Merbellas Thread

[MerEmma]

GAH. IT'S SO GORGEOUS. o_o

[Ariel-Starfish]

OMG!!! (Is anyone counting? XD) Loving all these unboxing videos!!!! Aaargh i want meh tail 0_o

[Mermaid Dottie]

This is me right now.

[Ariel-Starfish]

This is me right now.

lol

[Merman Arion]

When Iona tries her new tail despite the monofin being too big :

before trying :



the first try :



the second try :



the day after :

[AniaR]

Yeah competitors are tricky, I know for a fact Raven got the smallest one she could (and had to pay more for it). It's a real bummer though especially to wait all that time. I am thinking if the smallest one doesn't fit Iona's 6 1/2 then it wont fit Ama's 4.... lol (she has tiny feet) so we probably wont be able to get Ama a competitor after all. I'm hoping the neoprene booties help Iona get her feet in!

Speaking of foo blisters though, I wore my tail for 7 hours yesterday. 5 of them were straight. By the time I was done my feet were sooooo blistered and I still have 4 gigs ahead of me this weekend! XD

[Winged Mermaid]

I need to go back and read posts, but before I go to sleep I thought I'd post this! The video of my first time putting on the tail, and my first swim in it!

[MerEmma]

Omg, it's so gorgeous and it looks so nice on you, too! <3 Not too bad for putting it on a first time, only took about five minutes, which really isn't so bad. You were lucky to have water too though :P
EEEE, that's just so exciting! I'm so happy for you~ it's just so prettyyyyyy. Sucks about the monofin though, Finis really needs to make competitors in smaller sizes.

[Mermaid Varshana]

There are apparently similar monofins overseas that have sizing options. Maybe try them?

[MerEmma]

I don't know it for a fact but I don't think they're precisely the same size in width, but I dunno. There definitely are other options, maybe Raven (or anyone wanting a tail) will look into it sometime!

[AniaR]

hahaha Iona I love how you've got the tail just floating in the water at first. I can't believe you went for both legs at once. I still can't do that. I just do 1 at a time. It's sooo hard to get them past the swim bottoms. When I do dry events I wear a thong so I can get it on faster. The little fins looks so prettttttty. It seriously looks beautiful. You did a much better job than I do getting the ankle wrinkles out. I do see the little bit in th eback but thankfully it looks like it's not TOO low. I think a belt would work, even a netting belt should hide it. But seriously, I only saw it because I was looking for it with my face against the screen lol!

[Little_Orca]

*Looks to her hips* Come on, 50 more pounds and we can have that! Let them go already!

It looks so lovely on you Iona. <33

[Felicia]

All theses tails are so gorgeous I'm jealous and wish I could have one at this very moment. But a quick question for those with dorsals, how do you like them? I've been trying to decide if I want a dorsal and I think they look so gorgeous on the tails but I'm still slightly undecided an having one

[Mermaid Kalliope]

I always thought that competitors were one size fits all. I should be fine, though. I'm a 7 1/2 to an 8, more recently gravitating towards an 8.

[AniaR]

All theses tails are so gorgeous I'm jealous and wish I could have one at this very moment. But a quick question for those with dorsals, how do you like them? I've been trying to decide if I want a dorsal and I think they look so gorgeous on the tails but I'm still slightly undecided an having one

My dorsal is taking some getting used to. I'd say it's harder to get a tail on with a dorsal because it makes it tricky to roll down and pull up. But swimming it doesn't affect anything. And the big reason I love it, is that wet or dry if you couldnt get your tail up all the way (which happens to me a lot dry) there are so much dorsal going on you don't see any wrinkles

I always thought that competitors were one size fits all. I should be fine, though. I'm a 7 1/2 to an 8, more recently gravitating towards an 8.

Well, it's foot pockets, not straps that you can adjust. It looks like there was a smaller size but it was possibly discontinued. :/ I'm not sure if Raven noticed that it happened. I know when she got Iona's monofin we discussed it together and she got the smallest foot pocket one she could find. But now I am thinking it's just the smallest they offer now, and previously they offered smaller? I don't know. I wish companies would give some kind of notice if they discontinue a size or product.

[MerEmma]

Yeah! Earlier when you guys were discussing the sizing I actually googled it to see if I would actually fit a competitor and I couldn't find anything under an eight, I don't think. Not so great! I only found the eight at one place.

[Mermaid Kalliope]

Well, at least I'm close to the size. ><

Iona! You are adorable!

[Ariel-Starfish]

Woah! Missed all these posts! Why do you merfolk always post when i'm sleeping? Damn u time zone! x'D haha

Wow Iona! Putting on a tail in only five minutes ? Congrats! You are such a sweet and beautyful mermaid ^^ <3

[Mermaid Kalliope]

Ugh, now that I'm not on my "I don't want you to post" phone... haha

Awww! Great time with getting it on the first time! (whoa, out of context that sounds... haha) It was so entertaining and adorable to watch you wiggle in! :-P It looks absolutely fintastic on you! <3 The colours! And your little fins! Er mah! Rock it girl!

Haha and the girls... "Get out, there's a big fish!" Haha

Raina - Grrr Now I gotta go back and check. ><

Y'all got me paranoid about my tail length, cause I got a bootah. *flails*

[Stillwater]

So I have been nearly silent thanks to being extra busy, but I have to chime in on this today. I think I was one of the few who managed to get an order in with Raven around the same time Iona and Hyli did. It has been a long, long wait, full of plenty of surprises that no one expected (silicone shortages, paint shortages, bad molds, miscommunications, etc, etc)...but, guess what arrived yesterday:





Raven's first merman tail. I had to go along with everyone else and shoot the unboxing video, but I haven't had a chance to do any editing or uploading yet. It may also never see the light of day: I don't like watching myself on video.

There might be some slight size measurement issues around the waist. Everything sits in the proper place, but the hips and waist are a bit too big as I can gather up probably a half an inch of extra silicone to pull it tight.

And seriously, this thing is heavy and fantastic. Raven sent me pictures of the finished tail and I was: "Yeah, that looks good." then I open it up and it is simply amazing in person. The pictures do not do it justice at all. Now to get a proper swim in it in...