Psyche Starling

I've found some really cute stuff at Virtue. They also have a lot of group gifts. There's a religious overtone to the store (in the decor and the music they play) that may or may not be your thing, and that's what drives their push toward modesty, but of course anyone can wear the clothes. A lot of it is vintage-styled and very cute. I've also had good luck at Belle Epoque and The Annex; they both have some sexualized stuff but also some that is not, you just have to walk around and demo stuff.

Oh, man, I would be so screwed. And broke. Remembering too many post-shopping flurries of chucking 4572048620486752 boxes on my house floor...

And I wouldn't even know how to go to most of them. Beats me where Belle Epoque is located in relation to The Annex, or whatever. In my head, all of the places I go outside my home sim are just kind of floating in space.

I think there are also some skins that are designed to look like light is shining on your face. If this is what's going on with your skin, when you take off your hair, your face is lighter than the rest of your head. I thought I was messing something up, but I've concluded it's just designed like that. The body skin has really light areas too; I find it most noticeable on the thighs.

DeeTalez has some.

I think the gridlines might be because it's a demo--definitely the words on your face are. Creators will make the demo "off" in some way so you don't just go around wearing it forever and not buy the actual item that's for sale. Sometimes it's words on your face, sometimes it'll be objects rotating around you like a dizzy cartoon character, etc. ETA: I see where you said all the demos are off and the gridlines remain. In that case I'm not sure. You might still have a demo worn as your body skin even though it's not on your head, maybe? It won't let you have no skin, so something might have stuck around.

Yeah, this happens to me when I have lag. Press the arrow key...nothing happens...I think well, crap, I must have missed the key, press arrow key again...and then my PC catches up and moves all the moves at once and I go on a little journey.

Maybe that's why I took to it. I'm enough of a noob that I was using the system clothing not that long ago anyway. 😄

I read about 2034652874365028743 articles and concluded it was hard as hell, and then did it and found that it was insanely easy. And opened up some more wardrobe options.

I'm liking it a lot better now that I've found some skins and makeup sets to experiment with--my main gripe with my original look was that it was kinda washed out. And I don't look forward to having to resize a bunch of hair! 😄 I just got on the BOM bus recently, so I'll still be able to wear all this makeup if and when I switch over.

Thanks! I'll look into it.

This. My avi is wearing BOM jeans today, because I wanted them to not interfere with a long drapey top--so I'm basically wearing them as jeggings. Plus I already had them from my classic avatar days. If I were shopping for a new pair of jeans, I like ones with more dimension than BOM jeans have. OTOH, I'm loving BOM for underwear.

I wanted it because I haven't invested in a mesh head yet and it's pretty, so why not. I think I could get the face I want from it. But oh well; there are other options, and I can go around with my system head stuck on my mesh body a little longer.