Levels of Mermaid Tails
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- Опубліковано 23 лип 2024
- What type of tail is good for beginners? What if you want a better quality tail? Or a professional mermaid tail? I break it down for you from beginner to pro, on the progression and upgrades for mermaid tails!
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Tailmakers Mentioned:
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www.themertailor.com/
www.magictail.net/
www.planetmermaid.com/
www.suntailmermaid.com/
mermaidlinden.com/products/ad...
www.finisswim.com/Luna-Monofin
hellomermaidinc.com/
www.finfolk.com/
shellomermaid.com/
mermaidaqua.com/
www.moonsongmagic.com/
shopvancouvermermaid.com/
www.etsy.com/shop/MadeByAMer
amatheiatails.ca/
shop.seethroughsea.com/
www.themernation.com/
shopmerbella.com/
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Edited using Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2018
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Thank you for watching the video! What step are you at? Comment below!
I'm on the second step where I've bought a mahina monofin and am saving up for a skin do you know any tail makers who make tail skins that are reasonably cheap for the mahina?
I own all of these tails and it makes me so happy! My silicon rail actually came in the mail a month ago
Hi Nerdmaid Faith. I’m a beginner Merfairy and I live in Adams Massachusetts USA and my Mer name and Mersona is Tauriel The Element Merfairy.
I’m on the step where I have a Arctic Blue Fin Fun Mermaid tankini top, bikini top and bikini bottom with a matching tail skin and mine came with a clear monofin pro with a black neoprene cover.
I also bought later down the road a Fin Fun Mermaid black replacement monofin because I didn’t feel like having my clear monofin pro to break and I haven’t gotten a chance to swim yet since I have either been not feeling well or it’s been too cold outside or I don’t have any money to swim inside.
But I have been thinking about getting another fabric tail set in Blue since Blue is my favorite color and because Blue matches my favorite Element of Water but I haven’t figured out what company to go with next and I’m on SSD and I only get one check each month to live off from so I don’t know when I’ll be able to get it.
I also have a few other new mer things to go with my tail set but I haven’t gotten a chance to unboxed them yet since I have been busy with going to my doctors appointments since I haven’t been feeling well and going to my payee since I’m on SSD and I only get one check each month to live off from so that I can pay for some of my bills and go food shopping.
So if anyone has any ideas on what fabric tail company that I should go with next as soon as I can please let me know as soon you can so that I can let my payee know and so that I can start saving up for it.
😃😀🧜♀️💛💙❤️💚💖💜🖤🧚♀️😀😃
I'm only on Step 1 Entry Level, I just have a fin fun. But I'm kind of tired of it, I've had it a year or two. Now, I think I might skip one of the steps because I WANT A MAHINA!! And for the tailskin, I was thinking of DIY-ing it.
You certainly won’t remember but on one of your live streams I asked if I should get a FinFun tail even though I already have a Finfolk tail and you said yes. Well I’m happy to report...... I FINALLY AM GETTING ONE! You’ve been a huge help in my mermaiding journey that’s just beginning! Thank you!
I have no clue what step I’m on, since I make all my tails myself. I’m currently making a dragon skin silicone tail :)
Level ten my dear merfriend you are a level ten
@@mermaidaylajay6039 aha yes thank you! :)
Over the top level. Over 10
Do you sell them?
bestie you better post an update 😭
I don't think I could ever go for a full silicone, sadly I'd have major sensory issues if I tried to wear one, but I can still appreciate all the hard work that goes into those extraordinary tails :}
Very well put together! We all start from somewhere. Best to start safe, smart and without breaking the bank! Thank you for creating this! 😇💜✨
I am a level ten recreational mermaid.
I've made more than half my tails by hand, I love fabric tails unapologetically, I'm an SSI Ocean Certified Mermaid, with 9, almost 10 years in the mermaiding world, and 30 solid years of swimming recreationally in many different bodies of water.
That's fintastic!
Teach me your ways
just going to say this i love how she used poc for examples especially plus size merpeople I LOVE it so much
"I can justify this as a business expense" I feel attacked lol. I wrote off all of my tails, tops, accessories and monofins to justify buying new ones haha
"The PH in this soil is too high! I fear I may die!"
