The Virginia Mermaid

You catch more mermaids with honey than vinegar 🍯🐝🧜‍♀️
I played with the @urbandecaycosmetics Naked Honey pallet this morning while filming a project for @starstuffboutique 🌟
This shoot brought out some old wardrobe favorites such as my @sirenallure starfish top, golden “Guinevere” wig from @wigisfashion and OG @starstuffboutique orange crystal crown 💛
The makeup wasn’t my best but who knew gold eyebrows were so hard 🤦‍♀️
By the way did you know that you can use your tail drying floor fan for a super model hair blower? I sure didn’t until this morning! 🌬
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#mermaid #mermaidhair #mermaidmakeup #starstuffboutique #wigisfashion #golden #gold #urbandecay #nakedhoney #goldmakeup #sirenallure #starfishtop #mermaidtop #stayathome #athomephotoshoot #artnouveau #greekgoddess #grecian #blondehair #blondewig (at Lenoir, North Carolina)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_-iiOoHkSD/?igshid=hhpwcs46mwof

Sky above me 🌥
Sea below me 🌊
Earth within me 💚
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HERE IT IS YOU GUYS! The first shot from my shoot with @mermaidwranglerphotography
from last month in Los Angeles! I met up with @mermanjax @mermaid_kairi and @mermaidmoongazer (who wasn’t in tail) for an epic California beach shoot. 🏖This shoot and my shoot with @enchantlens was one of the more physically creative dry shoots I’ve done in a long time, I tried new poses that I’ve never done before, stretched my flexibility and strength to the limit and went home feeling proud with what I had accomplished and how I had learned something new about the way my new tail can and cannot move (every tail is different, thanks tripod prop 😅) Enjoy this special wave break crown that ocean made for me 🌊
Who here is sore after a good mermaid photoshoot?? Let me know below!
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Photographer: @mermaidwranglerphotography
Merm: meee
Assist: @mermaidmoongazer
Director and posing: @mermanjax
Tail: @finfolkproductions with @mermaidkariel fluke
Top: @mermaidkariel by finfolk
Hair: @websterwigs
Hair pearls: @glimmerwood
Necklace: @queenofthesprings
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#mermaidwranglerphotography #mermaid #realmermaid #thevirginiamermaid #mermaidtail #finfolkproductions #karielbyfinfolk #mermaidtop #shelltop #mermaidhair #greenhair #websterwigs #beachphotoshoot #ocean #mermaidphotoshoot #wave #rainbow #rainbowmermaid #professionalmermaid #mermaidvibes #mermaidphoto (at Los Angeles, California)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_2hu1yhox8/?igshid=14l4jm9x03oj2

Mermaid hair, don’t care 🧜‍♀️🧜‍♀️
I’ve had a lot of fun with different hair wigs while doing all these at home photos (the super long brown wig is a full wig but worn as ¾ wig with my real hair in the front )
Which one is your favorite so far? Let me know below 👇👇
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Wigs ( L to R): Amazon, Amazon, @websterwigs
Tail: @finfolkproductions
Top (L to R) @finfolkproductions, meee
Crowns/headdress (L to R): meee, @mermaidazzle, mee
Hair pearls by @glimmerwood
Necklaces (L to R): @queenofthesprings, @starstuffboutique (at Lenoir, North Carolina)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_z9T6fn-m0/?igshid=pncpt2mlqr4a

Whats keeping me safe during quarantine? Team videos and mermaid books 🙏📖 🧜‍♀️
It was such a joy to see the majority of the @finfolkproductions ambassadors come together and create a fun pass the brush video (I’m not an ambassador but I am a staff member). This was @mermanchristian and @mermaidjessicapearl first pass the brush video and they absolutely killed it. For this one, I chose to pose with the Penguin Book of Mermaids from @penguinclassics that they sent me to review last fall. Its full of mermaid lore from around the world and includes so much reference material, original source translated into English, and is broken up into easy to read snippets for those with commitment issues 😝
Thank you so much @verobeachmermaid for putting this together for us! We’re cooking up something else that I can’t wait for everyone to see!
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In order of appearance:
@verobeachmermaid
@mermanchristian
@thevirginiamermaid
@mermaidhyli
@thesingaporemermaid
@mermaidjessicapearl
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#passthebrushchallenge #passthebrush #dontrush #mermaid #mermaidvideo #finfolkproductions #finfolkambassadors #verobeachmermaid #thevirginiamermaid #mermanchristian #mermaidhyli #mermaidsirenity #singaporesfirstmermaid #mermaidsyrena #mermaidjessicapearl #finfolktail #stayathome #penguinclassics #pengunbookofmermaids #mermaidlore #mermaidlegends #mermaidhair #professionalmermaid
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_kRiFfBIAu/?igshid=1ggg2n68yu77e

