Welcome to Black Lipstick.

Black Lipstick is the internet boudoir of off-center beauty, literature and culture.

Featuring art and writing on makeup, mental health, mortality, queerness, sex, gender, nostalgia, pop culture, parenthood, weird dreams, dark thoughts, and everything else.

Omg I want it.

Subscription Tiers

Anton Szandor LaVey and Jayne Mansfield; California Satanica (Walter Fischer, 2017)

Vantablack Lipstick ($200/year)

  • A super sick limited edition Black Lipstick t-shirt and sticker

  • A signed copy of Plastic Vodka Bottle Sleepover

  • Access to Bootleg Livejournal, monthly personal blog posts from me to you

  • Full archive access, commenting and paywalled posts

  • The ethereal glow of directly supporting working writers

Ultra Black Lipstick ($5/month, $50/year)

  • Access to Bootleg Livejournal, monthly personal blog posts from me to you

  • Full archive access, commenting and paywalled posts

  • The ethereal glow of directly supporting working writers

Basic Black Lipstick (Free)

  • The majority of Black Lipstick posts

  • My appreciation!


Books by Black Lipstick Authors

You can find books by Black Lipstick authors, as well as books featured in reviews and interviews, lovingly collected in the Black Lipstick shop, courtesy of Bookshop.org.

Black Lipstick Bookshop

Disclosure: Black Lipstick is an affiliate of Bookshop.org where your purchases support local bookstores. If you click through and make a purchase, Black Lipstick earns a commission, which we then use to pay our writers!

Write for Black Lipstick

I’m always looking for affecting personal essays, hybrid nonfictions, creative reviews and exciting interviews to feature. The best way to know what I’m looking for is to read the mag—or ask me! Visit the Submit page for info and guidelines and send the good stuff to blacklipstickmag@gmail.com.

Black Lipstick is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

Subscribe to ☆ Black Lipstick ☆

off-center beauty, literature and culture.

People

Mila Jaroniec is the author of Plastic Vodka Bottle Sleepover and the creator and editor of Black Lipstick. She teaches creative writing at Writing Co-Lab and GrubStreet.