Quote - Here's a better one but notice the face doesn't really feel like she has emotions.
Even when i apply a bought FACIAL EXPRESSIOn set, it looks like she's faking it.

Well, for one thing her hands are all f-ed up. I know that's not part of her face, but it still detracts from the overall appearance of it. It's already been mentioned but lighting is VERY important. And Ray traced shadows for sure are the only way to go. I like to keep my lighting as simple as possible actually. Often just two lights, placed in the exact same place, each set to half the total intensity I want and one with ray traced shadows and one with no shadows. Sometimes I use a glancing light. There's a pretty good tutorial for it here:
http://www.runtimedna.com/forum/showthread.php?13853-Glancing-Lights-Or-Using-Edge-Blends-on-Intensity

Also, postwork helps a lot. You can add a lot of life to a render with a little postwork.

Lastly, I like to add a little depth of field to my renders. Softens up the backgrounds a bit.

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