Best Way to Revamp Your Body

Get a golden glow

Even out a blotchy skin tone or add just a hint of colour with fake tan. Exfoliate first, then apply body lotion before smoothing on a thin layer of self-tanning product. If it’s more of a sun-kissed look you’re after, apply two layers.

Create long, shapely legs

To give the illusion of longer legs, wear high heels.

• Trousers that hang over your shoes or boots will also elongate your legs.
• Shapely legs can be yours by walking up several flights of stairs each day or by working out on a Stairmaster.
• For lean legs, don a pair of leg-slimming tights; these make legs appear toned by holding in any lumps and bumps.

Beautify your bust

Models make their breasts appear bigger by the clever use of cleavage-enhancing or breast-boosting bras and make-up.

• Sweep bronzing powder across the curve of each breast, then smooth on body shimmer.
• Firm up your bust with simple daily exercises. Clasp your hands together in front of your chest and push the palms together; repeat fifty times.
• Invest in a good bra that not only lifts your breasts but also flatters your shape.

Combat cellulite

Combating cellulite requires a three-pronged attack: a healthy diet, exercise and home treatments: There follows a taster of the treatments that you can carry out at home.

• Skin-brush stubborn zones daily.
• Massage anti-cellulite cream into the affected areas.
• When showering, aim the shower head on to the cellulite, interspersing cold water with hot, to disperse fatty deposits.

Firm up your butt

For a smoother, firmer bottom, shape up with simple bottom clenches. Clench buttocks, hold for a couple of seconds, then release; repeat a hundred times. Do this every day and witness the difference in just a few weeks.

• To lift a droopy bottom instantly, cheat by wearing bottom-raising knickers.
• If you are lacking in the shapely-bottom department, fill it out by wearing a pair of specially-designed padded panties.

Help your hands

Before you retire to bed, treat your mitts to a rehydrating face mask, cover them with cotton gloves and you’ll have silky, soft hands by the morning.

• Exfoliate your hands with a little blob of your face or body scrub.
• Smother on hand cream at least twice a day.

Neaten your nails

Paint your nails with a clear or coloured varnish or decorate them with nail art.

• For instant shine without varnish, buff your nails using both sides of a nail buffer.
• For a well-groomed set of nails, Gronya Logan, the Aveda Urban Retreat’s head of beauty’s tips are: ‘Have regular manicures: they will improve the condition of your nails. To give your nails a new look, file them down to a two-millimetre edge, following the shape of your cuticle and squaring off slightly.’