Stylized paint jobs aren't for everyone, but I really like them. Right now the style looks either animated or as if the characters were made of clay. Both your white and the shine lend to that look. (shine of course looks different in person, so I could be wrong with that part) If you were to change the white I would you would defiantly need to dull them down other wise and off white would look kinda well...off.
If style was what you were going for kudos, if not, it at least sounds like you learned something from it.