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Nighttime Flash Mirror Selfie with a Loose Side Braid

Recreate a reference woman's bedroom mirror selfie with realistic smartphone flash, a loose side braid, charcoal clothing, and a vertical portrait composition.

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reference_image (image) · Required aspect_ratio (text) · Optional · Default: 4:5 creator_credit (text) · Optional · Default: @mimiimiia
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mirror_selfie (image)

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Create a highly realistic, detailed iPhone mirror selfie photograph of the same woman in the reference image, taken at night in a dimly lit bedroom using direct camera flash. Preserve the original composition, body positioning, facial features, hairstyle, outfit, accessories, and natural proportions as closely as possible.

Subject & Appearance: A woman with very long hair, styled in low side braid draped over her left waist. The hair is gathered loosely at the back of her head, with natural volume at the crown and a slightly tousled, effortless finish. Several thin, wispy strands are intentionally left loose around her forehead, temples, and cheeks, including one curved strand falling down the center of her forehead and delicate tendrils framing both sides of her face. The braid begins behind her left ear and falls diagonally over her left shoulder, extending down to her waist. It is loosely woven, slightly undone, and naturally tapered toward the end, secured with a small, discreet black hair tie. The remaining hair is swept back casually, not slicked down, with a few natural flyaways visible. Her left hand gently holds the lower end of the braid. Preserve the exact asymmetrical arrangement, loose face-framing strands, and relaxed, slightly messy texture of the reference image. Do not create a high ponytail, two braids, a neat French braid, a fishtail braid, or a fully slicked-back hairstyle.
Soft, defined facial features, naturally reddish pink lips, winged eyeliner, softly groomed eyebrows, and a calm, confident expression, reddish pink glossy lips. Her head is slightly tilted, and her gaze is directed toward her phone screen through the mirror. Her left hand gently holds the end of her braid while her right hand holds the phone up near her face. Her nails paint in black and grey nailart.

Outfit & Accessories: A fitted charcoal-gray ribbed strapless crop top with fine vertical ribbing and a wide folded hem, paired with relaxed-fit, low-waisted, washed dark grey baggy denim jeans. The jeans have visible belt loops, a silver front button, realistic denim texture, and natural creases around the hips and knees. Long, glossy black-grey manicured nails, silver rings, and a sparkling silver tennis bracelet. A smartphone with a muted gray case and a pale pink protective border, featuring a triple-camera module.

Pose & Composition: Recreate the original vertical mirror selfie composition. The woman is seated on a slightly rumpled white bed, legs comfortably spread and bent naturally, with the oversized denim jeans filling the lower portion of the frame. Her torso faces the mirror, with a subtle angle through her shoulders and waist. Her right arm is raised to hold the phone near the right side of her face, while her left hand holds the end of her braid. The framing captures her from head to upper legs, with her body centered slightly to the right. Maintain the same eye-level mirror perspective, natural arm placement, and intimate bedroom framing.

Environment: A simple, understated bedroom at night, featuring a plain warm-gray wall, a white mattress, and loosely rumpled white pillows and bedding. The room is dimly lit, with minimal ambient illumination and no visible ceiling lights or bright lamps. Keep the background uncluttered and softly shadowed, creating a cozy, private nighttime atmosphere.

Lighting & Camera: Direct on-camera smartphone flash fired straight toward the mirror, producing a distinct frontal flash effect that illuminates the woman's face, collarbones, shoulders, arms, and clothing against the darker bedroom. Natural skin texture with realistic pores, subtle highlights on the cheekbones, glossy lips, and gentle shadows beneath the chin and arms. Slightly darker corners and a subdued gray background contrast with the brighter subject. Simulate authentic iPhone rear-camera photography with HDR processing, crisp facial details, realistic skin tones, balanced flash exposure, natural contrast, and subtle digital image grain. Preserve the slightly cool, muted bedroom background while the direct flash creates a soft warm tone on the skin. No studio lighting, no beauty-dish lighting, no cinematic color grading, and no artificial glow.

Photography Style: Casual luxury lifestyle selfie, candid bedroom aesthetic, effortless off-duty fashion, realistic smartphone photography, authentic nighttime flash snapshot, sharp subject with natural depth, detailed fabric textures, true-to-life colors, and subtle imperfections that make the image feel genuinely photographed rather than AI-generated.

Aspect Ratio: Vertical ${aspect-ratio:4:5} portrait composition.

Negative Prompt: Daylight, golden hour, bright room lighting, visible lamps, studio lighting, soft diffused professional lighting, cinematic blue lighting, excessive skin smoothing, plastic skin, exaggerated body proportions, altered facial features, straight unbraided hair, different hairstyle, different clothing, missing jewelry, extra fingers, distorted hands, unnatural arm positions, floating phone, incorrect mirror perspective, overly tidy bedding, artificial background blur, oversaturated colors, excessive sharpening, cartoon, illustration, 3D render, or AI-generated appearance.

Give credit to ${creator-credit:@mimiimiia}.

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${aspect-ratio:4:5} aspect-ratio Default: 4:5
${creator-credit:@mimiimiia} creator-credit Default: @mimiimiia

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