Lisa Haynes unveils tips and products to help smooth out those problem areas before you strip off at the seaside.

BIKINI season is upon us and the sunny spotlight is on your figure. That’s good news for leggy supermodels, but for the rest of us it’s panic stations ahead of all that poolside posing and beach exhibitionism.

Whether you’re a bikini girl or one-piece woman, flashing the flesh is inevitable unless you want to spend your holiday hiding under a beach towel, so begin the summer saviour regime now.

You may not drop inches rapidly, but all that extra attention applied to your hot spots daily should, at the very least, boost your bare-all beach confidence.

WOBBLE WOES

This common beauty woe is usually associated with bottoms – the body area women want to change most, according to a YouGov poll. If your wobbles are less specific, a quick-fix DIY or salon treatment can help before you brave the bikini.

Try these products for a quick wobble fix:
Mummify in The Sanctuary Trim & Tone Body Wrap, £25.52 (thesanctuary.co.uk).

Fake firmer thighs with Karin Herzog’s Tone & Tan, £38 (karinherzog.co.uk), with lashings of detoxing green tea, vitamin B12, and self-tanning element to boot.

Banish the bloat on your tum with herbal supplements, like Functionalab’s Body Toning Kit, £77 (functionalab.co.uk), boasting collagen synthesis for smoother and firmer skin.

DIMPLE DILEMMAS

As Kate Moss recently proved on a Paris catwalk, you don’t have to be curvy to suffer from the curse of cellulite.

No matter how buff your body is, the dreaded orange peel effect of cellulite and stretch marks can be a beach body bugbear for many women – especially with the glaring sunlight factored in.

Well hydrated skin will minimise the look of cellulite, which can plague even the most toned bodies, so drink plenty of water.

As well as pure and simple H20, a combination of approaches is the best way to diminish the dreaded dimples, including good diet, exercise and body brushing followed by a cellulite-busting potion daily.

Buff your body with these products:
For deep-rooted cellulite try Nuxe’s Body Contouring Oil for Infiltrated Cellulite, £22.50 (pharmacies nationwide).

Anyone who has suffered from weight loss or gain may also be blighted with stretch mark trails.

Though they never disappear completely, fight them by fading with the clinically proven SilDerm Stretch Mark Cream, from £11.50 (silderm.co.uk).

BULGE BATTLE

If you don’t have the time or willpower for long workouts, a good night’s beauty sleep can help battle the bulge. Try to keep your stress levels low.

Fight-or-flight hormones encourage the body to store fat.

Fight the flab with these beauty treats:
For a slinkier silhouette try Melvita’s Slimming Oil, £21 (melvita.co.uk), with ingredients like seaweed and Amazonian andiroba to drain and tone.

If you still want to improve your silhouette as you’re basking on the sun lounger, try Rodial’s Skinny Beach SPF15, £40 (spacenk.co.uk), with caffeine and carnitine complex to reduce swelling and water retention.