I'm living in my small hometown now, so the salon's here are not all that awesome.. so I've been doing my mani's myself since it's the same level as the salon.
But, when I lived in Boston, I got manicures from the most kick butt manicurist/pedicurist EVER! She was super awesome.. my toe polish could last over a month w/o a single chip. I miss her, LOL.
I mostly do sheer polishes, but I also love black or deep wine colors if I'm going out