Well, not quite, but I felt I deserved a body like hers while I was lunging my way through my first personal training session.

If you’ve never had a personal trainer before, believe me you feel like an A-lister when you first get one.

Imagine a marathon-sprinting expert whipping you into shape by choosing exercises specifically designed to reduce your flabby derriere, and pushing you’re sorry, tired ass around the gym one more time, all in the pursuit of the body beautiful.

I’ve started training at the Matt Roberts gym in Kensington – and a rather cool urban space it is too, all bare brick warehouse filled with the very latest in gym equipment.

It all started when I decided to run the Royal Parks Half Marathon this October. It’s a beautiful run through the capital’s parks and I fathomed a lot less hilly than that death-defying Great North Run of the same distance.

Matt Roberts is one of the world’s leading personal trainers. My mate - who does things like cycle through the night in 12-hour races (for some reason) nearly passed out when I told her I was training with his programme.

At his Chelsea gym, personal trainer Karen has the unenviable task of helping me develop a toned, muscle-bound shape. Now I think I’m reasonably fit: I walk 10K every day into work (just for the thrill of it), I go to the gym once a week(ish) for what I consider to be a gruelling two-hour session and am generally fairly active.

But my goodness, my muscles burned, burned people during that session. And I’ve had aches in places I didn’t know muscles existed.

See, a personal trainer makes you do all those awkward (and impossibly hard) little things that you wouldn’t make yourself do when you go to the gym. Like press-ups. Which I can’t for the life of me do without collapsing in a heap, it turns out.

But I’m only at the start. This time in three months I’ll have a body like Beyonce and be doing 50 press-ups one-handed just for kicks. You wait and see (well, one can dream)...

I’ll keep you updated on my progress. But meanwhile, if you’re interested in developing a personal training programme, check out the Matt Roberts site.

And find out more about the Royal Parks Marathon here.

This summer, eyebrow expert bliñk will be launching its very first lash bar, specialising in giving customers high impact lashes for a natural, gorgeous look.

Bringing Cheryl Cole-style glamour to the mainstream market, bliñk is offering affordable semi-permanent lashes that will transform the eye-area for up to two weeks.

bliñk’s lashes are made from high quality, high shine double-coated polyester, creating thick and healthy looking lashes. Each eyelash is applied individually to the lash line by one of the expert team, allowing the flexibility to achieve a subtly enhanced natural finish, or full-on maximum glam - depending on the desired effect.

Lashes come in an array of colours and lengths, including midnight black, electric blue or chocolate brown - and all colours are available in extra long, for that statement look.

The eyelash extensions cost £60 and will be available at bliñk bars from June in Selfridges London, Birmingham and Manchester, Fenwicks London, Brent Cross and Tunbridge Wells, Harvey Nichols London, House of Fraser Westfield and Terminal 5.

Visit www.blinkbrowbar.com to find out more.

You may have tried a body wrap, you may have enjoyed a hot stone massage – but at the Chelsea Harbour Club you can try a new treatment that puts both together for 75 minutes of pure bliss.

Taking inspiration from the ancient use of hot stones, Phytomer have created a unique thermal mud treatment.

In a private Hamam next the spa's poolside, you can lay back on a warm plinth while your body is covered in the mineral-rich Atlas Mountain mud from Phytomer.

You'll receive a full body massage using the stones to melt away any tension in your muscles, restore a natural balance to your body and induce an inner state of calm.

After 75 minutes of pure bliss, you'll feel your super-soft skin, body and mind are revitalised and refreshed. It’s like a relaxing deep cleanse that leaves you completely uplifted.

Wahanda customers can get an exclusive 20% off the standard £100 treatment price for a limited time only.

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What is Wahanda?

Wahanda is for wellbeing what Amazon is to online retailing – an intuitive and easy-to-use website where people can learn about treatments (including acupuncture, facials and massages to Pilates, Botox and personal training). Readers can share ratings and reviews and book the hottest deals, gifts and offers from a comprehensive listing of spas, salons, studios and fitness centres across the globe. Visit www.wahanda.com to find out more.

10 Years Younger Live is this summer’s essential stop to get yourself summer-ready.

YOU could be picked by Myleene Klass and transformed by her team of style gurus: Andrew Barton, Lisa Shepherd and Lisa Eldridge, who will be using their collective expertise to take guests from drab to fab, ensuring they leave the event looking and feeling at least 10 Years Younger!

Visit Earls Court from July 3-5, to experience every girl's dream day out. See...

The make-over stage’s live results revealed on the big screen.

The latest fashion, hair and beauty news and trends.

Advice on how to achieve the most flattering hair cut and colour to suit your face shape and lifestyle.

The best ways to get in shape in double quick time with the help from the very best personal trainers and nutritionists.

Live ‘Fabulous in High Heels’ master classes from author Sarah Toner to transform your posture & confidence in one swift step.

There's also plenty of advice from the best in the business. Visitors can experience...

Marks & Spencer’s Bra fitting service
Figleaves swimwear fittings & style advisor suggestions
Evans Curve Clinic
Goldwell Fringe cutting bar
Fake Bake Tanning.
Benefit Benebabes speedy make-over’s & top tips
Nails inc manicures and false lash application from Get Lashed
How to get an A list, red carpet smile with the UK’s most in demand cosmetic dentists
Exercise classes & advice from top fitness experts

Advanced tickets are £20.00 and £25.00 on the door. £1 from each ticket will be donated to Look Good…Feel Better, the cancer support charity that helps women manage the visible side effects of cancer treatment.

Visit www.10yearsyoungerlive.co.uk to find out more or call 0871 230 7136 for tickets.

Ladies, take a seat because this news is BIG. Jimmy Choo is bringing its internationally glamorous shoes and bags to H&M!

