Whether the economy is good, bad, or somewhere in between, you don’t have to spend a mint to look great. The trick is to bolster your routine by making no- or low-cost moves that deliver maximum impact. From reducing redness to perking up your eyes, here are experts' top tips for trimming costs—and a few years, to boot.

Everyone is a little forgetful now and again, but the reality is that misplacing your keys and struggling to recall a name become more common with age. Fortunately, science is on the case. Studies are uncovering how our mundane, everyday habits—what we eat, the pills we take, how we rest, and even our confidence levels—have a big impact on our brain. Here's what experts say are the newest strategies guaranteed to keep your memory quick, agile, and sharp.

1. Check your iron

Iron helps the neurotransmitters essential to memory function properly—and your brain can be sensitive to low amounts. "A poor diet or heavy menstrual periods, such as those during perimenopause, can cause your iron levels to drop enough to affect your recall abilities, even if you don't have anemia," says Laura Murray-Kolb, Ph.D., an assistant professor of international health at Johns Hopkins University.

You already know exercise makes you look and feel younger. But here's a news flash: Exercise actually does make you younger—right down to your DNA. When researchers examined the lifestyle habits and DNA of more than 2,400 twins, they found that regular exercisers had significantly longer telomeres (a region of DNA that acts as a biological marker for aging) than their sedentary peers. Those who exercised a little less than 30 minutes a day had telomeres that looked 10 years younger than those who did just 16 minutes a week.

To ensure you reap all these benefits, we asked leading experts on aging and exercise to devise the ultimate anti-aging workout. All agreed that it should include the four cornerstones of age prevention: consistent cardio, intense intervals, yoga, and weight training. Start now and you can turn back the clock ... for life.

Getting enough sleep is a health and anti-aging must: It keeps you slim, prevents heart disease and diabetes, muscles up your memory, and more. Start following these easy tips today to wake up happier, healthier, and totally refreshed.

1.  Make breakfast your heaviest meal: Digesting food takes energy, so if you have a heavy meal late in the day, your body will have to work hard to digest it while you're trying to sleep. Aim to eat balanced meals throughout the day instead.

Suds up at night

“The most important time to wash your face is before you hit the sack,” says Doris Day, M.D., a New York City–based dermatologist. Dirt, bacteria and makeup left on overnight can irritate skin, clog pores and trigger breakouts. Remove this top layer of grime with a gentle face wash (skin should feel pleasantly tight for 10 to 15 minutes post-cleansing), which also allows anti-agers to penetrate deeper for better results. Because oil production dips with hormonal changes in your 40s, cleansing twice daily can dry out your complexion and make wrinkles look more pronounced. To refresh skin in the morning, splash with lukewarm water.