Thanks dudes.
Man that Poyey chick knows what she's doin'. Very inspiring. I'll keep some of her looks in mind next time around I'm doing headshots.
Spence - Processing on the skin/eyes is pretty dang simple. Skin just gets the standard Lightroom "soften skin" brush (-100 clarity, +25 sharpness). Eyes are a custom brush preset I made... I don't have it in front of me at the moment, but it's something along the lines of +0.15 exposure, +25 contrast, + 30-40 clarity, +25 sharpness. Vary exposure as needed to look relatively natural.
Also, number 1 had a double dose of skin smoothing (ran the brush, new layer, ran it again), while selectively erasing areas that got too smooth.
Hope that helps!