Funny, I wondered at first why my sim looked like EA default. This is what one of my sims look like with no default skin but just the HD Specular.

Daz Content : Shaders Skin Realistic Eyes For Genesis 8 and 8. These sims below have a non-default skin, Kurasoberina-Freckled Fruit, with HD Specular Default Replacement. You can easily find this on google or any tumblr site, but feel free to ask again if you need help. To get ready for their arrival in The Sims 4 Horse Ranch Expansion Pack, we have rounded. Last but not least, you need the Resource.cfg file in your Mods folder to make every mod work in your sims3 game. Both of these folders could be found in 'My Documents'. simpacks should go into the 'Download' folder, and package files should go inside the 'Mods' folder. If you do it the old school way then the new skin wont show up in game and you will be very confused and annoyed (trust me). Well, the mannequins in the Sims are quite special and cant just be recolored like furniture. However, the dashboard mod only identifies package files so be aware of that. A realistic skin for mannequins that actually WORKS You may wonder what Im talking about. The custom contents come in simpacks or package files. Some custom contents might crash the game or lag it to oblivion, therefore this mod is very useful.

You can download it in 'modthesims' site, and the beauty of this mod is that it tells you which custom content has gone corrupt, which mods clash with each other, etc. Also, if you download custom content, I'd strongly recommend you one of the sims3 mods that is called 'dashboard'.

Realistic skin for sims 3