I'm only 9 years old, I'm in 4th grade. I'm a very good swimmer , I bought my tail, I swam in it so greatfuly my first time. I can hold my breath underwater! And I love swimming...so I hope when I'm big I can be a professional mermaid swimmer!

@rein0123

5 жыл бұрын

Samsung J7 i learnt swimming at 6 (I could do 2 laps without stopping) and I didn't practice much after then. So my breathhold (2mins 15seconds) isn't as long as I hoped it would be. Im 14 now. I swim pretty well (not much of an improvement from 8 years ago) but I hope you practice more if you want to be a professional free diver/mermaid!

@cosmicathesongstress7466

5 жыл бұрын

Hey hun, I was the same age as you when I had started mermaiding, so don't worry, you don't ABSOLUTELY HAVE to be 18 to be a true mermaid, contrary to popular belief. I'm only two years below and I am still a mermaid 😊 (Well Siren in my case 😂 )

@savannahlucas3139

5 жыл бұрын

I am now 13 but have loved the water forever. If you are planning on becoming a merperson you should start out with just a monofin

@ZeroArt024

5 жыл бұрын

Samsung J7 I was your age when I got my first tail if not a year younger I hope you have gotten along well with your swimming in tails and maybe we could meet up way later in life!

@ana-pn6if

5 жыл бұрын

Samsung J7 I’m like the EXACT thing 9 and I can swim well and have a mermaid tail and stuff like you and I also dream of being a professional mermaid too! We should be best friends! If you okay with it 😄

Aww thanks so much for the shoutout Hun! I love your new mermaid wall!

@Yyaya4330

4 жыл бұрын

Courtney Mermaid I love ❤️ you vids Ps im your biggest fan

Scuba Wetsuit NeopRENE *YEAASSS*

yaas, the first thing I noticed about swimming in my Mythic with the neoprene body was how WARM it is!

@mermaidmari135

6 жыл бұрын

Also aaaa yass gotta get you to 5k!

@NerdmaidFaith

6 жыл бұрын

+The Makeup Llama my friend said that its like the sweatpants of tails 😂

Hi Nerdmaids! I hope you guys enjoyed the video! What are your experiences with tails made of these types of fabrics? Leave a comment below! Be sure to watch the bloopers here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nIV-l9OLcavfaJc.html

I'd doing research into either making my own tail or purchasing and this was really helpful and informative! Thank you so much!

@0.zaidae

3 жыл бұрын

Making your own tail isn’t really safe...

@Potterhead1735

11 ай бұрын

@@0.zaidae Actually it can be if you do it correctly and use the right materials

I love that you has info on the neoprene and spandex. And you sooo sound like me.

Scuba knit is a thicker version of spandex, with slightly less stretch.

@Veramontacaballo

3 жыл бұрын

It does not stretch lengthwise but stretches across the width, which is very useful, it also keeps its shape in the water and does not let your legs show

I bought a fin folk productions neoprene tail andddddd I’m sooooo excited for it:p

Just bought my first mermaid tail for Christmas from FinFun. Cannot wait to try it out!

We Ordered The Fin Folk Sea Sapphire Fabric Tail For Black Friday! I'm So Excited, This Would be My First Tail. I have been Looking For a Mermaid Tail For a Long Time and I Finally Found The Tail For me! Thanks Faith For everything! I Have Been Watching Your Vids For a Long Time, You Really Helped me Out! It's Time To Let My Mermaid Me Shine! >3

@westdekota5935

4 жыл бұрын

Horses Gaming SAMEEEE (I bought the pixiedust though)

So glad I finally got around to watching this! Thanks for the shout outs!

Aw yes another faith video! I LOVE IT!

Awesome video Faith! Also, according to FinFolk Productions on the Mermaid Podcast, their line of fabric tails will soon have options to add fins! You may have known this already, just thought it was interesting!

I just bought a SwimTails Betta, I assumed it was neoprene but tbh I didnt really know what neoprene was. Knowing that it is a bit thicker than spandex, and not exactly neoprene is a bit saddening, but its probably the best because Ive only been mermaiding for a year. At least its a hella nice looking tail, lol

Love your personality! You always bring a smile to my face!

