1. Refresh your hair color
The key to getting gorgeous hair color from a box is to choose a hue that flatters your skin tone.
Pale skin: Lucky you, practically every hair color enhances your complexion. If you don’t want to risk a dramatic change, stick to shades that are close to your natural hue — 39-year-old Pamela’s brunette mane was coated in a rich, lifelike brown just to cover grays.
Pink skin: Avoid reds or golden blondes that will wash out your skin tone. Ashy blondes and browns neutralize your complexion.
Sallow skin: Red looks hot against your skin tone! Steer clear of yellow, gold or orange tones.
Olive and dark skin: Stick with deep (black and brown) colors with red or brown lowlights.

2. Pump up the volume
Defy gravity and give your hair natural body without sticky hairsprays and tangly teasing. Before blow-drying, apply a setting lotion or volumizer like Frederic Fekkai Instant Volume Root Lifting Spray, $19, beauty.com, to damp roots where thin strands need a boost the most.

For extra oomph, steal this makeover maneuver used by many photo-shoot stylists on stars with thinner locks: After your hair is completely dry, roll your crown in hot rollers (you’ll need three rollers, max) and leave in for 5 to 10 minutes.

3. Put your strands in the spotlight
We all want glistening, glossy locks, but a lot of us make the mistake of saturating our strands in heavy, greasy serums or oils to get the desired glow. Big mistake! Your scalp has its own natural oils, so just apply a little finishing product like Charles Worthington London Smart Fixx High-Shine Finishing Spray, $8, drugstore.com, from midshaft to the ends only where your hair is prone to frizz.

Finishing Touches...

1. Even out your complexion
Use an antiaging foundation like Estee Lauder Futurist Age-Resisting Makeup, $34, esteelauder.com. Avoid embarrassing jawlines by dabbing the foundation in the center of your face (forehead, nose, cheeks, chin) and blending out from there with a brush, says Blaire Patterson, Estee Lauder global makeup artist.

2. Raise some eyebrows
Pamela’s salon makeover wouldn’t have been complete without a little brow maintenance to open up her baby blues. She may have had professional help, but taming your own brows is easier than you think.

If you’re nervous about turning the tweezers on yourself, take a deep breath and use an all-inclusive kit like Anastacia’s Brow Ex-press Palette, $38,
sephora.com — it comes with brow stencils, powders, angled brush, highlighter and holding cream, to get flawless Hollywood brows at home.

3. Give yourself an all-over glow
Your skin will pop (and look 10 years younger) with a dusting of sheer, bright pink blush just on the apples of your cheeks, says famed makeup artist Bobbi Brown in her new book Living Beauty. Fake a fresh, dewy look (like Pamela’s), by patting a bit of clear lip balm on top of the blush.

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