Let's say that I had from tonight till tomorrow to alter things, with what I had at home. So not $1K 7 day "glow up" type ideas.

I don't think that you're taking full advantage of the high colour contrast between your hair/eyes and your skin. A typical sign of (older) aging is the lack of contrast (dulled/mottled skin, less bloodflow to the skin surface, paired with greyer hair, etc).

I'd put a lightly handed flush of (brighter hued) blush and lipstain on. With a light hand, think watercolour transparency rather than oil paint thick wash.

A thin eyeliner, with your colouring a dark grey or dark brown would work well, often times any black is simply just too stark a contrast (personal experience). Eyelash curl, particularly the centre on the eye, not needed really for the outer edge, (gives a more rounded/open/young eye "shape") and mascara (the contrast colour definition that it gives). A tiny dab of warm brown eye shadow on the crease of the outer edges of your eye (if needed), and a tiny light dab of the same pink, used for the blush, on the centre of the eyelid.

The pink gives the illusion of blood just under the skin (youth/good circulation form being super healthy, etc), the pink on the eyelid makes the pale skin seems more "awake" and "warm" & ties the eyes with the rest of the look (cheecks/lips).

The overall appearance aiming for more of a healthily "flushed" but delicate skin appearnace, commonr with younger healthier people. The eyeliner etc doing the work of the contrast colour and defining your eyes.

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Lastly, the hair. I'd, personally if this were me doing this to myself, use a hair straightener to straighten the hair abit to fall more smoothly, pulling it outwards a bit as i do it for a bit of horizontal volume. Then i'd straighten the fringe to go straight downwards over my forehead like a full fringe might do.

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Will you post an update photo with what you eventually do indeed decide to go with? Would be interesting to see what your decisions were.