Self-tanners, moisturizers with built-in darkening solution, artificial sun-beds, laying outside on the brightest of summer afternoons - these days, there are plenty of ways to turn your winter pasty skin into that of a glowing and bronzed summer goddess, but none without their own set of problems and, in some cases, controversy. Here are the top five ways and products at all ends of the price spectrum to help you get that enviable celebrity-worthy glow without getting streaky lines all over your body, spending a fortune or worse yet, endangering you and your skin's health!

With the plethora of commitments pertaining to work, money and family most people have going on in the majority of their days it’s no surprise that working out and getting healthy and fit is the thing that falls to the bottom of the pile more often than not.

Contrary to popular belief, you don’t actually need to make the hour and a half trip to the gym five days a week to start seeing some significant changes for the better where your triceps, biceps and quadriceps are concerned! Make the following small but effective four tips and tricks a part of your daily routine, and start seeing results faster than you could imagine!

1. Start strengthening where you least expect it: There’s nothing to say you can’t keep a pair of three-to-five pound weights on your desk with which to do a few repetitions of dead lifts and arm curls for five minutes when returning from your lunch break. Similarly, try adding in a set of lunges here and there while you’re in the process of making dinner and waiting for the oven to preheat. The trick here is to do unobtrusive exercise (laying on the floor to do crunches may work in some workplaces, but not most), and as many reps as possible as many times throughout the day. Look to resources like Shape.com to find the right exercises to target the places you want to tone.

The recession and the pessimism that has come with it has gone on long enough where the fashion world is concerned; the dreary, drab silhouettes of past seasons may have been reflecting our attitudes towards the world and our bank statements, but let's be honest, also haven't made us women look our best. The minimalist androgyny we've been seeing as a trend may work for you if you're proportioned like the six foot tall glamazons that grace advertising campaigns, but for all intents and purposes, it nonetheless feels as though a fundamental femininity in fashion has been lost. Where are all the skirts, the colors, the bright lipsticks?