Could you be stuck in a rut? Sticking to the same beauty routine all these years can date your look. Although we don’t recommend jumping on the bandwagon of every trend that flies by, a few easy tweaks in your makeup and hair routine can breathe new life into the old, making you look refreshed!

Say goodbye to makeup and hair tricks of decades past, and embrace a better, more current you. Here are 4 changes you can make to your prettifying regimen for gorgeous, (nearly) effortless beauty.

(First published in the May 2010 issue of Good Housekeeping Philippines, Good Looks section as “Update Your Look, Now!”; model photos by Dix Perez; hair and makeup by Ara Fernando; model: Elena Andaya; adapted for use in Female Network)