A couple years ago my then-boyfriend took one look at the baggy pajama bottoms I was wearing at brunch and suggested I go on "What Not to Wear." Around the same time, my best guy friend told me I needed a new hairstyle (see dated haircut in my picture on this site). He couldn't believe that a beauty editor only got her hair cut and colored 4 times a year.

They were right. I needed a makeover, stat.

What do you do if your friends suggest you get a haircut, new glasses or start wearing more color? You either get mad at them or you listen. Here's how to give yourself a makeover, from a new haircut, to new clothes and makeup. It's easier than you think.

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People notice your manicure. It's a fact of life I try to remember at all times because if I'm not careful I'll end up with fingernails at 5 different lengths and a hangnail or two. Find out how to give yourself a manicure, the most flattering nail shapes, how to make your manicure last longer, how to make nails dry faster and much more.

About's fashion guide Cynthia Nellis wrote a very fun piece that I couldn't agree with more: "5 Things a Grown Woman Should Never, Ever Wear" starting with No. 1: Overalls belong on a farm, not on you.

I couldn't agree more, although I have to say when I renovated my first house, I thought I rocked the overalls. It was fun to watch them go from blue to white (paint, plaster and floor dust) in a matter of months. And I've been told a do-it-herselfer woman is pretty darn sexy. That said, I didn't go anywhere in the overalls, except once or twice to Home Depot.

If you have fashion pet peeves, feel free to weigh in!

Few of us have perfect eyebrows. A famous makeup artist once said he had never seen a model who didn't need to fill in her brows. But how to do it perfectly? Do you use a pencil? Should you splurge on special brow powders? And what's the best way to mask graying brows?

The best brow tips I've read come from makeup artist Bobbi Brown.

The trick, according to Brown, is to use a dark eyeshadow (dark brown will suit most women) and a slanted eyeliner brush. Simply dab the brush into the shadow and the sweep onto brows in upward strokes. This will fill in the sparse spots and cover over gray hair.

How to keep the shadow in place all day? You might try "setting it" with hairspray. Spray onto finger and "dab" onto the newly colored brow. For a more elaborate version of Bobbi Brown's eyebrow tips, check out, "How to Fill in Sparse Brows."

More on brows:

• My biggest beauty pet peeve (aside from fake nails and French pedicures, go ahead and berate me in the comments section, I'm used to it) is an untweezed brow. Here's how to tweeze your own brows.
• Skip the wax, get your brows threaded.

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