limwhow: thanks for your compliments! To me, the visible veins is a trait of IR. Thus, if it isn't too ugly, I'd prefer to keep them there.
larlarloo: thanks! Feel free to C&Cs!
HighTone: when I did the channel switching, she had the avartar look. I just changed the tint values after channel switch to try to negate as much of the bluishness, towards a pale yellow golden kind of tint. After that, converted the layer from normal to colorize to color the skin, eyes, lips and hair. Select a dark orange color with low opacity value (to your preference, I usually try to match the skin tone of the model), and brush it over the skin. Took me about 3 weeks to figure out my own way of skin toning without much references to work with. With R72 and ELP, it's a lot more easier to skin tone.