Sky above me 🌥
Sea below me 🌊
Earth within me 💚
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HERE IT IS YOU GUYS! The first shot from my shoot with @mermaidwranglerphotography
from last month in Los Angeles! I met up with @mermanjax @mermaid_kairi and @mermaidmoongazer (who wasn’t in tail) for an epic California beach shoot. 🏖This shoot and my shoot with @enchantlens was one of the more physically creative dry shoots I’ve done in a long time, I tried new poses that I’ve never done before, stretched my flexibility and strength to the limit and went home feeling proud with what I had accomplished and how I had learned something new about the way my new tail can and cannot move (every tail is different, thanks tripod prop 😅)
Enjoy this special wave break crown that ocean made for me 🌊
Who here is sore after a good mermaid photoshoot?? Let me know below!
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Photographer: @mermaidwranglerphotography
Merm: meee
Assist: @mermaidmoongazer
Director and posing: @mermanjax
Tail: @finfolkproductions with @mermaidkariel fluke
Top: @mermaidkariel by finfolk
Hair: @websterwigs
Hair pearls: @glimmerwood
Necklace: @queenofthesprings
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#mermaidwranglerphotography #mermaid #realmermaid #thevirginiamermaid #mermaidtail #finfolkproductions #karielbyfinfolk #mermaidtop #shelltop #mermaidhair #greenhair #websterwigs #beachphotoshoot #ocean #mermaidphotoshoot #wave #rainbow #rainbowmermaid #professionalmermaid #mermaidvibes #mermaidphoto (at Los Angeles, California)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_foLaQnKq9/?igshid=1jkb0bj4to8ex

When it’s rainy and depressing outside what do you do? Explode digital fairy dust all over your mermaid photos 🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️
Thank you all SO much for the insane amount of good love on my last post with Mr. Luna moth. 🥰 I feel like Ive gotten into a weird place where I feeling every post has to be a super high quality photo and I realize if you scroll way far back on my Instagram there’s all sort of cell phone shots, work in progress craft projects, etc. and I didn’t care if they were professionally shot, I just shared what I was excited about, and that was my motivation for my luna moth shoot. 💚
I feel like during this time we’re all doing our best to create content, do photoshoots, etc. And make ourselves happy in an environment that is restrictive in some ways. I really admire mers like @verobeachmermaid @miamimermaidelle @ripplethemermaid @mermanthommy and so many others for continuing to push the limit of what is possible from home, keep up the good work everyone 🤙🤙
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Photographer: @willieswings
Merm: meeee
Tail: @finfolkproductions with @mermaidkariel fluke
Hair: @websterwigs
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#mermaid #realmermaid #stayathomemermaid #stayathome #wegotthis #getcreative #thevirginiamermaid #finfolkproductions #karielbyfinfolk #mermaidtail #siliconetail #websterwigs #wickedgreen #greenhair #mermaidhair #hookmermaids #newzealand #curiobay #sunrise #sunrisephotoshoot #fairydust #sparkles (at Never Never Land)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_axe0gnM79/?igshid=17y42xyihlxxm

Happy #earthday everyone! 🌏 I wish I was celebrating with a beach day🏖, river adventure 🏞. Etc. But alas, I will just have to celebrate in my yard🏡, thank goodness it’s sunny today!☀️
It got my thinking though…..with the reduction in travel worldwide 🚗💨 because of this pandemic, do you think we’re going to see any sort of environmental uptick? 🌱 (and I mean a real one, not the fake news dolphins in the canals of Venice)
Let me know in the comments below!
P.s. I don’t even want to think about how much I wish I was back on this stunning New Zealand beach for Earth Day 😭
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Photographer: @willieswings
Location: Nugget Point Beach, NZ
Tail: @finfolkproductions with @mermaidkariel fluke
Hair: @websterwigs
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#earthday #earthday2020 #stayathomeearthday #mermaid #realmermaid #thevirginiamermaid #thecatlins #nuggetpointlighthouse #nuggetpoint #newzealand #visitnewzealand #finfolkproductions #karielbyfinfolk #mermaidtail #websterwigs #ginger #mermaidhair #tidepools #mermaidphotoshoot #beachphotography (at Nugget Point Lighthouse)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_SVQcoHum4/?igshid=1gzwvxh190lcb