*F**K YEAH, CONCRETE*
That went from 0 to 100 way too fast-
It’s 02:56 am in the pandemic chaos and I am suddenly about to start fulfilling a forgotten childhood dream now being 21 years old. First tail ever!
Hopefully you got to use it
@@stingyfloopy Thanks for asking! I can happily report that I am 24 now, it‘s after the pandemic chaos and this summer I‘m trying out my second tail, which is a more expensive fabric tail by Finfolk. :)
@@miirami5761 yay!! Good for you I just got my first fabric tail this summer for me and my niece gonna start my mermaid journey at the ripe age of 19😂
@@stingyfloopy Yes! Go off! Also I‘m happy you got someone to enjoy it with!
I'm still at level 0 because tail bands are a thing for where I live
Omg yes thats so annoying! lucky for me i started out with my friend who had her own pool
gaaaaack! That's annoying. They should at least have a swim test. Of course, now most of the pools are closed (or, do you really want to go there???) due to the Plague, sooooo
get a kayak and some buddies and SAFELY find a safe space in natural water to play, or do beach shots
Hotel pools don’t really care, and neither do lakes and beaches
@@iflykaya wouldn't recommend swimming in open water if you aren't used to it, especially in a tail
Where??
Good advice to follow.
-4 years ago, I started at your recommended first step and was pretty much satisfied there.
-Early this year, I jumped all the way to your last step...more money than brains perhaps.
Maybe a dumb move on my part, but I have no regrets.
If I could I would definitely do the same thing 😅.
Love it! I have everything from a basic fabric tail to a MerNation professional silicone and I think having a variety of tails for different swimming experiences is so important if mermaiding is something you do on a regular basis. Especially if you want to bring your friends or introduce other swimmers to the sport. 😍🥰😍
Yes! I love all my tails for different reasons, and I could go WAY more in-depth about the pros and cons of each type then I ever could in this video haha!
The "F**K YEAH, CONCRETE!" tiktok had me on the floor lol it's so true. Thank you so much for this informative yet hilarious video! I've been fortunate enough to swim at my gym club's pool with my tails, with the only downside being that more than half the time I have to share a swim lane with someone...but eh, it is what it is.
Definitely at step 0 lmao, I would never want to perform or anything but having my own tail for recreational use would be something to cross off my bucket list
Even as a kid I would use diving fins in the pool and play Mermaid with my cousins, and got really really good at swimming with both legs together, really fast too haha
It was LITERALLY a drunk pool day that lead to me and my bestie ordering our first tails from fin fun!!!!!! Haha love it, great content as always girl!💜👌💯
I wish I could give this multiple likes. Was such a well organized and edited explanation of the mermaid consumer stages.
My first tail was two flippers taped together and a single color fabric cover over them. It was more just a costume fun. But that led me to my finfun tail. Now I am waiting for my Mertailor Whimsy 3 tail.
What an upgrade! Congrats!
That "YEAH CONCRETE" part just made my eyes water that made me laugh so hard lol
Great video!!! It's fun to see the journey laid out like this. And thanks for the mention xxx
This was a very informative and well done video. You definitely did your homework. Love your videos and love you!!! 💙💜💙💜
Just ordered my first finfun tail! Super excited for it!!
On a step 0, and have been hyperfixating on mermaiding for a while now. I've got my eye on the Fin Fun Sea Dragon tail from the Atlantis collection. It's my favorite tail they've made. In the distant future I might get this MermaidLucia Shark tail I found on their Etsy store. I literally created a mersona to dress up as.
I probably need to slow my roll since it's been years (?) since I've set foot in a pool and can barely swim haha. I'll fulfill my childhood dream someday!
She is so adorable. This was very helpful!
I know this is late because the video is not new but I just got my first Finfolk fabric tail! I couldn't resist those colors on the Jellyfish Jungle
i love these types of videos. theyre so facinating
The tik tok with the concrete, 😂 the funniest mermaid video on the internet
Thanks for this video! I'm in the 3rd or 4th step, my budget slows me so much on going further! But hopefully I'll go to the next steps soon. 😊 I'm also learning to make my own fabric tail but as someone who doesn't know much about sewing, it's a bit harder than I expected it to be!
