are you in a beauty rut?

It's so easy to do - start with a look, develop it, master it and then stick with it because really, we're way too busy to be messing about with makeup. When you've only got 15 minutes to be out the door, it goes without saying that the liner-shadow-blusher and gloss combination you've been doing for a while (and can do without thinking) is what your fingers will be doing while you contemplate the quickest driving route to said event.

But is it time for an update? Are you using a colour palette from three seasons ago - (does it really matter as long as it suits)?

Well we're in August now, which means that the spring/summer clothes and makeup are about to hit the stores. There's a bevy of new lipstick colours just waiting to be sampled and added to your bulging makeup bag. And when it comes to a quick look update - nothing does it better than a new lippie. It's a quick, cheap and safe way to add a new dimension to your beauty routine. Stay tuned as I preview the colour collections as they hit the shelves in the next couple of weeks.

In the meantime, consider these celebs with their tried and tested style signatures. Gwen Stefani has mastered the platinum blonde, red lips looks for sometime now; Angelina Jolie does the perfect cat-eye and nude lip; whereas Victoria Beckham has her 'pob' and razor sharp cheekbones. What do you think? Time for these girls to get a beauty update?

Do you have a signature style? A certain way you always do your hair and makeup that you know works? What is it and how did you end up with it?