Is it time to come out of hiding yet??
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I knew when I came back from New Zealand, Los Angeles and Arizonathat I would have a lot of content following the magnitude of shoots and meetups to get me though the slower weeks ahead after going back to work but little did I know what that would really mean…have I worked up the motivation to do an at home shoot? Nope. Am I a little jealous of people who have. For sure!
I do feel like I have more free time to work on personal projects, edit photos from my New Zealand trip, etc. But you know what? I’m still working on that quarantine goal list I made myself 3 weeks ago and that’s ok. 😴🤷‍♀️
So today just remember that If you see pretty photos on instagram and are feeling discouraged, chances are that the photo is older or the person finally had a chance to edit them with the break in normal work life that they’re getting due to quarantine. Things arent always what they seem online, we’re all in the same boat together 😊
Confess something you wanted to do during quarantine but havent! 💬💬
I’ll go first: I wanted to continue the more active lifestyle I adopted in New Zealand by doing daily walks or light home workouts but guess what….I’ve gone on a hike twice in the 3 weeks that I’ve been home and have done zero home workouts.
Now you go 👇👇👇
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Photographer: @willieswings
Merm: mee
Tail: @finfolkproductions with #karielbyfinfolk fluke
Location: Nugget Point Lighthouse, NZ
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#stayathome #mermaidcove #tidepools #mermaid #thevirginiamermaid #finfolkproductions #karielbyfinfolk #mermaidtail #nuggetpointlighthouse #newzealand #visitnewzealand #beach #beachphotoshoot #mermaidphotoshoot #gingerhair #websterwigs #mermaidhair
(at Nugget Point Lighthouse)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-uXf7ah2yj/?igshid=18xciwfztot12

KELP IS SO COOL YALL! Guess the type of Kelp in the comments below🌿
This trip to the coast of New Zealand was the first time I’ve seen Kelp 👏 in. my. entire. life. 👏 and I was freaking mesmerized by it. 🤩
Kelp forest scenes in ocean documentaries are my absolute favorite thing to watch (check out the kelp forest scene in the Netflix show “moving art” or the @montereybayaquarium
Live Kelp Forest cam for some seriously soothing kelp forest action🎥
Most of the kelp was way of reach and would have been dangerous to try and take photos with….. being smashed and swirled around by the big ole breakers off shore like a rocky washing machine 🙅‍♀️ but when we made it to nugget point, there were clumps of it floating in a few inches of water out of reach of the main waves. 👍 @willieswings was having a heart attack during these shots (sharp rocks, tangled up in kelp, incoming swells…you get it) but the kelp was so fun to shoot in! It was velvety smooth and reflected sunlight in a way that made it sparkle 🌟
Can you guess what this type of Kelp is?? Leave a comment below 👇👇
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Photographer: @willieswings
Merm: meeee
Location: Nugget Point Lighthouse, NZ
Tail: @finfolkproductions with @mermaidkariel
Fluke
Hair: @websterwigs
Headdress: meeee
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#kelp #bullkelp #newzealand #costalnewzealand #nuggetpoint #nuggetpointlighthouse #mermaid #realmermaid #thevirginiamermaid #mermaidtail #finfolkproductions #karielbyfinfolk #rainbowmermaid #ginger #gingerhair #websterwigs #mermaidphoto #beach #beachphotoshoot #pacificocean #mermaidphotoshoot # (at Nugget Point Lighthouse)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-kHpRJB-f6/?igshid=yp6xsz4p1bw6

“ An artist finds his happiest combination in a play 
Of complementary colors. They are direct contrasts yet do not jar; they awaken the beholder, but do not disturb.”
- Charles Burchfield
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The back of my tail is a dynamic sapphire blue and isn’t seen as much as the lighter green and gold front. Orange and blue are complementary colors which means they are directly opposite from each other on the color wheel. Put blue and orange next to each other and they come alive 😍 🎨
I cant help but think of @mermaidhyli @lexiemermaid @the.mindful.mermaid and more recently @hfxmermaid when I see myself with ginger hair and a blue tail!
Comment down below your favorite complementary color combo…heres some hints if you’re having trouble:
1. Disney’s favorite mermaid’s hair and tail colors
2. Colors associated with royalty and Disney’s “Tangeled”
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Photographer: @willieswings
Merm: meee
Location: Nugget Point Lighthouse, NZ
Tail: @finfolkproductions with @mermaidkariel fluke
Hair: @websterwigs
Headdress: meee
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#mermaid #thevirginiamermaid #complementarycolors #colortheory
#ginger #gingerhair #redhair #websterwigs #mermaidtail #siliconetail #finfolkproductions #karielbyfinfolk #bluemermaid #nuggetpointlighthouse #tidepools #mermaidphotoshoot #beachphotography #ocean #newzealand #visitnewzealand (at Nugget Point Lighthouse)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-fKZvABvbS/?igshid=16kdn1e8uw72w