Other secrets of the health gurus

Stephen Price, who trains models and fashion designers, is based at the Berkeley Hotel (020 7201 1699)

Learn a special breathing technique, which you can do while watching tennis on TV, to work the transversus abdominus. This muscle is like a corset around the body and is crucial because it stabilises the lumbar spine and helps push your hips backwards, which gives you a better chance of having a flat stomach. Exhale as fully as possible, squeeze the lower part of your stomach, from the navel downwards, towards your spine, and lift your pelvic floor muscles while keeping your upper abdominals relaxed. When you inhale, let your stomach relax outwards.

Hair

Charles Worthington, celebrity hairdresser (020 7631 1370)

Use a good conditioner. Foreign travel is rarely good for our hair. Unlike skin, it has no natural defence system and free radical molecules, created by the sun's UV rays, attack it within the shaft as well as on the surface. This damages the hair's pigments and breaks down its strength, causing loss of colour, shine and vitality. You cannot over-condition hair. Think about the moisture that will be lost when you expose your hair to the elements.

Face

Laurence Kirwan, FRCS, cosmetic surgeon (020 7935 8844; www.drkirwan.com)

Make the most of injectibles. With the English "Season" ahead, and events from Glyndebourne to Henley to look forward to, eliminating ageing facial lines and wrinkles is a priority. With injections of Restylane, the result is instantaneous and will last six to nine months, depending on the area treated. Restylane can be used to soften crow's feet; fill the frown lines between the eyebrows and on the forehead, and plump out naso-labial folds (the nose-to-mouth lines) as well as enhancing the contours of the lips.

Skin

Wendy Lewis, international skincare adviser (www.wlbeauty.com)

Avoid the sun. Use a sunscreen of SPF 30 and fake tan so that you're not tempted to go out and roast yourself. If you're too lazy or clumsy to put fake tan on yourself, have it done professionally. It lasts for 10 days, looks amazing, and will save your skin from wrinkles and skin cancer. Sun exposure is cumulative, so it stacks up over a lifetime.

Posture

Nish Joshi, of The Joshi Clinic, W1 (020 7487 5456), osteopath to the stars such as Cate Blanchett

Don't slouch. Feel yourself pulling your tummy in and lengthening the spine. As your body lengthens, your waist comes in and your shape improves. This lessens the strain on joints, helping prevent back problems and relaxes the muscles, since a good posture is one which requires the minimal amount of muscular effort.

Nails

Leighton Denny, creative director at Leighton Denny Nails at the Urban Retreat (020 7893 8333), numbers Joan Collins and Jade Jagger among his clients.

Use a good hand and nail cream. Face or body moisturiser isn't good enough. It's a different formulation and the thinner skin on your hands needs a thicker cream. Rub the cream into your nail beds to stimulate growth, and to soften and nourish the cuticles (this will help to stop you getting hangnails). If you imagine your nails as a mass of tiny tubes of keratin, the moisture in the cream fills these up, which nourishes nails from the inside and helps prevent them getting fragile.