My budget is L$1000, and I am not going over it under any circumstances. Ideally I would like something around the $500 mark -- the most expensive skin I've ever bought was L$50, and from there to L$1000 is a bit of a jump -- but it's proving hard to find skins in that price range. Nearly all the stuff reviewed on Linden Lifestyles and Second Style are L$1000 or above. I tried Bare Rose, but the lag was horrendous and I couldn't find the skins for the life of me.
I have a pretty clear idea of what I want. Pale, freckled, red lipstick. The freckles requirement is narrowing things down a bit! Right now I'm leaning towards Sin Skins, because I love my freckled Nimbus freebie from them so much, but I'm not quite sure which of these is my favourite:
(The demos aren't freckled, but all the skins come with that option and I already know from my freebies what the freckles look like)
Just to make my life a bit harder, I thought I'd see what Celestial Studios had to offer... and they were pretty too!
For L$1000, the same price as the Nimbus skins, I can get a Vogue skin and change my nails and eyebrows with the slider. Is it better value? Do I like it as much? You have to bear in mind that I made my shape while wearing a Sin Skin, so I'm almost guaranteed to look better in them. For example, I didn't think the Tete a Pied demo I tried suited my face at all. My cheeks look puffy and the mouth is awful:
I did find a couple of cheaper stores, but they didn't have exactly what I was looking for. Nomine skins are about L$800 I think, but they're just a touch too gothic for me:
(Ugh, rezzing eyes. The client crashed a couple of minutes after that. Did I mention I have had the day from hell?)
That one is from PanJen, about L$350? I know that's cheap for a skin, but I just wasn't feeling it. My L$50 skin was better quality. (Actually, I then headed for Skin Doctor's discount store, and found my L$50 skin on sale for L$500, which probably explains that. There were no skins there with my precious red lippy, though).
I also tried to buy a green blouse in the Last Call sale and it totally would not let me. Lag, lag, go away. Come back another day.
Labels: Second Life, Skins
