Who doesn’t love a good “what’s in my bag” reveal from their favorite celebrity? Throughout pop culture history the bag reveal has provided fans and fanatics with a window into the everyday lives of our favorite stars.
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Avril Lavigne took her reveal one step further while speaking with New York Magazine's, The Strategist. The artist who recently debuted her seventh studio album, Love Sux, let us in on a handful of items she absolutely cannot live without. Beyond what Lavigne carries in her bag, the singer took time to highlight her life essentials.
The “Bite Me” singer’s number one item she cannot live without comes as no surprise but is also an instant classic. Avril swears by her Dr. Martens. “I’ve been wearing Docs for about the past 25 years. I have them in almost every color and every style,” explained Lavigne. “My collection takes up an entire wall of my closet. They’re the most comfortable shoes, and they’re just cool.”
The rocker noted how the beloved boot also completes any outfit. Lavigne is notorious for wearing her Docs everywhere, whether she is on stage, in the studio or on a red carpet. She concluded, “I don’t like wearing high heels. I basically live in them.” Currently, the “Complicated” icon has been wearing the Dr. Martens 1460 Pascal Max Leather Platform Boots.
Running through her list of must-haves, Avril made sure to include her Mac Eye Kohl in the shade “Smolder,” and her favorite skincare brand, Dermalogica. She uses the brand’s daily microfoliant exfoliator.
However, when it comes to her food and drink faves, Lavigne will never give up her Labatt Blue Canadian Pilsners. “I’m Canadian and a beer girl. I love doing keg stands,” said the rocker. “And Canadian beer just tastes totally different from American beers. I don’t know why, I just like it more… I’m opening my fridge right now to look at my Labatt Blues.”
While sipping on a Labatt Blue, Avril will often indulge in Tostitos’ salsa con queso. She admitted, “there’s something about this dip that makes it impossible to stop eating once it’s open. It’s cheesy and spicy, but none of the flavors overpower one another.” The singer maintains a healthy diet but says that this specific queso along with Tostitos thin chips are the two junky foods she has to have on hand.
Maintaining health is crucial for the artist, especially when preserving her voice. Avril uses Traditional Medicinal’s organic throat coat lemon Echinacea herbal tea to keep “my voice clear and from getting dry.” She continued, “It helps me perform my best. When I’m in the studio, I bring a thermos filled with this. As a singer, you have to drink something in between takes. I’m constantly walking around with a little paper cup with a teabag — on my way to the stage and between every song.”
As Lavigne concluded her list of essentials the artist took time to highlight her Love Sux Hoodie-and-CD boxed set. “What’s cool about this box is that it comes with a physical CD in it. Because I’m an artist who came on the scene 20 years ago, 35 percent of my sales are still physical — I just learned this about myself. It makes sense because Let Go was physical only,” Avril noted.
She added, “For this record when I saw the photo I picked for the cover, I could just visualize it being the cover of my album and my fans holding physical copies of it. We shot a lot of different setups that day, and I knew when I saw the orange set up with the black balloons that this was going to be the vibe and theme of the album’s aesthetic.”
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