If getting in your car every day, winter and summer, to drive to the gym to work out in front of others in much better shape than yourself, and to pay an expensive membership price for that privilege just doesn’t sound all that appealing, you might want to consider setting up your own exercise space at home. Your most useful piece of equipment to purchase would be a treadmill, and in today’s market it is possible to find one for every budget.

Do these wired beauty devices mean you'll never have to go to a salon again?

Last week, The Grocer magazine revealed that women are turning away from the salon and choosing to do beauty treatments in their own home - the UK home beauty market is worth an astonishing £3 billion.

But, instead of paying £1,200 a year for Botox, could you really give yourself a brow-lift with a £90 pen?