Listed below are our pick of the very best and more creative skins for Windows Live Messenger 2009. In order to install skins the add-on Messenger Plus! Live is required.
Avalon Concept 2009 | |
 | This skin does not change the general appearance of messenger but provides several option to personalize messenger. You can change font color of your personal message, status or nickname ... hide buttons and change the background for you contact list. This skin adds more customisation to the default Messenger design.  View larger screenshot Download |
Codename Verlandi | |
 | Codename Verlandi is the newest minimalistic skin by skinning contest winner Nagamasa. With a completely new Wave interface debuting in this release, I'm sure that this minimalistic skin will please your eyes. View larger screenshot Download |
EvO | |
 | Ev0 returns to grace Windows Live Messenger once again. Ev0 has been rewritten from scratch and is now better than ever! Featuring an all sub theme system which allows you to mix scenes, colorization and alternate frames to create your own unique Messenger experience. Ev0 4 features a series of options to tweak your experience on Messenger, including restoring full screen backgrounds and moving display pictures back to the right hand side. View larger screenshot Download |
Fuse | |
 | Fuse is a skin that was created with on goal in mind: To cut down Messengers size to something compact and sleek looking. Crafted by master skinner and messenger surgeon Will "Willz" Ingles. Fuse trims away most of the excess space that Messenger has and leaves behind an elegant and sexy UI. Experience the smallest skin for Messenger 2009 and see the difference. View larger screenshot Download |
MSN Me To You | |
 | A skin based on the Teddy Bear "Tatty Teddy" (also known as the Me To You Bear). View larger screenshot Download |
Punken Nivus | |
 | Crafted by master skinner Will "Willz" Ingles, this skin is something that goes above and beyond existing skins and brings the birth of a new era in Windows Live Messenger skins. The Niveus edition of Phunkn is for those who love the light side of things, feature a clean white design and series of user settings which are bound to impress. View larger screenshot Download |
Qwertaurian Green | |
 | Qwertaurian Green, produced by one of the winners of the Skinning Contest, blends a stylistic combination of greens and grays to produce an amazing skin. It complements dark desktops and blends with white desktops. The Glow effect is well used throughout the skin to ensure maximum readability and aesthetic appeal. View larger screenshot Download |
Stealth | |
 | Let the darkness fill your messenger, a deep-dark concept with a touch of glass, Stealth is not just a dark skin but a sleek design that will fit on most desktops, includes an option to switch to Color mode as many other features to make the experience with Stealth even more interesting. View larger screenshot Download |
Windows 7 | |
 | A skin designed to make Messenger match the appearance of Windows 7 OS. View larger screenshot Download |
Zero G | |
 | After the successful release of the first two versions of the skin, the two headed monster design team that is Willz and em3kay have formed once again to bring back to Messenger 2009. Zero-G has been reversioned and remastered specially for the new Messenger and is now better than ever. View larger screenshot Download |
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