Emma Roberts in barely-there black hotpants

With temperatures in Los Angeles steadily rising, most celebrities in the city have been wearing as little as possible to cope in the heat.

And one such star is Emma Roberts, who has been sporting increasingly tiny shorts as the weather heats up.

Emma paired the denim shorts with a red T-shirt and massive black wedges as she headed out to get a pedicure.

The young star, the niece of Julia Roberts, was later seen exiting the beauty salon in a pair of flip flops, ditching the wedges so as to not smudge her nail varnish.

Emma was getting some pampering to cheer herself up after the news broke earlier this week that she had split from her Glee boyfriend Chord Overstreet for the second time in just four months.