figured i'd post my WoL since maybe others share my experience. loading him to the benchmark for the first time made me feel like... well, i kind of hated it. these just do not look like the same face at all to me. (he is also wearing placeholder hair)

but later I figured out that most of what I don't like about the new face is caused by the lipstick. after changing the lipstick setting from "dark" to "light" and changing the tone slightly i achieved a look that is much more in line with the way i view my WoL. here is a picture of him with the adjusted lips and his correct hair from the benchmark-

-and here is one of how he looks currently (apologies all my screenshots are with re-shade and im too lazy to go take a vanilla screenshot just for showcase)

so now i dont feel as bad about the update as i did earlier today. maybe i can give some of you hope that sometimes slight tweaks work. i do wish the catchlights stayed though, because his eyes do look pretty dead post update.