Why I’m Revvlon silly!  And who is Revvlon? 
Well, now you’re asking.  By night, Revvlon is probably the biggest, scariest, meanest, maddest drag performer you are likely to meet!!  By day, she is Kristian, quiet (ish) Belfast born gay bloke, who couldn’t be more different than his drag persona!!!     

I’m just putting the finishing touches to my new on-line diary but before you read that I’m gonna start by giving you some background info for those who don’t already know!!!

This may be difficult for some to believe, but throughout my childhood and teenage years, I was totally introverted and most of all, I was terrified by my height.  I just could deal with people staring as I walked head and shoulders above crowds, and hearing the hushed whispers “look at the size of him!”….. which were in the most case, not as subtle as people thought!!!  Since 3 years old, I have studied and been involved in music.  It was my one vent and release…. Always peppered with dreams of performing in front of people, other than piano recitals and pipe organ in church!!!

I guess the change started around the age of 14, when I discovered heavy metal music… much the horror of my music teacher!!!  My fascination started lightly with groups like Poison, and Iron Maiden, but quickly progressed on to groups like Megadeth and Metallica, finally progressing to Death Metal like Deicide and Obituary.  This was when my attitude started change.  I grew my hair, left school early, got covered in body piercings, and suddenly, it was ok for people to stare, in fact that’s what I wanted, I wanted people to be shocked!!!

Having said all this, I was always at ease with being gay, as was my mother, so I never lacked support in that area, and I know that I am lucky. 

Over the next few years, things got blacker and blacker, and I thought that was what I wanted, but I was becoming a hermit basically, spending my time playing guitar and listening to music.  My best friend, a girl called Leigh used to call round, and we ended up with her putting make up on me one night… and that was the start of it, a whole new side of me emerged.  We initially named the creation Revlon Miguel of all things, luckily, only the first part of the name stuck around, with an extra ‘v’ shoved in for copyright purposes (ahem!)

I eventually went off to study music at north staffs uni, in stoke on trent… then moved on to London, which is when Revvlon made her debut in Heaven, where I remained for a few months.  However I was missing home quite a bit, so I gave up on London, and came home to Belfast.  At this stage, I left Revlon Miguel in London!!!

A few Revvlon’less years passed, I got into the whole 9 to 5 thing.  At last, I was woking as a bt operator, at the peak of boredom and humdrum…(well, I was playing in the sonia butterworth band at this stage).  The kremlin had not long opened, and Belfast had welcomed it as our first proper, well run gay venue.  They had two drag queens, Titti von Tramp, and Chloe Shagalot…. Two fucking fabulous drag queens in their own respects, and I often thought I would love to resurrect my alter-ego.  One night, the pr manager at the time –arron- approached me and said, “I hear you used to do drag”… and the rest is history.

Revvlon, Princess of Darkness, in her current incarnation, was born.

Revvlon is my medium, my vent, but most of all she is my SCREAM.  And if that scream had words, it would be saying to you all…” it’s okay to be different, don’t be stereotyped, and you don’t have to be a size 10 to be a successful drag queen”           

I am gonna be doing this whole online diary thang for u.  so you are gonna get to see , the thrills, spills, excitement, boredom, and other stuff that goes on in the life of the mighty Revvlon!