Who is Mia Violet?
Mia Violet is a queer writer with a passion for exploring how to live a life of self-love and positive mental health. She also dabbles in public speaking, podcasting, and modelling. Her main drive is to help people feel better about themselves and their bodies, especially fellow queer people.
As well as information about Mia and how to contact her, this website doubles as a mental health, lifestyle and beauty blog, all written from Mia’s perspective of self-empowerment.
Review – ColourPop Sailor Moon – Pretty Guardian Eye Shadow
ColourPop broke the internet with their Sailor Moon collection. But does it live up to the hype? Here’s what I thought about the Pretty Guardian Palette…
Mia Violet’s Favourite Makeup of 2019
It’s 2020! Which sounds like a nonsense sci-fi date! Existential dread about the relentless passing of time aside, I thought it might be fun to chat briefly about what my favourite makeup in 2019 was.
Review – Fenty Full Frontal Volume, Lift & Curl Mascara
I’m always on the hunt for my new favourite mascara. Every time I settle on something I get restless and bail for something better. Weirdly, I’ve found I often trust cheaper brands as they seem to do the job just as good as the pricier competitors. With Fenty’s debut...
Review: Haus Laboratories Sparkle Lipstick – Burlesque
Lady Gaga’s Haus Laboratories have set an admirable mission statement to create quality makeup that’s about self-expression and self-love. Does the first lipstick of the line live up to that promise?
A Pre-Prepared Response to Today’s Transphobia
Today there was (probably) some new transphobia in the British media, so here’s a pre-made response I’ve written to counter what was (likely) said.
Representation Matters: Sense8 And Me
Sense8 released the same week I came out to my parents as transgender, June 2015. With its recent cancellation, I want to tell the story of how it helped me unpack a lifetime of repressed emotions.
Mass Effect and Me
Mass Effect is a series that I’ve had a long and complicated relationship with. It wasn’t always a healthy relationship either…
The Dark Tower and My Mental Health
Whenever I have any downtime lately, I’ve been re-reading The Dark Tower. Unfortunately, the last two months have been very difficult and I’ve been retreating through into it more and more…
“Cisgender” is Not a Bad Word
I’ve encountered a few people recently, none of who identify as trans, that have openly criticised or questioned the belief that they should consider themselves cisgender…