Nothing's more frustrating than working up the drive to start your New Year's resolution -- be it exercising more regularly, eating more healthfully or losing those tenacious 10 pounds -- and then falling off your newly acquired routine just days later. When that happens, the best response is to pull yourself up and keep on moving toward your goal, says British celebrity life coach Cathy Dunbabin. The key: "Focus on looking and feeling gorgeous, and you'll be brimming with confidence and energy." So, treat yourself to these quick image-change suggestions -- you'll be looking great and back on track in no time.

Well-groomed brows can swipe years off your age. The ancient art of threading -- a precision-perfect grooming technique -- is a quick way to get them done. It takes only 15 minutes and costs about $15. Call your nearest salon for more information. To get glam brows at home with tried-and-true tweezing, try Senna Cosmetics Form-A-Brow Kit, complete with stencils, three brow powders and two brushes ($38; sennacosmetics.com).

2 Refresh with a moisture surge

No time to waste? Blue Five-Minute Mask ($28; spablue.com) is the ultimate timesaving multitasker that you can use on your skin and hair. Let set for five minutes (10 minutes on wet hair) while the blend of algae and botanicals delivers immediate hydration. In just minutes you'll look relaxed and refreshed.he days of the innocent slick of lipstick are over since the newest formulations work far better. Try Elizabeth Arden Lip Protectant Stick Sheer Tint SPF 15 ($15; at department stores); it's enriched with intensive moisturizers to relieve chapping and irritation and with the antioxidant vitamin E to protect, while four translucent shades give your lips a subtle burst of color.

4 Transform your smile

For quick Hollywood glam, visit your dentist for laser whitening. 'You can't under estimate the difference having extra-white teeth makes," says New York City dentist Robert I. Schwartz, D.M.D. "It's like getting an instant face-lift." Prefer to do it yourself? Apply Colgate Simply White clear whitening gel ($15; at drugstores) to teeth with a brush applicator. Use it twice a day, and it will help whiten your pearlies in just weeks.

5 Rejuvenate your skin

Pick up a copy of The Perricone Prescription Personal Journal (Harper Resource, 2002) by Nicholas Perricone, M.D., clinical professor of dermatology at Yale University. It's a workbook-based program for total body and face rejuvenation. And while you're getting inspired, slather on Perricone's Amine Complex Face Lift ($85; clinicalcreations.com), a daily facial treatment that nourishes with ingredients like vitamin C Ester and helps eliminate excess facial oil.

6 Make your eyes brighter

Feeling in a slump? Joey New York Opti-Brite Eye Trios ($35; 800-563-9691) are shadows infused with blue botanicals to make the whites of your eyes appear whiter.

7 Get a flawless complexion

8 Give skin a healthy glow

The beauty world's newest high-powered superstars: skin-lightening creams that promote flawless complexions by helping to fade dark spots in a matter of weeks. Try Dr. Brandt Skincare Lightening Gel ($65; drbrandtskincare.com) with 2 percent hydroquinone (the skin-bleaching compound) and fruit acids.

Fake the summer glow that has long since faded with Clarins RadiancePlus Self Tanning Cream-Gel ($45; gloss.com), which works as both a skin treatment and a subtle self-tanner. Tinted self-tanners for the body, like Lancome Flash Bronzer Tinted Self-Tanning Moisturizing Mousse ($27; at drugstores), give skin a St-Tropez glow in minutes.

9 Revive your skin-care routine

Celebs like Jennifer Connelly and Courteney Cox Arquette all swear by the Yon-Ka Paris Optimizer ($50; 800-533-6276), a delicately scented fluid with botanicals like rose hips that makes skin feel hydrated and refreshed.

10 Power clean your pores

More than a cleanser but not as potent as a full facial peel, DDF Daily Cleansing Pads Glycolic 5% ($25; sephora. com) contain the antiseptic witch hazel, along with skin-soothing chamomile, for immediate deep pore cleansing and a cellular jump-start.

11 Let smoother skin shine through

Get professional results without stepping foot out the door. New York City plastic surgeon David Ostad's Microdermabrasion in a Tube ($180; 800-494-8648) delivers, at home, exfoliating action similar to microdermabrasion. The end result: softer, smoother, more radiant skin.

12 Target those fine lines

Pond's Dramatic Results (from $8; at drugstores) is a line of anti-aging

skin-care products with 8 percent alpha-hydroxy acids, pure retinol and vitamin C. So confident are the manufacturers that you'll see an improvement, the moisturizers come with Proof Strips, a wrinkleimprint system that allows you to measure the results for yourself.