There are a lot of things you can accomplish at your desk – you can dump your daily dose of super foods and supplements, do a quick shoe swap from sneakers to stilettos, scan the new arrivals to update your (knowingly unattainable) wish list and, and new favourite way to multi-task, give yourself the quickest manicure ever – guaranteed to make the best of any bad situation in the nail department.

Whether they’re dry, brittle, cracked or bitten-down to the nail bed, this four-step makeover will have them looking happy, healthy and shiny again quicker than you can Command-M (minimise non-work related window, duh).

The best part? It takes one product, and one product only. The rest is probably already sitting in your top drawer.

By Carmen Hamilton. 

Clean underneath your nails.

Give rough edges a quick once-over with a file.

Massage some olive oil into the cuticles.

This will give them an instant shine and nourish any dryness.

Apply two coats of Dior Nail Glow (a.k.a. a nail enhancer that makes the whites look whiter and the nail beds look more pink – pretty much a French mani in a bottle).

step 4

We told you it was easy.

you're done!