Wait! Before you check in at the airport have you forgotten something? Your fine details shouldn’t be overlooked.

Manicure & Pedicure
A Manicure and Pedicure is the perfect way to star your holiday. If your hands and feet have taken a beating over the winter months spend an hour and a half having your nails filed, cuticles cut back and that rough skin on your feet removed by a trained expert. The Nail Lounge in London’s West End is a great place to unwind with a glass of wine (or a beer) while you’re looked after. Nobody will bat an eyelid while you’re reading the latest copy of the Pink Paper with your moisturising booties on. Your feet will look great in flip flop fashions.

Where: The Nail Lounge, 1 Kingly Court, Kingly Street, London W1. www.thenaillounge.com 020 7287 1847 OR give yourself your own manicure and pedicure with the Boots Manicure and Maintain kit for only £12.00 www.boots.com

Teeth Whitening
If you want to achieve a Hollywood smile you’ve got two options. Either get yourself a DIY kit for the price of a ready meal from M&S or break the bank with professional care. For a few hundred pounds you can get a whiter smile at the Dental Spa in about 40 minutes while you watch a DVD on DVD goggles! Be warned it’s addictive, once you have a while smile you won’t want to lose it. So cut out any dark drinks like coffee and cigarettes which are a white smile killer.

Where: Dental Spa, 1st Floor Suite, 83 Charlotte Street, London, W1. www.dental-spa.co.uk 020 7631 3199 OR get onto www.ebay.com and look out for Crest White Strips. You can’t find these in the UK yet, but they’re safe and effective although they won’t whiten any dental work they are safe to use. www.whitestrips.com

Hair Cut
Get your choppy do at TONI&GUY where you’ll be rinsed and relaxed with their famous head massage before your stylist snips away at your luscious locks. Add in a few high lights to give you that sun kissed look before you even get to the beach. From £45 (wash, cut, style).

Where: TONI&GUY Nation Wide. Our favourite store is the Islington branch, 80 Islington High Street, Angel, London, N1. www.toniandguy.co.uk 020 7833 9696. Marie Annand cuts for TONI&GUY and has a long list of fashion clients she regularly styles for including Vivienne Westwood OR risk your holiday cut for £5 at your local Choppy Chops.

Tickets, Money, Passport!
All too often people get to the airport and realise their passport is out of date. If yours features a glamorous black and white photograph it’s about time you took some new mug shots, you can now apply for your passport online at www.passport.gov.uk then pick up an American Express Travellers Cheque Card at www.americanexpress.co.uk and load it with Dollars, British Pounds or Euros and use it like a credit card at millions of stores around the world. Don’t forget your ticket. Fly now!