Hi I am one of ur followers on insta I love ur work u inspire me so much ur an inspiration

Thank you, thank you THANK YOU for this video. My mom just bought the mahina and Luna mono fins and we were thinking about skins for them and your videos are definitely helping! :)

I was calling neoprene “wet suit material” for years! LOL Glad I know the actual name of the meterial now. LOL

I have now several mermaid tails myself too. They are all fabric (I still don't have any silicone tail). They are very safe and beautiful. I love Your videos! They are all so fun to watch. Blessings from Estonia! I'm Estonian mermaid.

Love this vid; it was even helpful today, four years later, as I’m considering what the next step up from FinFun spandex should be for me. If you ever wanted to update it (or any of your old “getting started” sort of vids with what current tailmakers are using/doing (even with just a edited in postscript), that would be super awesome amazeballs. But, I’m getting all this free advice, so I am NOT complaining. Thanks for having made so very many videos that have helped me get started!

@MarielHawke

2 жыл бұрын

Although it just occurred to me, that, given how KZread is monetized, it wouldn’t make any sense to update old videos; it would amount to unpaid work. So, nevermind my wishful-thinking suggestion above!

I managed to nab one of the finfolk tails and I was really hoping you would too. I hope you're able to get one by their summer release, I'd love to see you review it!

Thanks for all the information Faith!

Very Good Video!! Very Helpful, my next tail is coming from Aquatails...red sequin tail. 😄

I had just assumed that all of swimtails products were spandex. But thank you for doing a little more research than I did.

Omg I love her videos. I wish she would do more reviews on fin fun tails! !!!

Since I’m not even 18 yet or can even get my first silicone tail I already have 5 fin funs🤭 but when I get my silicone tail I’m a siren so I definitely think I should get a very stiff mono fin because I’m very strong swimmer I’m not gonna go in super strong currents though I live near the Great Barrier Reef well I’m in Sydney but I love going to the pool to swim cause I’m terrified to death of Box jellyfish🥺 so not sure about the reef anyways I love u faith G’day

@voxxkaa

5 жыл бұрын

Gerda Burkhardt wait there is noBox jelly’s in Melbourne ? Omg seriously I’m so jealous really because if I even go in the water at the beaches I can spot like 5 jelly’s in 30 seconds geez your really lucky

@pastellex9486

5 жыл бұрын

I don’t know about how old you have to be to have a silicone tail but, a Mertailor whismy tail is definitely an upgrade from a fin fun.

@Hopeydopery

5 жыл бұрын

Pastellex well it’s also about a $275 upgrade😂

This is a great video, helps alot! I too also would love a neoprene tail with a mahina fluke! 😁

Yaaaay a long video!

Thanks for sharing! I feel less pressed to upgrade right away. I still think I will end up with a neoprene tail once I have found a more substantial monofin then FinFun that actually fits my Amazon sized feet.

I've just found this video and I've been mermaiding about 7 years. I have several finfun tails and just ordered my second finfolk......finfolk tails keep me warm to swim in the cold Florida springs! But they aren't easy to swim in. My first time in it I got a Charlie horse! I absolutely love my finfolk tails!

Thank you so much!! This was so helpful!!

Great work dude

This was very helpful. Thanks a lot

Thank you very much for the information! I am looking for materials to print my mermaid tail (my first attempt was in spandex lycra and although the print was wrong, the result of the lycra did not like it either) I am going to try with scuba since neoprene is too expensive to print (at least in Spain, it costs me 220 euros the two meters I need for my tail and fins)

I have made both, tail made of scuba knit and tails made of neoprin ! OH and Spandex ! Neoprin is often confused with neoprene also, a big difference ! My profile pics are me in my Neoprin Koi tail with a silcone fluke cover made by FancyFishFashions/etsy.

@rein0123

5 жыл бұрын

Mermaid MerSea what the sea is neoprin???

Can you pleeeeeaaasssee do an aquamermaid tail review!?❤️❤️❤️

Do you know of a place to buy the neoprene to make your own?

04:53 you are just like you are xD so authentic and honest your video! And great content about spandex vs. neoprene. I personally also prefer the neoprene ;)

would the aqua mermaid monofin work with a neoprene tail? (I'm trying to make my own btw)

that scuba fabric which isn't really neoprene is also called spacer fabric regularly. right now some fabric stores sell that under the name neoprene, so that makes it even more confusing.

