Growing up I loved Archie Comics. They were a staple of our summer car drives up to Newcastle to visit family. I have many happy memories of eating Mr. Kipling's cakes with a Double Digest balanced on my knee, my sister gazing out the window, as she tried not to be sick.
This year MAC did a collaboration with Archie's. I love a lot of the MAC collaborations, they have so many brilliant ideas, but their Archie one was definitely my favourite. I bought A LOT from MAC that month, including...
1. This heart shaped mirror which comes with its own case.
2. This lipstick in Ronnie Red. I wear red lipstick pretty much everyday, and this shade is gorgeous. I'm trying to eke it out for as long as possible.
(Me trying to eke it out).
3. Betty's powder in Flatter Me. This is described as a blush, but I use it more as a highlighter as it's very peachy and quite pale. I felt like a bit of a traitor getting a Betty shade as growing up I always wanted to be Veronica, but I stand by my decision now.
4. The makeup bag. The white PVC with red lining, heart-shaped, tubular makeup bag. I regret nothing. (By the way I mean tubular in sense of its shape, but also in the surf bro sense "TUBULAR!").
Sadly the possibilities to buy all this are long gone (PSST! You can still get some on eBay). But I think there should be more collaborations between beauty/fashion brands and comics. Have there been more that I missed? Imagine a Batgirl range of eyeshadows, or Scott Pilgrim-inspired hair dye! Neil Gaiman must have hundreds of ideas that could be transformed into things I can put on my face and body. His character Death from Sandman?
As for the Archie comics themselves, I still read them. Although, and I hate to say it, Archie's experience of touring - chasing down jewel thiefs and the like - is not really the same as my experience of touring.
And the London Eye failed to impress our red-haired, freckle-faced friend.
UPDATE: Charlotte Olympia has just launched a range of Archie inspired shoes and handbags INCLUDING THIS AMAZING ARCHIE CLUTCH arrhgfhdjsfdsk!
