New Skins at Pixeldolls

Once again big changes have been announced for the Pixeldolls shop and brand. After 2 sim rebuilds in a relatively short period, Nephilaine Protagonist has decided to abandon her current mega store concept and put her lovely designs into several smaller boutiques. In preparation to that, there is quite a sale going on again, but there is also newness: Pixelspa is being brought back, also in boutique form, but as a teaser (she's bad that Nephilaine), she has put out 4 new skins in 4 different skin tones for as little as L$ 250 for a single, or L$ 750 for all 4 make ups in one skin tone!

Face: in one word? Sweet! It's romantic and dreamy. A lot of attention was paid to the eye make ups, with strong eyeliners ( I am showing the "nude" version) and deep shades on the eye lids. The lips are quite full by design and are relatively neutral, except for the vibrant red on the garnet skin. Eyebrows are delicately shaped, they are not modifiable, which make these skins more for brunettes than for blondes, but yet, If you are not going too platinum, you'll still look fine in the lighter skin tones. I would certainly not recommend the 2 darkest skin tones for the fair haired among you. The nose has a wonderful shading, the ears and nostrils are not too detailed, Nephilaine certainly did not meant to make a RL like skin with these.

Torso: the over all look is just good. I see no flaws, no seams. Not that I expected them on the work of an experienced content creator like Ms. Protagonist. Taking a close look at the skin, I think she used photo material for the base. Either that, or she is even better than I thought she was, since if you take a really close look, you'll see the rosy capillary veins like you can see them on your RL skin too. The look is not photo real though. It looks smoother and softer than most photo real skins would. There is not so much detailing or definition on the torso. The shading of the breasts is good, it will probably look better on a smaller cup that is not too joined, but less is more anyway, we all know that..... A subtle shading indicates the abdomen and the rib cage. Virtually no detailing for the kitty zone. There is a vaguely drawn vagina, but if you are looking for a skin that has anatomically correct drawn parts... this is not it. Shoulder blades and spine are hinted with the same subtlety as the abdomen.

Arms & Legs: For the arms and the legs goes the same as for the torso. It's all there, just not very detailed. The knees actually look good with the shading, the elbows a little less.. but I hate my RL elbows too, so I probably will have a hard time finding nice ones in SL anyway. The finger nails have a nice buff and do really look nice, the feet are the usual subjects.... hard to get right... wear shoes... Fall is coming anyway.

For L$ 250, these skins are a real bargain. An ideal skin if you are passing from your newbie freebies towards " real" skins, or just a wonderful way of having a bit more diversity in your skins folder.

For now, these skins can be found in the Pixeldolls shop at Port Seraphine