Personally I loved FinFun because they’re really comfortable and they fit really well I have the Atlantic one pacific pearl it’s gorgeous plus it fits really nicely and at the tips of them you have reinforced material so they don’t rip on the skin in the mono fin end it last forever you can actually have a pro one that is better personally I haven’t really tried it out yet but it does give you more control and more speed when you’re swimming than the normal mono fin and it’s beautiful the really nice
The evolution of a mermaid, this video is so perfect.
i got the aussie green finfun marmaidans tail back in 2016 (when i was 11) and i just ordered finfuns malaysian mist tail from the atlantis line as a little upgrade! i’m so excited to get it
Step 4! Loved this video. You’re hilarious 😂
This channel made me curious about mermaiding and whether or not I continue with this as a hobby I am on stage 1
I basically have a silicone/neoprene tail from Themertailor but I started with a magictail fabric one haha. I love being a mermaid it's amazing!!!
I'm actually buying my friend her first tail for Christmas this year! A fin fun of course haha
I believe I'm a step five! I've been using a Fin Fun for a few years now and I recently upgraded to a jellyfish x mandarin goby tail from Aquariuz! It's so amazingly beautiful and I'm keen for Aussie summer to come along so I can test it out! It cost me I think about $700aud but it looks amazing, feels amazing, and the monofin is HUGE
I'm in step A :) got me a luna monofin and am swimming in it. Saving up for a nice MagictailPro, might make myself a tailskin on the way.
Niccceeeeeee!
been on step 0 since i was 7 and i just got my first tail (finfun), gonna use it for the first time tomorrow
I got my Marina Magictail in 2013 and I still love it so much! love the monofin too, BUT I am still quite new to mermaiding bc of both anxiety, no merfriends and very limited places to swim ( I live in Norway)
I had a fin fun when I was 8 then I kept buying them and growing I’m now 16 and trying to move to a multi material tail that’s like a hybrid of silicone and fabric it all takes time and it is definitely an addictive and expensive hobby but in the end it is completely worth it especially when u can make a little kids day
currently upgrading my first tail (Finfun) by getting a Luna monofin for it :D
I went from half-upgrade, upgrading to FinFun Atlantis tails, and went full send into Custom with a custom Moonsong Magic tail with the Lucia Fish fin 🤣
Thank u for the tips!
I started with an Atlantis tail from Fin fun 2 years ago and I'm saving up for a Mertailor tail now ^^
Great video!
I'm on the second group: I did a ton of research (that is how I discovered you and courtney mermaid! both of you have been so helpful!!!) and got a safe and affordable tail from a company similar to fin fun that works in my country, it came with a TON of safety instruccions and links to safety videos!
It was a couple months ago and... I already feel I'm downhill 😂😂😂😂😂
Mermaiding is the sister hobby to Fursuiting and I love it!
I had not realised that this was a thing. I'm fascinated.
I have a finfun but am planning to get a silicone monofin most likely the ff3 and I would love to become an aquarium mermaid!
I'm trying to decide what monifin to get as a beginner and aspiring professional. I think I'm going to make the fabric tail myself cause I have a specific color scheme in mind and I'd honestly rather just try dyeing it and having something cheaper so when it gets jacked up or if I end up not liking the color scheme I know and it's not a big deal
Very informative! I have a Mertailor Guppy tail with the Mermaid Linden monofin.
I'm like a 0.5, lol.
I made a fabric tail when I was a kid and used it a few times, but it was baggy and didn't look great, so I didn't use it much.
Now after probably 7-ish(?) years of pining and using a monofin I'm in the process of designing an incredibly unique extended neoprene tail.
My skin is sensitive to silicone, so that's never going to happen for me, but I hope my tail will be just as incredible anyway.
