Fed up with your tired beauty routine? Wish you could follow a simple yet effective set of steps that actually work for you? Well now you can with the techniques in my new book 'The 5 Minute Face: The Quick and Easy Makeup Guide for Every Woman.' These techniques are practical and all about enhancing your natural beauty without spending hours trying to look polished and pulled together.

Five Minutes to Beauty

1. Start with a tinted moisturizer or foundation, spot conceal any redness and apply under eye concealer. Classified Cosmetics Era Spray Foundation ($55) is a good one.

2. Next, dust on a light translucent powder. Cover Girl Clean Fragrance-Free Pressed Powder ($5) works great on all complexions.

3. Highlight is key to this look so applying a shimmering light shadow under the brows, on the inside corner of the eyes and on top of the cheekbones will showcase your face. Try Benefit Cosmetics Eye Bright ($18).

4. Next swirl on blush for a fresh lively look. Paula Dorf Cheek Color Cream in "Candy Apple" ($19) is a good choice for Asian skin while Revlon Cream Blush in "Lilicent" ($9) looks great on fair skin. MAC's Pigment Color Powder wows on dark skin.

5. Line the upper lash line with an eyeliner pencil and smudge with a Q-tip. This will give you the subtle definition you need. Almay Intense I-Color in "Brown Topaz" ($7) is a great option for fair beauties.

6. Sweep on mascara to the top lashes only. Skipping the lower lashes will save time and potential cleanup.

7. Now slick on lip color and you're ready to go. I like Milani Glitzy Glamour Gloss in "Glitz & Glam" ($5.49) on olive skin.

Fast, easy and effective!

This said, you can't be quick with your makeup regimen if you're not sure which colors and product choices are right for your skin tone or age-appropriate. In 'The 5 Minute Face' I list no-fail hues and products so you can skip the guessing game for a fabulous look every time.

From my years on the job I've found that fair-skinned women look best with peachy pink lips and chocolate brown eyeliner. Teens can get away with colored mascara but women in their 30s should stick to natural mascara colors and play with smoky eyes instead.

Asian ladies look radiant when using rosy lip and cheek stains and lash curlers.

Dark-skinned gals can play with a wide range of bold hues and jewel-toned eye shadows.

Olive-skinned beauties look gorgeous in coral lips and cheeks.

Women in their 40s and 50s can keep skin looking soft and supple by bringing moisturizing products into their beauty routine. Try Olay Active Hydrating Cream ($7).

No matter what your beauty dilemma, there is an answer for you in 'The 5 Minute Face.'