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My interview with the creator of Burnercise, David “Coach Arms” Burney, was more than informative, it was astonishing! When I sat down with the highly sought out professional personal trainer, I had NO IDEA what I was in store for. What I thought would be an interview to inform the masses, turned into something deeper than that! I had no idea how deep the rabbit hole was!

I know the man is in high demand, so I thought that he was going to provide a simple interview! Man, was I wrong!

This turned into a “class in session” because I learned so much in the short time I invested with him and the results was about 40 mins of great information!

Trust me, this short clip does his segment…NO JUSTICE! Please excuse the quality, I caught him in a hurry, but he still gave me some of his precious time, and let me pick his brain!http://www.askdwayne.com/Audio/coach_OUTPUT.mp3

If you are an investor get your money together, I’ve seen a glimpse of what the future holds! Before I share with you the direction of where most are headed…let’s see why I feel the way I do. Once upon a time there was a day when life was not so rush rush, and people did things that actually, inconvenienced them. Things like getting up to turn the television channel, playing outside and even…yes even, pressing little girls hair before going to church, school and taking pictures. Yes, people made the ultimate sacrifice and inconvenienced themselves! 

Sometime during the 80’s and 90’s companies emerged to take advantage of the public’s lack of knowledge (and spending power) by creating inexpensive products that did more damage than good. This created a vicious cycle for those who lacked knowledge and money. All the while the results (of inferior products and lack of knowledge) manifested time and time again. Companies did research and applied psychology to sales and not only boosted profits, but implemented an unfair advantage over those that would neither take the time to research or did not have access to information that would lead them to the truth. Practices like putting children’s pictures on relaxer boxes, gave the public numerous impressions! Impressions like:

- This child on the box cover uses this product (notice how your impressions are not confirmed anywhere on the product?) 

 -My child can use this at home. This is a tricky one. Technically you can! In the words of Chris Rock “You can drive a car with just your feet too…but that doesn’t make it a good idea” 

And the biggest lie of them all… 

-If they retail it, it must be safe for me to buy and use! *Tisk, tisk*  I know plenty of stylists; I don’t think I know of ANY that apply chemicals (relaxers) to children’s hair. As a professional, who has no problem rendering services for capital (money), I HAVE major issues with this practice (applying relaxers to children’s hair)! Those that know me, know how I feel about this. If you don’t know applying relaxer is a terrible practice. Relaxers are a commitment and I don’t know too much children should be commited to, besides listening to their parents, and doing well in school.  I see soooo many children with relaxers these days. These are children that haven’t even started adolence! What I predict will happen in the future (as these children mature) is, they will develop scalp, and hair issues and depending upon how severe their issues are they will need some kind of cosmetic surgery (ie. extensions, braids, hair transplants, wigs, etc.) this will not be an option for “bad hair days” but rather mandatory for self esteem purposes!  Mothers PLEASE stop putting chemicals in those baby’s heads for the inconvenience of having to press it, or style it. I hear a few of you saying “but my mother put relaxer in my hair since I was 3!” You may be one of the lucky ones. I’m actually glad you dodged a bullet…now help others dodge those bullets as well!

 I’ll tell you fake hair is at an all time high. Hair transplants, and hair restoration is a very lucrative business and with beauty supply companies creating more and more kitchen stylists I see a tremendous need for more and more restoration companies, hair transplant companies, and more wig companies in the very near future. So investors…get your money right, b/c most people that read this won’t take heed!   

I can’t hold it back anymore. Gotta let it go. There is an issue at hand that I feel I need to address to the masses. So if you have a weak stomach or are easily offended please stop reading here (it gets pretty bad). Many of you all reading this post, would like to establish (or in some cases, maintain) healthy hair. I have two questions for you how are you going to do it? When are you going to do it? 

Here’s one more for you. Ever since beauty stores have appeared in your neighborhood, via major chains and “mom” and “pop” stores has you hair gotten better? Or worse? (Hummmm?)    Depending upon the way you answered the question, I can tell a little bit about how much value you place on the health (and appearance) of your hair. 

  If you’re thinking that your hair’s state has worsened chances are, you have been persuaded into believing that you can purchase (inferior) products, be totally clueless on how, or when to use them, and you will be able to produce the same results that your professional stylist does, out of the salon. They Got You! What is even crazier, is, regardless of the fact that you seem to be loosing more and more hair (not including the breakage and split ends and/or dried up color you have) you still continue to perform the same ritual, looking for different results. 

  Now here we are today, and if the health of your hair means anything to you, I suggest that you do something about it, something different that is! When people want the best results, they “hire” professionals, right? You may want to keep that in mind. 

  Some of you don’t mind if your hair looks like your babysitter’s or your ex-neighbor’s hair (who by the way uses box perms to relax her hair and never gets her ends trimmed). You know the one with that “long, see through” hair, the one that refuses to get it trimmed, because she wants it to grow! (Huh?) It’s sad to say but people still judge you (at least initially) by the way you speak and the way you carry yourself. If I have offended anyone, I apologize, but like mama use to tell me, “If you throw a rock at a pack of dogs, it’s the hit dog that hollers loudest”. 

The point I’m trying to make is, if establishing healthy hair is one of your goals for the year, then you must try something different (if your old results weren’t producing the results you were looking for). Good luck to you in all your future endeavors, until then grow it…don’t sew it, bless it, don’t stress it and try not to cut any corners when it comes to establishing/maintaining ANYTHING that is IMPORTANT to you.

The Bronner Bros. Hairshow Is it just me or does it seem like the Bronner Bros. Hairshow should be called The Bronner Bros. Hair Flea Market? I love this industry to death, but truth be told, every time I go I get more and more disappointed! When I was new to this industry and hungry to get the knowledge (I still am hungry for the knowledge, but I just don’t consider myself a newbie anymore) I gathered up all the money I could, rode to Atlanta, stayed at my favorite hotel, ate at my favorite restaurants (Cheesecake Factory and Houston’s - MUCH LOVE) and immersed myself with as much education as my budget could stand and I was actually glad I went.  *Sigh* Those days are gone! Don’t get it twisted, I LOVE Atlanta and I LOVE this profession that chose me! Which makes it even harder to put my finger on it. Maybe it’s the “up-in-your-face” sales tactics that the hairshow booth renters use to push products on anyone bold enough to walk past them or their table! 

*Scratching Head*  Maybe its the way the companies use stylist to endorse their specific products and swear that these products will increase every stylist’s yearly income, have your clients bringing in clients by the truckload, and change the world! Oh well. I can’t put my finger on it but here is what I do know…I love being a professional stylist, I love Atlanta, I love being entertained and more than likely, I’ll be there in August