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I am the demonic drag clown of your dreams
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or possibly your nightmares. I've always been on the dark side. I was born a few days after Halloween
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so that may have something to do with it. If I could describe my look in a few words
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it would be hellish, hot, and a little bit horrifying. I am transforming from demonic drag clown
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to smart, androgynous, and suited up to surprise my friends at the housewarming party
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This is gonna be absolutely wild. Oh my god! Oh, what the
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Who are you and what have you done with Xavier Switchblade? Hey Xavier, I'm Merton, here to do your makeup
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Hi Merton, I'm Xavier, nice to meet you. Ready for your transformation? Ready as I'll ever be
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We'll get started. My name is Xavier Switchblade and I am the demonic drag clown of your dreams
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or possibly your nightmares. I am a drag performer, performance artist, burlesque artist, I am a DJ
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I also do some modeling. Key elements of my look, so red and black are like red, black and white
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my sort of color scheme. I'm like very, very like gothic, demonic, evil
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kind of eyeliner, fishnets, chains, any kind of like vampire, like demonic sort of mythology
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Everything you can imagine. It's inspired by drag, alternative like music and culture
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as a whole. So very punk, very gothic, very emo. I always say you can't spell a demon without emo
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I do receive a bit of judgment for my demon clown looks. I get, oh, like, you need Jesus
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like, why do you look like that? I'll have people like, they'll like, see me from the back and like
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see the long hair and they'll try to catcall me and I'll turn around and they'll see my face
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and they'll literally go like, ah, like run off in terror. They say like, you know, God bless you
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Like I hope Jesus comes to save you I like well I hope the devil comes to save you Thank you very much Being a demon clown it I know why people are staring at me and I can be proud of that I guess
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I am transforming from demonic drag clown to smart, androgynous and suited up
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ready to surprise my friends at the housewarming party. This is going to be so wild
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I can't wait. So we're going for something that's a little bit more androgynous
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So we'll be pairing the look back quite a bit and chiseling up the cheekbones, strong brows
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The main challenge that I'll face today is removing the clown white makeup
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I think that's going to take a little while to take off. So how are you feeling? Are you feeling a bit nervous for the big reveal later
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I am a little bit nervous. I'm excited. I feel like I'm not going to recognise myself. I think it's going to be weird, but I like weird
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So yeah, let's do it. I had kind of a shouldered childhood growing up
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So when I was 18, I graduated from high school, moved out of my parents' house and went out on my own
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Kind of gravitated towards the dark and the alternative and the spooky
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And coming to terms with my gender identity and questioning that, realizing my queerness
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and started transitioning and all of that. I've never really fit in. I tried being a girl, that didn't work
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Tried being a boy. I was never particularly good at either of them. So I was like, I'm gonna be something else entirely
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So now I will be using the Hourglass Concealer, but not to cover up
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I'll be using this as a contour shade, just to contour the face
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Now I'm just using the Charlotte Tilbury Bronzer as an actual eyeshadow, just to warm up the eye area a little bit
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So tell me why you want to do this transformation. I want to do this transformation just because you know my my look is such like a big part of who I am and how I express myself
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so we gonna map out the eyebrows now I using a pencil the brand called Kevin O and the pencil colour is brunette so who you revealing the look to today I revealing it to like a couple of my roommates and like a few of my close friends
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So I've just moved into like a new place recently and we have like another new roommate here too
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So having like a little bit of a house moving party. Should be silent. So how do you think they're gonna react seeing you
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Is your new look? They're probably gonna scream. All right, well done
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Are you ready to see yourself? Yeah, ready as I'll ever be. Let's go. Let's go
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Xavier, are you ready for the big reveal? Yeah, I'm ready. How are you feeling
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I'm really nervous now that it's like coming off and, you know, it's actually happening
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Are you ready? Three, two, one. What? I have eyebrows. Excuse me
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It's been so many years. I kind of feel like this is like the version of myself my parents like wanted me to turn out as
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I really like it. This suit is amazing. I like how shiny it is
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You look great. And like the blush and everything. I look alive. That's so crazy
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Do you think you're ready for your house party tonight to surprise everyone? I don't think any of my friends have ever really seen me, like
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dress like this sort of conservative. I honestly have no idea what they're going to say
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But the closer and closer we get to it, the more nervous I get. How do you feel about Xavier's demon clown style
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I really love his, like, drag style of, like, the demon clown stuff
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Like, it's just... The first time I ever saw him in a club, I was so just, like..
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that I need to be this person's friend. The entire time I've known him
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he's always just been like this eyebrow-less, like, like, weirdo. Like a thing? Yeah
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No even in his day it like still like the clown makeup Look yeah quite often he like come home from a night out and I be like Oh did you perform tonight He like No I just went to the shops Yeah
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It's charming, I love it. Oh my god. What the f**k? Who are you and what have you done with Xavier's Switchblade
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Alright. Hello. Okay. Welcome to the 6 o'clock news. Oh my god
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Where'd you find the eyebrows? I know, right? When did I find the eyebrows? Who did I steal the eyebrows from
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Bro, that is a great one. That is the crime we were reporting about on the news today
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I'm giving news anchor, right? Yes. I mean, if the news looked like this, I would watch it. Wild
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Oh my God. Giving a twirl. Trying to spin in these heels
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What do we think of the shoes, by the way? Wearing heels that are not platforms
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I'm trying not to fall over. He's never been this glamorous, I will say
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Definitely, I prefer his demon clown aesthetic. It just matches his vibe a bit more
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Thank you all so much. I love you all. This is the first time I'm hugging you without stabbing you in the neck with my choker
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and getting eyeliner on everyone. Oh my God! What did you think of everyone's reactions
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I really loved seeing everyone's reactions. It was so funny. I definitely love freaking people out and shocking people and surprising people
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and my friends definitely did not disappoint. What do I think of my new look
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I mean, it's definitely something different. I feel very different, very fabulous, very sparkly
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Who knows? Maybe I'll be investing in a lot more shiny suits. What this experience has taught me is that my friends do see me
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and love me for who I am, even when I kind of look different. It's really reassuring to know that people see the inside as well as the outside
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even when the outside is especially crazy
