Booking Bridal Services
Refreshing our look, our services, and our salon is a great way to get ready for the busy coming season. It is a great reminder, Jill, that we need to periodically look at our ourselves and
Industry expert and success coach Bryan Durocher believes that health, wellness, and beauty are an organic process. Understanding and believing in your potential, overcoming your fears and obstacles, making healthy decisions about your life — these

Industry expert and success coach Bryan Durocher believes that health, wellness, and beauty are an organic process. Understanding and believing in your potential, overcoming your fears and obstacles, making healthy decisions about your life — these all help a person present a positive, confident face to the world.
Durocher is the founder of Durocher Enterprises, a coaching and consulting firm specializing in working with the manufacturers, professionals, and consumers who make the beauty and personal development industry tick. A graduate of the Corporate Coaching Program at Corporate Coach University and a Committee Chairman for Special Interest Groups with The International Coach Federation, Durocher has also worked for leading beauty industry organizations, including the Professional Beauty Association, Georgette Klinger, and the International Beauty Show Group. In addition to providing coaching, consulting, and educating audiences at numerous speaking engagements worldwide, he has developed motivational and educational products including “The Success Circle,” an in-depth look at individual communication styles, and “The Secrets of Ka-Ching,” a guide to increasing revenue and productivity for the beauty business professional.
Bryan is the health and wellness expert for Health Journal TV and co-host of Life and Leisure Television with Hunter Tylo which airs on the Style, Bravo and MSNBC networks in addition to being an author of "Wakeup Live the Life You Love in Beauty." www.durocherenterprises.com
Refreshing our look, our services, and our salon is a great way to get ready for the busy coming season. It is a great reminder, Jill, that we need to periodically look at our ourselves and
It’s spring and everything around us is changing and in bloom. For a lot of us the snow is starting to melt and we can actually see the grass again. The grass is starting to turn
We as a salon started going through the book “Over the Top” by Michael Cole this January. We had our monthly staff meeting yesterday morning and we are doing one chapter a month as a full
I am so excited to see all of the comments. Thank you AthenA, Annette, Heather, and Judy! We love seeing your comments and hope that more people will post. As I started responding to the comments,
I agree Jill, writing for NAILS has been an amazing experience. It has been an honor and a dream come true to be a part of the Coaching Chronicles. Thank you NAILS Magazine for the opportunity and
Wow! Thank you for your kind words and comments Sandy, Samaima, and AthenA. My faith, my friends, and family have all helped me through these tough times. 2012 was a tough year. I am, however, excited
It has been quite a year for you, Jill. I know it must have been difficult to write honestly about how your highs and lows for last year. I am humbled and reminded how easily we can
Happy New Year! Are you so glad to be done with 2012? I am! I have never had a worse year than 2012. So, since it’s a new year, I want to remind you of what
I hope that all of our readers had a wonderful holiday both personally and professionally, and that you were all as busy as you could be. My wish for all of you is that you all
Our “Practice Now, Shine Later” series continues with another business building idea: host a holiday open house. It’s not too late. Really you can pull it together in a week. One of my employees Kimberly suggested
This week I am going to respond to both of Jill’s last posts. First I will talk about how a referral program during the holiday season has helped us to stay busy during January and February.
We’re about halfway through our “Practice Now, Shine Later” series. So far, I have given you two techniques to help you make your clients sparkle and shine this holiday season. We introduced “Foil Nails” and “Glitter Toes.” Those
Last week I mentioned that I was off to help with the makeup for our benefit fashion show. I have to say it was a great experience. Myself and about five of the other employees at the
This is my friend Nicole before her wedding. This is her “something blue.” We used royal blue, silver, and turquoise glitter. We’re continuing our “Practice Now, Shine Later” series. Last week, I introduced you to Foil Nails for
That is a cool look, Jill. This look can be done in a variety of ways. It can be done with Gelish by following the steps below. 1. Sanitize your hands and the guest’s. 2. Push back
Here’s the first technique in our “Practice Now, Shine Later” series. This tutorial presents step-by-step instructions on how to create Foil Nails. I have done this with Shellac gel-polish by CND. I think the same techniques
Jill, those are great strategies to help you pre-book your clients. I know that remembering the statements about the client’s discomfort or length of her nails helps me to tailor the offering to the guest sitting in