I wish I found this before I started. I went from a finfolk to a mertailor 3. And I HATE MYSELF for it. I have destroyed my mertailor 3 skin in like four swims. And one modeling gig. XD
I swam with flippers growing up always doing the dolphin kick pretending I was a mermaid...and when I finally decided to buy a tail for myself this year (at age 23) I went straight for a mertailor Fantasea 1 monofin and skin 😂 I currently have 2 of his original fantasea fabric skins, but plan on getting a whimsy skin for that monofin soon. My upgrade after that is going to be getting a Fantasea 3 with a whimsy skin 🧜♀️
Right there with you. I learned to dolphin-kick before I even knew what it was. I knew I wanted a good tail, so i did a ton of research and chose Mertailor's Fantasea 1 and a skin. Already drooling over more skins and the Fantasea 3, possibly making my own skins for them
I recently started my first novel and had the ✨brilliant✨ idea to make my protagonist a professional mermaid. As of right now, I've spent the past two weeks binge-watching mermaiding videos on UA-cam for extensive research purposes...
... And have officially "beached" myself at Level Zero. 😅
Currently at a level 4!!! I would love a custom tail one day but idk what colour or style I want yet 😂
I just got a upgrade from a findings to a mertailor fantasea tail!
i have a mersona but i don’t have any tails yet mainly because i haven’t really though about mermaiding however i would love to work at an aquarium one day
I bought a Fin Fun mono fin after watching your videos and all the times you recommended them to start. I've been practicing with it and I'm very much in the pining stage but honestly I'm getting pretty discouraged. I have yet to find any fabric tails I like the look of everything is so bright. I grew up on freshwater so I have been hoping to find something that would fit in with all the places I love swimming at, plus all those rainbows colors aren't my style anyway, but so far I'm just striking out. Do you know of any freshwater inspired tails? I like green but even the green tails I find are all brighter greens like lime and teal.
I'm pretty sure I'm on step 3 because I've had my fin fun tail for 3 yrs *to long* and it's breaking so I might be getting a ruby elite fin fun tail in a month 😊
WoW, super video! I’m making my silicone mertail. I need to put the 2 silicone sheets together and paint it! 🧜🏻♀️🐠🐬🐙🐚💦🏄🏼♀️🏝🌊
So helpful
It's so useful video👍🏻
SUCH A GREAT VIDEO!!!
I have been on step 1 for about 2 years um I’ve have basically drowned 2 times but I’m going to try again! Wish me luck
I started at step 4 hahaha x)
Me too! lol :P waiting impatiently for my first tail to arrive (a fin folk) I've always been a strong swimmer though so I don't have any doubt that I'll be able to handle it as my first tail
Me too 😅😅 definitely wouldn't change it though. I've always wanted a finfolk tail
@@sarahritchie5565 which one did you pick?
@@tiffinylawrie I have the lochness from last year's summer launch. I'm hoping to get a new one on Black Friday though
@@sarahritchie5565 nice! I love the Loch ness and have been thinking of getting the leggings but it was the Sanderson that finally made me cave in and spend the money
Update to my comment from 2 years ago: I am back to this video at 1:25 am, I am now 24 years old and I purchased a Discovery Fabric tail from Fin Folk and a new monofin (Linden) last week. It's still the version with the small fluke because as an university student I can't afford the bigger fluke. It's still over 400 $ (or € for me) and I have to pay Zoll and wait for up to 22 weeks because it's apparently a pre-order and all the way from America.
I'm still happy as I quickly discovered after only 1 or 2 swims with my first mermaidtail, that my water skills are highly overpowered for the Suntails fin. I'm a years-long snockeler and always used heavy diving fins, so I'm highly unsatisfied how the neopren of the Suntails is always floppy and the loose connection to the fin forces me to go extra slowely so it stays on my feet when I do turns. I'm also brave enough now to go to the pool when the sun shines and swim around in mermaid fit. Time to make the long needed next step!
This is so helpful!!!!!!!!
I have a question! I've been thinking about buying an elite fin fun tail! i've had the non elite ones for over 3 years and i'm a very strong swimmer! Do you think it would be a smart choice?
@Nerdmaid Faith ! Would it be ok if a beginner took a deluxe tail?
My sister is very picky do that's why I ask
Thank you for your time!
I’m at either step 2 or 3. I currently have an Arctic Blue mermaid tail and I’m going to get a Bronzed Emerald tail soon and I was thinking about getting a tail for my friend and/or cousin. I don’t think I’m gonna get one of the tails with the extra fabric on the sides. I’ll definitely get more tail designs like the Limited Editions from Fin Fun!
i have my eye on the mertailor royal angel. but i'm going to buy the monofin first. it also takes roughly a month to ship...but i live like 6 hours from florida (where they're based). a girl can hope.