My tail finally arrived!!!!! Yay it’s so pretty!!!!!

I'd love to see an authentic, blunt review of the Finfolk fabric tails. Perhaps the twins could send you one to review, even if you don't get to keep it? Like one of the tails they used in their photo shoots and promos? Great video btw. :-)

@NerdmaidFaith

6 жыл бұрын

+MermaidAnnabella ha thats not going to happen for me with my piddly amount of followers

I found your videos today, and I'm already hooked. #merfanatic

I currently swim in a spandex tail and I love it. It is purple and not at all see through! I use neoprene wet suits and have no problems diving/sinking but definitely don't have the cash for a neoprene tail so I will just keep swimming with fabric.

You know the advice from a mermaid poster behind your head right? I Have the exact same one!

Hahhhahahahah notifications are on always!

@juanitadanielson6102

5 жыл бұрын

You need to shorten your video at least by half maybe to 5 minutes at most it's too much to watch. You talk way too fast I finally gave up it was so long & I didn't even want to hear it all. because if you have to talk that fast and it takes over 11 minutes it's way too much for 90 some percent of the people. Bottom line which one spandex neoprene ????

@juanitadanielson6102

5 жыл бұрын

I did however want to say that you're a cute girl you come across very friendly please continue just a couple changes

What would you guys suggest for a first tail: Swimtails scuba knit tail or Finfolk Neoprene tail?

You have a nice mermaid tails I like it

Okay so why am I here? Love her tho 💕.

From mertailor: which is the one you can't see your legs underneath: whimsy or fabric?

So a bought a mermaid tail recently and forgot to purchase a fin protector

how hard would it be to find that kind of neoprene? with the black interior and the white (printable) exterior?

I swim really well in my first gen starcrossed with the finis rapid but I might modify it in order to have drainage because you get a water balloon fluke getting out of the pool.

What about drying time? Do you do anything special with your neoprene tail to help it dry or do you not have any issues with that?

@NerdmaidFaith

6 жыл бұрын

+MinxFox I dry it like all my other tails and it takes about a day to dry completely

Have you looked into the mertailer?

I have a question - what do you recommend drying a spendex tail?

Whare did you get your neoprene tail I can't find them anywhere :(

I really want to get into this. I love swimming and if I could I would swim all the time and to see how beautiful this community makes it look I want to be a part of it. I hope one day I can be part of it and be somewhere close to a lake or pool where I can practice. ❤🖤

hi faith! There is one neoprene tail you forgot to mention. Its from an etsy seller called purple mermaid studios. its 300 USD and has silicone on top of it to look more realistic. Im thinking of getting one and wanted to tell you because i figured you might like it :)

@NerdmaidFaith

6 жыл бұрын

+Katrin Gordiyenko I actually talked about it in my outtakes! I didn't include her because technically she makes partial tails, not just tails made of Neoprene.

What happens if holes on spandex mermaid tails? Because I bought mine from eBay

WOW! You were a partial Mohican? I'm a full Dreadhawk!

Are Aqua mermaid tails or like neoprene or are they like the scuba nets I just wondered because like yeah

i want to make my own neoprene tail for a fantasea fin three one day, would you be able to make a swim top out of neoprene as well? also what paint do you use and how do you seal the paint to the fabric?

@KKIcons

Жыл бұрын

She shows a great product here, I would love to know more as well. To make a washable acrylic, I am thinking use golden fluid acrylic plus their fabric additive. This is the most lightfast pigment line. I use it in my pro art business. As far as what to add to the top seal to protect it from UV, I will call my supplier and see if there are tips to make this application work. Hopefully there will be a safe way (for our waterways and swim areas) to add our shiny mica based pigments or the beautiful 2 way iridescent colors. If we research how they customize aftermarket shoes that could offer some tips. Generally you spray on waterproofing on shoes?

So is neoprene or wetsuit material better?

I am 12 is it a good idea to get a neoprene tail?

Give me one plsss xD You are so lucky! Can someone tell me if there are any mermaid tail shops like Fin fun or any good mermaid tail shops in Melbourne near the city

Where do I get a neoprin tale online I have been searching forever

I’m getting a Fin Folk Tail I got a Golden Fin

How much are neoprene tails normally?

