There's more to successful flirting than fluttering your eyelashes. Here's our Onelife guide on how to get the catch of the day.

Step 1. Dress to impress
This means dressing to accentuate your best bits, rather than wearing the latest trends. Choose a shape that flatters your figure and a colour that suits your skin, eyes and hair. If you look good, you'll feel good and self-confidence is attractive.

Step 2. Give off the right signals
Stand where it's easy for him to come over and chat, point your body in his direction and try to catch his eye. Each time you succeed, hold his gaze for a second or two longer. By the third time, flash him a friendly smile. If he's interested, he'll take the hint.

Step 3. Mirror his movements
Once he's made contact, bring out your secret flirting weapon: mirroring. It's a simple case of copying his main movements. If he props against the bar, you prop against the bar. If he leans forward to speak, you lean forward and meet him halfway. The key is to be subtle and wait at least 30 seconds before mirroring him. Why does it work? Because deep down we like people who look and act like us.

Step 4. Accept his compliments
No matter how modest you are, if he pays you a compliment, accept it. Refusing to do so signals low self-esteem, which isn't a turn on. Also, if you dismiss his compliments, he won't bother again. Just say thank you and pay him a compliment, too.

Step 5. Stop, look and listen
Don't nervously gabble on. Give him space to talk and listen to what he says – make him feel like he's the only person in the room. Keep the conversation light and, remember, flirting is supposed to be fun. Enjoy it!

He's keen, but what's your next move?
Relationships expert Peta Heskell, author of The Flirt Coach's Secrets of Attraction, shares her top tips:

Keep smiling. When you smile you automatically create a powerful concoction of feel-good chemicals in your body. And when you smile at someone else, their body feels the power of these chemicals and generates its own.

Butter him up. Men want a woman to give them support, too. They like to be told they're good at what they do. They like to have their egos polished.

Be yourself. Don't cover up the real you in protective layers. Let your true self be seen – display it to the world without fear and you'll come across as a more empowered and attractive person.

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