I’m not gonna write too much for this post, mainly because the photos should do the talking for me, and after hours of putting them together I’m falling onto my keyboard exhausted.
Minnu Models skins have take the grid by storm, and for those of you who’ve been under a rock and haven’t gotten the chance to check them out. Here they are (most of them, anyway) for your viewing enjoyment.
Stay tuned for a Designer Spotlight on Minnu Palen in an upcoming issue of the Metaverse Messenger,
FAIR
FRECKLED PALE
PALE
LIGHT
TAN
DARK
I’ll do other photo credits tomorrow…erm *checks the clock and realizes it IS tomorrow*…I mean later today.
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I was extremely tired this morning and I’m now realizing that I *should* have added a bit of explanation regarding what is so special about these skins to me.
#1. Your avatar’s shape REALLY affects the look you get with Minnu skins. Many skins on SL leave us looking like clones no matter how much we work our sliders. As I commented to Claudine below, I ADORE Lovey skins, and I was a die hard Chai skin girl until I started seeing them on every avi and her sister. As beautiful as they are, I began to feel like I was part of an exponentially multiplying clone experiment. When the Minnu skin explosion occurred a few weeks ago, I was reluctantly considering finding a new skin yet again (even flirting with a few of the Cake skins in the Golden and Pearl tones) until I compared the posters of myself, Aradia Dielli, and Minnu Palen herself that decorate the walls in the MM store. Other than the skin tone and slight resemblance in the nose, we look entirely different.
#2. In my most humble opinion (again my personal taste) these makeups are hands down better than any other on the grid. Pretty, fresh, realistic, and not overly airbrushed with selections that range from natural to sophisticated to bold and dramatic. Try zooming in on the eyes and you’ll notice a detail that makes me all warm and fuzzy: eyeshadow dust on the lower inner corners of the eyes and the faintest powder crinkles. If the detail on the eyes isn’t your thing, then you can’t deny the lips. Full and beautiful (and again, very customizable with your shape) with creamy lipsticks and shiny glosses. The lips are my absolute favorite feature. Another note on the makeups: They aren’t the same style brows and lip color thrown together with a couple of different shadow colors of the same application. Each makeup is UNIQUE, and often only available in a singular skin tone, created with an overall look in mind and not mass produced for the sake of filling a fatpack.
#3. Last but not least, the skin itself. Now I’m first to admit that it’s pretty difficult to say that one body design is infinitely better than any of the other quality skins available. Customarily, my avi is rarely ever naked unless I’m having an Inventory Crisis. What does set Minnu’s body apart is the smooth and blended skin tones. The Freckled skin is a subtle freckle, like the ones I see in my mirror in the morning…not great big brown splotches. The Dark is natural and creamy, not just a darker tinted version of one of the lighter tones. The Tan is a warm healthy glow, with no pesky orange. My favorites are the Light, Pale, and now the new Fair tones. Beautiful shading and just freakin pretty.
#4. Oh wait. The price: $1150L for single skins, or $6000L for 7. Granted, that is more expensive than some skins on the market, but also less than Naughty skins that haven’t seen a makeup expansion on any Style since the release of the Gothic set for Zoe several months ago.
That’s my two pennies, take then or leave them.
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