The part that's reflecting isn't the nostril material, which is the one in the first quote.  That's the one I tried to completely disable and it had no effect.  In the second quote, since I can't make it completely black, I disabled the specular on the skinface material or whatever it's called.

Sorry for not being clear.

WARK!

Thus Spoketh Winterclaw: a blog about a Winterclaw who speaks from time to time.

 

(using Poser Pro 2014 SR3, on 64 bit Win 7, poser units are inches.)