[New to second life and need advice on creating my Avatar :)]

Hi all.

So many helpful tips, I very much appreciate you taking the time to help

[New to second life and need advice on creating my Avatar :)]

Hello everyone :)

I just discovered second life earlier today. I am really into creating things in Blender and read that Second life was a cool virtual sandbox to build and experiment. so I thought I would check it out :)

Spent the first few hours totally confused but soon got used to travelling to different locations thanks to a very polite and helpful cartoon demon guy.

After some exploration and more helpful advice from radically different looking people I ended up at some very cool stores.

It was at this point I noticed the difference in my starter avatars body and skin compared to the ones in the stores.

I was also a bit confused about head, body, skin compatibility. I did a little research and found I also needed to take into account the availability of accessories, clothing etc, Phew...

As you can imagine it was information overload lol.

Some of the stores I visited: Signature, Belezza, ExMachina, GA.EG, and Slink. From what I have read these seem to be the most popular.

Now to some questions;

Are there any full Avatars that include both body, skin, head etc?

What body has the most support in terms of clothing and accessories?

Can I wear any skin over any body?

I like beards, is there a particular body/skin/head brand that are made for beards?

I would like a body that is toned but average build.

Phew... A lot of questions so please forgive me : )