart’s colours were deeper and more vibrant red and purples.
(colour names listed from top to bottom)
Top – Betty lipsticks – Betty Bright, Oh Oh Oh, Girl Next Door
Bottom- Veronica lipsticks – Ronnie Red, Daddy’s Little Girl, Boyfriend Stealer
We have to say, we did not instantly see any colours in this line and get that “had to have” feeling we are all too familiar when it comes to MAC products. In fact, most of them would not have been flattering on our skin tones. I guess we may have to wait for the Nancy collection. We did however, fall in love with the Pearlglide Intense Eye Liner in Designer Purple. It goes on like butter and apparently wears for 9 hours. Ash was sold. And seeing as neither of us could pull off any of the Betty shades, after a bit of contemplation Chris settled on Veronica’s “Boyfriend stealer” lipstick.
With our purchases, we were given cute little tins of cinnamon hearts for the road. If for nothing else, the packaging is very cute. But for us the highlight of the evening was definitely meeting Archie though, we won’t lie.
MAC did a great job of taking a classic icons like the Archie characters and making them modern. The event was fun and we are so glad to have attended. If you have your eye on any of the Archie’s Girls products, act now as MAC limited edition collections sell out quickly!
So cute! Thanks for doing the leg work for us! The Ronnie Red lipstick looks cute. I may have to check it out in person. I am on the prowl for a great liquid eyeliner. Did this Mac collection have anything new?
xoxo, E
ps – I used to be the biggest Archie comics fan! I would always beg my mom to get me the latest edition while we were standing in line at the checkout. Or borrow old (vintage?) ones from the library!
pps – Team Betty all the way.
Thanks E! The Ronnie Red is BEAUTIFUL! And we are huge Archie fans as well and were too excited to meet a real life version. This collection only had the Pearlglide eyeliners, but MAC offers other options for liners. Let us know what you try out! – C&A
You know how I feel about Betty and Veronica. This is just fab. Love the liner, would love it in black! Thanks for the intel, ladies!
I will definitely have to keep my eye out for this line.
Keep prowling!
Hi Abby, thanks for reading! The liner actually does come in a color called Black Swan. Check it out here. -C&A
Yay Archie! Too bad the line isn’t flattering to warmer skin tones because MAC has always been a leader in offering makeup for all skin tones and types – being a brown girl myself I have always appreciated finding my exact match at MAC. I noticed in a previous post that someone was looking for a great liquid eyeliner – I absolutely adore Stila waterproof liquid eyeliner. A close runner up is also Kat Von D tattoo liner.
Agreed. Usually MAC is really great at covering all the bases with a diverse color range. We are glad to know that even if we didn’t find much from Archie’s Girls, the regular MAC collection doesn’t dissapoint.
Food and fun and yet this may be my fave post to date…all because of Archie!
Food, fun, and MAKEUP! -C&A
Really enjoyed reading this, especially the eyeliner review & swatches. Looks like I will be visiting MAC very soon
And what a fun event! Keep up the awesome posts!
Thanks Loretta! – C&A
I was there too !! Had to wait in line just to find out all the nice betty colors were sold out. So sad !! I want Betty Bright sooo bad ! I ended up getting Veronica’s Ronnie Red lipstick and Strawberry Malt lipglass ! Love em. And ps. I’m jealous. We didn’t get no cinnamon hearts
We heard about that line. we had no line at all. Lucky we arrived early. The Ronnie Red was such a BEAUTIFUL matte but we both owned similar shades so we restrained ourselves! -C&A
Not big on makeup but this concept is kinda cool.
Yes Judes it was really cool. After all, Archie was there! And come’on, it’s not just make up it’s MAC! Their sales are great
– C&A
Love the lipstick swatches, especially the pink ones..but I think I love the purple liner more lol…I love all things purple!
It is truly a great colour, Carebear! Maybe you should go check out the collection
– C&A
I saw the line in person and from a medium/tanned skin tone perspective, not a big fan… the packing is cute and the lipsticks were tempting but not for me… I am tempted though to pick up the Nicki Minaj Viva Glam lipsticks tho… <3
YES Vann! Get the Viva glam, it’s a great pink! But you’re right about the Archie’s Girls line – the colours were very limited. The packaging? To die for. – C&A
Cute lipstick choice Chris… boyfriend stealer you!
Only in lipstick, Vann! heehee :p – C&A