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Yancey Edwards is the owner of Shear Insanity Hair Salon and the resident hair-guru for the award winning talk show The View. Yancey a professional stylist for 15 years says; " I did not want to do hair, I wanted to be a barber. The state of New Jersey requires you to take the cosmetology course. I had to learn both (barbering & hair styling) and I ended up doing hair." 

Today it seems that women are either wearing weaves or going Natural, what's your opinion on these trends?

"Weaves are big period, even women who have gone natural wear weaves. So how natural are they really? Everybody wants long luxurious hair. Hair is one thing that will never leave. People are selling hair out of the trunk of their car. People just go with the fads, fads make them want to put hair in. But eventually we will get back to the basics. Everything has it's season, it will play out and we will be on to the next."

What are your must-have tools?

"My Redpro 460 flatiron is my favorite tool. It gets natural hair silky straight without having to keep going over the sections again and again. I don't curl with it, just straighten. It's a phenomenal straightener. And my Bonika shears B O N I K A. I use bone combs, they're heat resistant and they don't snag the hair. You have to pay for quality to get quality and do quality work."

What products do you use?

"Great products, Design Essentials, Nairobi, only professional products. Quality products are a must. Hair doctors don't use products that clients can get from the store. Just like a medical doctor writes a prescription so the patient has to go through them to treat their issue. Hairdressers have to be the same way, we have to know our clients' hair. We're the only ones that can touch hair other than doctors." 

What's it like being a "Celebrity Stylist"?

"The celebrity stuff is just a whole bunch of hype, really. Who is a celebrity today? With social media and reality TV everybody is a celebrity. What makes one a celebrity? Anybody can be one. Regardless, whether my client is a celeb or not, I give all of my clients the same attention."

Do you specialize in one thing?

"In everything, I weave, cut and color. Doing everything, that's the beauty of hair styling."

"I still take classes you can never know to much. The youth want overnight success, they grew up in a microwave society. They do the trends but they're not professional. I mean anybody can do a weave and put a part down the middle. I perfect what they do. I do the same things but in a professional manner. The youth want to make millions overnight but don't want to put the time in that it takes to become great."

Yancey having fun with his beauty industry buddies Coco Mane,

Derek J and Karen Dupiche