Custom skins--yea or nay?

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So I thought I would consider getting some custom skins into my game.  A large part of this has to do with Appius.  He inherited his grandmother's custom skin, which in the male version defaults to the hairest hairy you have ever seen, and it's a sad bit of fugliness on an otherwise attractive sim.  I'd really prefer for his skin not to become spread through more genetics. On the other hand, he doesn't look normal without shiny skin--he makes it work.

On the other hand, THIS is what you get with his shirt off (his uncle Aureus, but this is the idea):



And if you think this is bad, you should see what's under his arms, something I just noticed the other day.  I can't get it out fast enough for me. 

I already use default eyes--icinitos' from MTS2.  I honestly don't know why nobody else uses them.  They certainly get around that ugly flat Maxis brown, and I needed a set that had contact lenses in addition to defaults (most importantly, a set with red eyes.)  But I don't know what I think of the set with Enayla skins.

So, question #1:  can I safely delete Appius' skin tone from Bodyshop?  I'm not sure what the file # is, so getting rid of it from my downloads folder might be tricky. Would it just default to skin tone #1?  Remember, I can't edit it in Sim PE, or I would.

Question #2:  Do you like the Enayla skins?  And do you think they work with the icinitos default eyes?

Here's a few sample pix:

This is Fred Goodytwoshoes, newly teenified (he rolled Fortune.  He was Six Pets Top Careers.  Nuh-uh.  He got rerolled and got Chief of Staff, so I guess he'll be a dancing doctor.)

Maxis skin:



Enayla skin:



Here's Ginger.  Maxis skin, with icinitos default eyes: 



Same combo, with Flavius on her wedding day:



Here's Ginger with Enayla skin:



Junius has always had custom eyes--he inherited Renee's. Maxis skin:



Enayla skin:



Just to test further--this is a Sim I use a lot, Flavius.  Icinitos eyes, Maxis skin.



Icinitos eyes, Enayla skin:



Another sim I wind up having to look at a lot, Cassius.  Maxis skin, red icinitos contacts:



Enayla skin, icinitos eyes.  More or less of a train wreck?

If I do change skins, I'm going to do it after the University years chapters.  That way it won't be distracting.  Let me know what you think, and also how to deal with Appius' skin safely. 

PB