The Best of the Best (CC sites that is)

[BastDawn]

Am I the only person who hates Raon hairstyles?  They are pretty enough in the screenshots, but the back of the long hairs usually looks like a scraggly mess, none of them seem to be animated, and you can see exactly where the vertices are assigned during head turning animations because she only uses one skin weight.  I've tried and deleted many Raon hairs, and the only one I've kept is a cute short style.

For things I do like, I love Nouk's latest hairstyle: http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=235994
I also use a lot of "all-ages" conversions of Maxis hairstyles by Melodie9  (http://www.modthesims2.com/member.php?u=57451)  and Callum91 (http://www.modthesims2.com/member.php?u=14491 -- although I like my version of the Tata Young hair better because I animated it)
XM Sims has a lot of great choices; this updo is my favorite:  http://www.xmsims.com/sims2/ehtm/hair/hair33.htm
I find Peggy and Rose irritating for general incompetence, but there are a few gems among the muck, like this braid by Rose:  http://paysites.mustbedestroyed.org/booty/rose/rosedonate0063.jpg  -- the back of the head is a little too large, but otherwise it looks exactly like the way I wore my hair for almost a decade during my 20's.  If I don't cut my hair before it grows out another foot, I'll probably go back to the long braid again.

I don't use a lot of custom content these days, as I find that there are now enough decent Maxis items to cover most of my needs.  I use a few older items like Windkeeper's Fire Alarm Clocks (http://www.thesimsresource.com/downloads/sims2/sets/objects/139986/ or http://paysites.mustbedestroyed.org/booty/tsr/windkeeper/) -- there are other choices for hiding the fire alarm, or I could just use the sprinklers, but I like the little round framed picture.     I also use her plastic flowerbeds (http://www.thesimsresource.com/downloads/sims2/sets/objects/192742/) if I want corner flowers; I want my sims to have to water their plants, so I only use them in places where normal flowers can't survive.

And this strawberry cake by Ayshala is just beautiful in the game, one of the few custom foods I've decided to keep:  http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=236605

[Orikes]

Wondering have you tried HP's "Bottomful Floors" for use as visible ceilings? It's so much easier to place than those individual tiles ...
http://modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=211418

I looked at them, but I heard was that they tend to be a bit more resource intensive than the ceiling tiles. Since I consider myself to be riding the edge of the game being too laggy, I decided to go with the less resource intensive version. I'm pretty happy with the ceiling tiles. They take a little time to place, but they look absolutely wonderful and are very easy to use. They may take a little time to place, but at this point, I have most of my frequently used houses outfitted with them.

[Invisigoth]

I just spent hours decustomizing CC thanks to this thread.  I went through almost 200 files and I have a lot of work left to do.  I hate you all.
Also, it's usually so hard to find normal looking clothes for men, but fanseelamb at MTS2 has some great stuff, including the untucked stuff (if you like the untucked shirts you can still use them with normal Maxis pants, but the pants won't look normal with Maxis tops).  And the sheer amount of downloads she has virtually guarentees you'll find at least *something* you like:  http://www.modthesims2.com/member/fanseelamb

[Hecubus]

Am I the only person who hates Raon hairstyles?  They are pretty enough in the screenshots, but the back of the long hairs usually looks like a scraggly mess, none of them seem to be animated, and you can see exactly where the vertices are assigned during head turning animations because she only uses one skin weight.  I've tried and deleted many Raon hairs, and the only one I've kept is a cute short style.

You are not. IN fact, I deleted all Raon, Peggy, and Rose hairs in my game because of how crappy they look in play. The only ones I have now are those that came with MATY sims.

I use amost exclusively XM, Nouk, and Seomi hair now.

[eevilcat]

I was in the middle of sorting out my downloads folder when this thread started and I was being really good, deleting all the stuff I didn't use or like that much. Needless to say I've just downloaded and added yet more stuff to my game.  Thanks for the pointer to the Barcelonista goodies, I had the couple of bits that were on MTS2 and really like the make-up. I thought I had sorted out my custom hair folders really well, getting rid of all the excess but when I checked it was still 200Mb worth!  I do have some Peggy and Rose hairs but only the ones that look good in game. If I get rid of a hairstyle that's in use, do I get a baldy sim or a default style?

[jsalemi]

If I get rid of a hairstyle that's in use, do I get a baldy sim or a default style?

I've usually seen them go bald, but occasionally they get a default style.  I guess it depends on if the deleted hair is an all-new mesh, or a variation on a Maxis mesh and defaults back to the Maxis style it was based on.

[Hecubus]

When I burninated all my custom hair, my sims all got the default hairstyle in their color of choice...I don't remember what happened to the custom color sims.

It's worth it, though!

And about getting more CC - I am pretty much now in the habit of deleting stuff I no longer use/never really liked in the first place. And I also use the compressorizor, so it feels like i'm not taking up too much space!

That doesn't stop me from sneaking in a new pile of Piggi's recolors though....LOL

[Stitches]

Two of my favourites for clothing are

Stajl - http://sillychic.com/stajl - awesome designs, awesome handpainted textures

SkindeepSims - http://skindeepsims.freehostia.com/ (all of my sims use her eyeliner these days)

I'm a pretty big fan of CarnabySims.com what with the very Jesus and Mary Chain esque teen boy outfit and the adorable babydoll dresses.

[Gwill]

When I burninated all my custom hair, my sims all got the default hairstyle in their color of choice...I don't remember what happened to the custom color sims.

That's a feature of seasons.  With older EPs sims using deleted hair just go bald.

[Zavaris]

Most of the sites previously mentioned are already on my fav's list. And after reading this thread there are now a few more.

[flowerchile]

You too, huh?   

[Orikes]

Whenever I stumble across a resource like this, I make myself go through my downloads and get rid of what I'm not using, in addition to downloading a whole ton of new crap. It makes me grateful that I organized my downloads with pictures of what each item was in its folder. Otherwise, I'm sure my game would have asploded a long, long time ago.

[Lorelei]

I love Bruno's makeup. It's all I use for lips and eyes these days.

I'm also a fan of some of Caravan Shop Sims2 stuff. You have to grab it from the Booty, but they've got some nice stuff. I'm particularly fond of the Alchemy stuff, which gives you a hidden bookcase door that looks nice and is animated well too. http://www.caravanshopsims2.net/EN/caravan.php.

Pescado's bunker has two of those doors to hide the two bedrooms from any intruders who manage to survive long enough to infiltrate the common areas.

[ZiggyDoodle]

Sims in Paris, while a small site, has some gorgeous furnishings.   http://simsinparis.com/   

I love their fireplaces; use them in my country kitchens. 

For garden plants, I've not found anything comparable to Kate's collections at Parsimonious.

[notveryawesome]

Marina Sims is great for Victorian and medieval themed Build and Buy items.

[flowerchile]

And to think..  a week ago, my downloads folders were a pretty respectable, yet highish number of MB..  Now.. NOW!!!!  Over 2 gig. 

[ZiggyDoodle]

And to think..  a week ago, my downloads folders were a pretty respectable, yet highish number of MB..  Now.. NOW!!!!  Over 2 gig.

Get the Compressorizer from Jfade; ran it last night and my formerly one gig DL folder is now 658MB.   Check the Bowels of Trogdor for info.

[flowerchile]

Kewlies!  Thanks Ziggy