Very nice! These are realistic, but not showy and extreme, but they haven't lost the sim feeling. Love!

Absolutely beautiful! There are now so many wonderful and exciting skins to use in our games and all different kinds and styles. What an exciting time to be playing this game!

I've been looking for a "sim"-like skin but a little push up around the breasts (XD). A skin like this, actually. Thank you for this skin (and making them defaults ^_-)

I love it, thanks elau!

The lightest skin is perfect
The tanned skin should be the color of the dark skin
The darker skin should be darker yet.
The darkest skin is perfect.

By the way, it's just an observation but are you implying racism? Or fantasy? Why not post why you did them this way please? I clearly see you omitted the skin for people of Philippino, East Indian, SriLankin, North American Indian.
Sorry, I'm not calling you a racist, I just don't know why you would make 3 shades of caucasian skin colors and 1 very dark skin. thats my observation.

Also did you match them according to the Maxis skin colors? It would look pretty odd if the sims had foreheads a different color. I have seen people do the exact thing you just did and default sims showing up with unmatched forehead colors, LOL!

1 last question, do they have privates or are they bare like barbi dolls?

-Have a great day, keep up the great work. ^^

I like them just the way they are. Thank you for making a default set!

Love em,but one question:
When you select a custom skin tone,you can't change the face,and if you can you can only change it to the face that was made with the custom skin tone.There are Maxis faces,and faces I've downloaded that are very beautiful that I don't want to lose forever! So if I download these,do the faces disappear since they are custom skins?
~RHR

gorgeous, are these female only?

O_O Some people are rude..
Anyways, thank you for uploading these to MTS2, Elau.
Everyone loves your creations, and are saddened by you ending your site.
It will always remain my favorite by far. =)

I really like them though they *are* a bit fair, but I tend to use light skincolours anyway (and I'm half african, before anybody can call me a rasist) ....but if I replace the defaults, I'd like to know what the males look like? Will they just be maxis standard? If so, could you make the downloads non-replacing?

I tested those in my game yesterday and must say they are some of the most beautiful skin replacements I have come across, especially since they as stated above keep a bit of that Maxis look.

As for the shade of white/black I think you did a great job. It can't be helped Maxis only did four skin colours to begin with, can it?

Anyhow, the only thing I noticed in my game is that the lips, at least on the pale skin, are rather grey, affecting the makeup to look greyish too. But then, maxis is the same.

delonariel, Elau already made a non-default version ^^

Elau I'm so sorry to hear that you will be closing down your site, I will really miss your work. Thankyou for uploading your work here at mts2.

Thank you very much guys.. for all the great words about my works but, most of all, for the kind messages about the closing down of SIMply elau. Thank you! :-)

phantomgremlock: I've only added a lighting effect to the original maxis textures. No racism, no fantasy.. only a realistic effect in some body parts.
These skintones are in the "barbie" version

RedHotRosie: yes, I suggest you to download the normal version of this skintone. http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=216259

Tekku: yes, female only.

delonariel: the male skintone looks like the maxis one. The non-replacing skintones are here: http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=216259

I love your skintones! I was wondering where you found your models' underwear? It's great, not too showy for when your sims don't feel like vamps.. Is it up for download? thank you! ^.^

They a great!Thanks a lot Elau!

These are really great. :]
They're realistic but not too shiny or bony like some people make them.

As for the idea that Elau is racist, that's just rediculous. Just because the skintones she made weren't the kind you were looking for doesn't mean you have to critizise someone like that.

And i'm sorry to hear that your site got shut down. It was one of my favorites. But i'm glad to see you're uploading you're work here. :]

i was wondering can you make these avalable for males to?

I've had the non-default versions in my game for a while and I loved them so much, I decieded to come back and download the defaults xD
Thanks elau, and I was really sad about the closing of your site But I'm glad your work's here as well

They're lovely skins Elau! It's nice that my sims don't look like a plastic toy. lol Great job.

Also, to imply that someone is racist because they designed skins to fit their needs and didn't read your mind like a god to make exactly what YOU wanted instead... is overstepping yourself.

i like cheese! oh and BTW awesome skins!

I Like The Vast Majority Of Your Creations But Little Things Get To Me So The Fact That The Collar Bone And Up Is A Different Colour Than The Rest Of The Skin.
Don't Get Me Wrong I LOVE Heaps Of Your Stuff But My Sims Looked Unusual With Shirts That Have A Low Collar On Because They Have A Sort Of 'Sunburn' Look With An Ovious Line.
Sorry To Anyone That Noticed It Then....

thank you guys.. ! :-) <3

LickingRabbit, I'm sorry to hear about it... but I don't view any "collar" in my game or in bodyshop o__O

these are GORGEOUS skins. i adore them!

but i agree with sim~obsessor, is there any way that you could make these defaulted for males too? that would just make it perfect!

phantomgremlock put it in a rude way, but I would also like it if the two midtone skins were a bit darker. Perhaps you might consider doing a set of defaults like that in the future? I love your skintones and it would be really cool if maybe next time, you did a darker version of the last three skins. Just my two cents.

Thank you for these lovely skins!