I do imagine you just need the tutorial about linking skintones to meshes (I know there is one, I just don't feel like hunting it down right now - probably here at insim or at MTS), and skip the cloning parts, going straight to the linking part. Still, read everything, and make sure you don't skip important parts.
Linking isn't very difficult, as I do think it's much like linking a body mesh to a recolor.
Ah yes, now you mention it, that rings a bell. I couldn't find the tute here so I'll have a trawl around MTS2 when I have more time.
Thanks.