I’m ordering my tail 2day!!!

Would you recomand also 1.5 mm thick neopren for a mermaid tail? I wanted to sew sequins on it. ö.ö

@NerdmaidFaith

6 жыл бұрын

+Selphy yeah for sure!

I want a neoprene tail

Would printed neoprene work or just painted

Wich mermaid tail is better?

I thought I was getting neoprene but it was a thick polyester. I don't know for sure if it was neoprene.

@NerdmaidFaith

5 жыл бұрын

It was Scuba knit, which is different; like a thick spandex

@51mermaidclaira

5 жыл бұрын

@@NerdmaidFaith Thank you! I don't know why they advertise it as neoprene.

Hello dear mermaid friends. I'm not so good with the materials yet. what about silicone? I think these mermaid tail fins look very good. Neoprene is too strong for me and spendex too sloppy - a tough decision. great videos of you ❤️. please excuse my bad english. 🧜

I’m a beginner mermaid! And is The neoprene better for beginners or do I need to get a spandex one. Bc I have a neoprene tail that I like and I just wanna know Thx -love Mermaid Killian

@priscillafalcao3985

2 жыл бұрын

Whare did u get a neoprene tail I'm looking everywhere but can't find one

Do you know where I can get a Gap Wrap? I have looked around but I can't really find anything. Thxx

@brandielee7971

6 жыл бұрын

KT Maggs mernation sells silicone ones

High Tide I used to have a top like that

does the finfolk fabric tail come with a mono fin?

@NerdmaidFaith

6 жыл бұрын

+Yumi Gatzzz no, you have to buy it separately

Could I chat with you about tails? I have a lot of questions but I wanna talk to a real person for help.

m e r m a i d *Q U E E N*

Hey everyone! So quick thing auqatails are actually closed now. She had to close the business due to lack of sales.

@NerdmaidFaith

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's really too bad 😟

So what's the diff in weight between a neoprene and a silicone tail or am I just a complete idiot and they're the same?

@BlueCatMagic

6 жыл бұрын

A silicone tail is way heavier than a neoprene one. I guess a neoprene one weights about 1-2kg while a silicone one is around 5kg

My tail is Spendex!!😊

I want a tail that's cheap because I am poor but I also want to make sure that it looks realistic enough to trick 8 year olds into thinking I'm actually a mermaid can you help me and tell me how to succeed at my goal

Oooh, FinFolk makes neoprene tails that can fit my Finis Foil? If I'm ever at a point where I can justify spending $300 on a mermaid tail, I'll totally look at FinFolk!

My spandex fabric tail always dies on many sliedes

I can’t find the fin folk tails that cost 335

How can you talk so good I’m so bad I always mess up

I only use neoprene tails because to me they are better than spandex. What's your favorite place to get your neoprene tails???

@NerdmaidFaith

6 жыл бұрын

I would have to say that I prefer SunTails prints!

@kristenking8994

6 жыл бұрын

Faith On The Bass thx so much and I love your videos 😘😙💝💝💝💝😙💙❤❤💜❤💜💚💎

@NerdmaidFaith

6 жыл бұрын

wait whoops I misread, suntails is my fave SPANDEX place haha

@kristenking8994

6 жыл бұрын

Faith On The Bass. Oh its cool so what's Your favorite neoprene

@NerdmaidFaith

6 жыл бұрын

+Lazy Kc finfolk probably

Did it feel weird going underwater with a mermaid tail for the first time?

why is there no merman

The new in house Finfolk fabrics aren´t made of neoprene anymore!!! They are made from 1mm thick scuba knit!

@priscillafalcao3985

2 жыл бұрын

Is that still good like neoprene?

#FROMLIVESTREAM

I love fabric mermaid tails/spandex and such, cause your girl can’t afford a silicone one

Mermaid.inc Indonesian!!! Made By Marissa Nasution Sorry Couse I'm Australian U Know Indonesia And Australia Is Like Neighborhood

I wish I had a mermaid tail but we don’t have enough money

I will now click on all the ads for your sake lol

@NerdmaidFaith

6 жыл бұрын

+TheLittleRedMermaid thank