I am at a 6 rn, and for now am happy...for now
the '... for now' hahaha
I have a tail but I am still looking for one I really want. A fabric one with monofin from finfun probably
Last step to complete! Step 7 and I’m almost there!
I did NOT get the name of the first site, but where do I learn to do underwater swimming, let alone fast and breath holding?
I raise you the step above full silicone, which goes into the extended tails and/or full scale tails (which are near unheard of but I've heard of them before)
I had actually written that into the video! Cut it out due to time though
I’m on step 3, I’m only 14 years old but I have swam in tails since I was 10☺️
So for my 14th birthday I got mermaid kat's monofin "the square shape " do someone know what mermaid skin can I get that's compatible with that monofin ?
I’m a little baby in this hobby😅 I have killed one tail and mono fin so far, and my second tail is the blue Atlantis from FinFun and I did get the bigger mono fin.
Thinking about getting the Luna, what tail skins work well with that monofin?
I'm still very young, but I'm a very good swimmer. I have been buying and swimming in mermaid tails since I was 7 years old and over the years I have owned 5 cloth tails and 4 mono fins. So I have uhm, decent experience but I have wanted a silicone tail since I was 4 years old. I'm not really sure what to do because my parents wont buy me one because of the...expense and I can't afford one myself as I cannot get a job so is it like..cheaper and safer to make one or what the heck do I do?
I have used just a monofin and it broke I'm saving up for a tail right now do you have any suggestions I'm thirteen
this video felt like if i was i a pc build budget video. but instead of that is mermaid tails, I hope to move more than the first step
That’s so beautiful🥰😇😍
I am looking for mermaid tails so where should I get them in a low money rank
How do you make silicone tails....and how much does it cost?
Does the mertailor fantasea fin 1 fit in the fin fun fabric tail?
Have you thought about doing a video on how you clean your silicone tail?
I’ve been swimming like a mermaid my whole life lol, and everyone is saying start off with fin fun but I really just wanna go straight to the whimsy tails from mertailor. It isn’t for anything serious just for me to swim in for fun with some friends even thought we’re about to be 18 😂 so should I go fin fun or to the one I want?
where did you buy that beautiful lipstick at
I want to try mermaiding for weight loss/exercise. Is it possible to find just a monofin to practice in before getting a full tail?
Yes! Finfun sells just the mono fin without the skin or there are other fins like the linden or finis mono fins 🙂
I'm a beginner, sorta? I can do a dolphin kick well enough to survive. I want to make my own tail. I have a ripoff one from amazon. I made a starter design. I want to make it a silicone one but I can sew well. I don't know what steps to do though. I dont have a lot of money. Under $200. Please give me some suggestions
I had an incredibly vivid dream that I got a tail styled after a manta ray, and it's all I can think about now
holy shit a. thanks for this overview video, I'm in stage 0 and trying to figure out which monotail I should sink money into. b. the "fuck yea, concrete!" is killing me 😂😂😂
I'm an amateur and Don really plan on going on from here lol, I like my finfun mermaid tails so I've just stuck with them, thought about maybe getting a mertailor or magictail tho
Any tips for someone hoping to have this a s a hobby? I should be able to save up enough for a fínfolk fabric tail and monofin, especially if I get a minimum wage job soon, but I’m not quite sure about what I should do.
Thanks for the video! Do you have Capecali Mermaid tail? She has gorgeous tails on Instagram but I’ve never tried a mermaid tail so wonder what it’s like😆
I am a custom fabric tail mermaid :)
No lie she held up my first tail skin from finfun for step one and I’m dying 😂
I bought a really cheap and bad quality first tail. I have learnt my lesson and my second was a fin fun. My current tail is a fin fun Atlantis. They are amazing. 100% recommend the Atlantis tails if you want something a bit fancy after having a basic fin fun tail.
Oh my god, the 'Fuck yea, concrete' had me dying 😂
im getting a rainbow mermaid tail but i dont think it comes with a monoe fine but it comes with the tail and baithing suit