The brilliant and beautiful Aleri Darkes of has made her new releases over at Diversity Hair (SLURL), which include not only stunning new hairstyles for you hair fiends, but also… you guessed it,… SKINS for us blatant skin whores, like myself. XD Oh, and here’s a tip for all you less-than-30-day-old avis out there… there is a box of free skins available in the skin room!

The new skin line, Virgo, is a gorgeously done birthday suit and a STEAL at the generously low price!

Please note… I’m going to try this skin review a more compact way… you all will have to let me know what you think. Do you prefer compact with pictures, or do you prefer more detailed/opinionated with pictures? I really like the idea of allowing everyone to form their own opinions and encouraging all of you to drop by stores and grab demos, just to take a peek yourselves, in case I miss anything… but I also want to make sure I point out certain things, like “oh my god that ass is to die for,” and such. Maybe I could do both? Hmm. It’s just that I’ve noticed that by writing out long reviews, I often find myself repeating the same things… “as good as SL feet can get”, “argh, pubic hair!”, etc. Regardless… hopefully by compacting the review I will be able to squish more of them into my bloggie. XD And now, on with the show!

Creator: Aleri Darkes
Shop Location: Addictive (SLURL)
Tones Available: Pale, Fair, Sunkissed, Tan, Dark
Price: $300L per skin (1 skin) / $900L per 4-pack (4 skins) / $1600L per 8-pack (8 skins) / $4600 per fatpack (24 skins)
Note: Aleri’s notecard included with the skins explains this section very well I think:

You will find in your skin pack three seperate skins. Each of these skins has a different option for the private region, this gives you more versatility when wearing different cuts of clothing. I have also included a set of prim lashes that I hope you enjoy , and the recommended bald base for this skin, which is modifiable so that you can change the shape of your brows. I have also included variations on the Eyelashes, so that when wearing hair with bangs the lashes dont show through if wearing the approiately named lashes. These skins started out as the Splendor skins by Sezmra Svarog. I have spent weeks in changing and altering different parts of the not only the face but the body of these skins.  I am eternaly greatful to Sezmra Svarog for giving me and many the opportunity to create from her bases.  Any Suggestions you may have for upcoming MakeUps please send a notecard to Aleri Darkes , no promises but I will try and endeavour to do what I can to make as many options as possible in the upcoming months..

Detail Pictures:

Full Body, Face, Torso, Back, Legs/Feet, Hands, Ears

A couple of things I’d like to point out…

The face is absolutely gorgeous. Granted, your shape may need a wee bit o’ tweaking, but that’s to be expected, really. Your shape adds so much to the way a skin looks on you, so don’t be afraid to tweak it a bit to make sure you’re getting the look that you want. This is something I discovered rather recently… I can make nearly any shape look “like me”, but I generally need to adjust my mouth first on ANY new skin. My mouth is apparently what makes me, “me”. Go figure, right? :P

I absolutely love the nipples on this skin; they’re very soft and well rounded and delicate. The skin itself is incredibly smooth and I am rather impressed with how very porceline it looks.

My only real request for future modification is the eyebrows. Choices on their color as well would be an invaluable addition to the skin. But Aleri, dahling, you’ve done WONDERS on the pubic choices! Bravo. :) My inner Brazilian lover loves you!

So girls, skin whores and non-skin whores alike, head on over to Diversity (SLURL) and grab some demos! At $300L a piece, seriously… you just can’t go wrong.

PS: OH! I forgot to mention… while you’re there, don’t forget to pick up the new hair! I personally grabbed Niobi (right) and Liani (left), and I must say I am absolutely ENTHRALLED with Niobi (<—omg big word, I must be impressed!). Both styles are sculpted to perfection, and stunningly gorgeous. $175L per color pack! Get ‘em while they’re hot off the blogroll!

PSS: There seems to be a yellow starfish hunt going on as well at Diversity (I’m so out of the loop)! Little starfishies have FREE Virgo line skins inside! Go hunt ‘em down while you can!