Hi Kath, i was in a bit of hurry when i wrote my precious post; i wanted to tell Blue about the alternatives (free hairs etc)
but hadn't the time. (Even though i'm sure she already knows about some free sites)
So Blue here's a couple of suggestion for free items to dress up your models or your houses:
- Mod The Sims 2:
http://www.modthesims2.com/download.php- Bipsouille:
http://sites.estvideo.net/bipsouille.sims(french site filled with classy, SciFI and victorian hairs, skins and great accessories!)
- Insim:
http://www.insimenator.net- The Sims Artists Union:
http://simsartistsunion.com/ (dreadful to naviguate but has TONS of awesome stuff, really worth the hassle!)
- Our mate Anouk's site:
http://noukiesims2.net/wp/(for a ton of beautiful hairs!)
- Wicked Nouk's Family (Anouk's webring):
http://www.wickednoukfamily.com/ (from there you can get to a lot of free sites hosted by Anouk)
- Carnaby's Sims's famous bob mentioned by Saraswati
http://carnabysims.pupvintage.com/And A lot of pirates here have their sites in their sig, all free
etc etc There's a lot of other sites but i don't have a prepared list and these links should be enough to start a new, clean sims 2 account on your computer!
Windows: create another user, aka "Sims 2 Uploads" or something, install sims on it, fill the downloads with free items from free sites, use this account to create, test and snapshot your C.C. and voilą!