Have manicures and pedicures but with no polish - natural and healthy looking, better for your nails, and none of the excruciating waiting time while they dry.
If you want to spend the money, manicures are great, and the massages that go with them are lovely, if not make an exfoliator, consisting of sugar and maybe olive oil or water, keep this in a container. Scrub this on your hands, then use a nice deep moisturiser and then push back your cuticles with a normall tool (Boots) then cut/file your nails. (If you want to paint them, a nice pail cololur, matches everything!)