Watch out for pandemonium when the collection launches on Saturday 14th November at stores around the world. We'll be camping out the night before.

Not only will the designer brand be creating shoes and bags for the store, the team at Jimmy Choo are also branching into women’s clothing to complement the accessories range.

Tamara Mellon, Jimmy Choo's Founder and President, says: “Jimmy Choo will bring to H&M a sophisticated, fashion forward, accessible and glamorous collection – the perfect party pieces to buy now and then wear out that night!”

Since its launch in 1996, Jimmy Choo has been such a phenomenal success that the brand name has become part of popular culture – say the words “Jimmy Choo”, and you know you mean shoes. In Hollywood, the shoes have become a red-carpet essential and have been worn at the Oscars by winners such as Cate Blanchett, Halle Berry and Hilary Swank among many other actresses.

The famous Jimmy Choo shoes will be at the heart of the exclusive collection for H&M, but there’s more. Jimmy Choo has also become well known for its bags, and for H&M there will be a whole range of accessories to complete the look.

We can barely breath for excitement.

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A new designer beachwear site is offering 50% off top brands so us girls can look hot, hot, hot this summer without breaking the bank. 

Fashionistas who want designer beachwear, but on a bikini-string budget, can log-on and receive at least 50% off top brand names at www.club-bb.co.uk.

The site has everything for the perfect beach wardrobe, including stylish swimwear, cover-ups and accessories from brands such as Heidi Klein, Letarte, Diane von Furstenberg, Tocca, Vix, Taj and sunglasses from Tom Ford and Roberto Cavalli.

Example savings include:

Heidi Klein Sorrento Bikini (white) was £155, now £62.
Tocca Katrina Dress (white) was £295, now £147.50.
Heidi Klein Cashmere Terry Cropped Trousers (navy) was £140, now £70.

www.club-bb.co.uk will also feature a dedicated holiday lifestyle blog – ‘word on the beach’ – which will offer holiday deals, exclusive competitions, promotions and events for members of the site, along with the latest trend reports and travel tips and suggestions from industry experts.

Eve Lom has launched its first new skincare product in five years, in the form of an indulgent and hydrating, radiance-boosting daily moisturiser.

The TLC Radiance Cream is designed as a daily essential, formulated to help skin look and feel soft, youthful and radiant.

Taking its heritage from the cult Eve Lom TLC cream, the intense hydrating properties and performance are the same but this product has a lighter, lifting formula for daytime use on the areas of the skin that need it most. Eve recommends its use on the more delicate skin around the eye and along the jaw line, which over time loses natural elasticity and firmness.

TLC radiance cream is naturally fragranced with Bulgarian Rose Otto and contains a blend of hyaluronic acid to provide instant moisture and long-lasting hydration, vitamins C and A, rosehip seed oil and arctic raspberry seed oil, which is rich in Vitamin E.

The ingredients combine to boost collagen production, help reduce skin inflammation and prevent environmental free radical damage. Silica Mica acts as an optical diffuser to soften lines and imperfections. The result – the complexion is energised, even-toned and radiant.

To find out more, visit evelom.co.uk.

Primark is launching a brand new beauty collection and prices start at (wait for it) £1.

The VSIP range (That's Very Sexy Important Person - sounds like us lot, ladies) – is a collection of vanilla and musk body sprays, eau de toilettes and shimmering scrubs.  

Check out the Dare to Dazzle body spray, Make Yourself Amazing shower wash, Prepare to Bare body polish, Shimmer the Night Away body cream, ‘A List Body Bronzer’ (yes please), Eau de Toilette and Bath Fizzers. With prices starting two - yes two of your hard-earned pounds, this is credit crunch budget-beating beauty at its best. 

The Naturals collection is a concoction of fruit fragrances which focus on body butters and body scrubs, featuring Luscious bath and shower gel or bubble bath, Scrummy body scrub to buff and shine your skin and Divinely creamy body butter to leave skin unbelievable soft.

Treat yourself or friends with a little sampler pack of goodies - for next to nowt. Prices start at £1.50 and rise to £2.50.

Big hair is back! And to celebrate, TRESemme are launching a brand new range of products which we'd like to invite MSN Life & Style readers to review.

Voluptuous, voluminous styles are officially hot for this summer and to help you achieve the look, TRESemme is introducing a new 24 Hour Body Collection.

Formulated with a unique new Volume Control Complex, the 24 Hour Body Collection of hair care and styling products is specifically designed to lift, plump and boost body, particularly for fine, flat or limp hair types, without adding weight or being sticky or stiff.

Step one: 24 Hour Body shampoo and conditioner. Enriched with Collagen, Silk Proteins and the new TRESemmé Volume Control Complex is designed to help build all-day long lift while shielding your style from humidity.

Step two: Turn up the volume with 24 Hour Body Amplifying Mousse; a weightless mousse that infuses hair with maximum body and bounce, setting the style to last without the worry of it falling flat.

Step three: Go full and fabulous with 24 Hour Body Root Boosting Spray; an essential blow dry spray that shoots volume into roots to get ultimate all day, all night lift.  Perfect for achieving the most natural looking styles.

Step four: Stop the clocks with 24 Hour Body Finishing Spray; a light hairspray to set sexy, super-size styles in place to last the distance, with no fear of flattening or falling.

If you would like to receive and review samples of the TRESemme Amplifying Mousse, Root Boosting Spray and Finishing Spray, mail MSN Life & Style at lifeandstyle@hotmail.co.uk. We will need your comments on the products to send to the TRESemme team.

The TRESemmé 24 Hour Body Collection is available from branches of Boots, Superdrug and supermarkets nationwide priced at £5.28

Want to know more? Check out the TRESemme blog.

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