I've just created 4 siblings. It took about 90 mins, having to set every look individually. I create their basic look and it sets the hairstyle but then I move to the next outfit selection and they almost always have 2 different types of nose ring, some (Sir) Elton type glasses and a bobble hat. I have to change their makeup again...and don't get me started on the eyeball ring! I mean, why? They have random wedding rings too for some reason, different ones each time and socks with formal heels.
I wish it would start out with a blank Sim with nothing applied to it, just underwear, no accessories or makeup. We could then add the standard hair, nails, piercings across all categories and then edit them ourselves for each category.
It's made worse by the controls sticking on console. I can't remember if it used to happen when I played on PC but I have to hit backup when I move to each item because it's stuck. Also we can't instantly scroll to the top of the screen to select outfits 2, 3, 4, 5. So it's a laborious process. With over 50 packs it takes ages.
The hot, cold and formal categories are also too restrictive about accessories and I mentioned the Cold/Hot weather accessories recently. I wear the same accessories in hot and cold weather. I never say to myself, hmm now is it too cold to wear a Pandora bracelet? Or is that pendant formal enough? The way our British weather changes I'd be constantly removing jewellery because it's freezing again.
To speed the process up of creating my new family I tried generating a twin each time to then edit them individually, but even that doesn't work. It still generated bizarre accessories, and highly dubious fashion sense.
It extends to the pet creation too. Pets are created with clothing that can't be removed because the category isn't there. So a small dog wearing a dress for walkies is stuck with it. You have to delete the pet because you can't delete the dress.