Salon Visits vs. Curl Compass

Stop Paying for Temporary Results

Wondering if you should just keep booking salon visits instead of enrolling in a course? Here’s the truth: salon appointments can give you a temporary style, but they rarely teach you the why behind your natural hair needs. You walk out looking good for a week or two, but then you’re right back where you started: dry ends, unpredictable results, and another $150 appointment on the calendar.

The Curl Compass™ Course, on the other hand, is an investment that pays you back over and over again. Instead of quick fixes, you’ll gain a complete system to understand your hair, build routines that actually work, and feel confident creating results on your own. It’s not about one “good hair day” It’s about transforming how you care for your curls for life.

My Story

Hi, I’m Brittany Edwards 👋
9-year Licensed cosmetologist & Natural Hair Specialist.

When I was seven years old, I received my first chemical relaxer (also known as a perm) to make my hair easier to manage. My sister, cousins, and friends all had relaxers by elementary school, and we shared similar experiences. Every time I got a touch-up, my scalp would burn, leak clear fluid (plasma), and scab as the skin tried to heal, the result of second-degree burns. But as young Black girls, we were taught that if it was burning, that meant it was working, right?

As I grew older, I started seeing more Black women on TV embracing their natural, kinky, coily, and curly hair. Watching a commercial for a natural hair product was the first time I had ever heard our hair type referred to as something other than “nappy” or “Kunta Kinte.” Going natural suddenly seemed popular and empowering.  A growing movement that challenged everything I had been taught.

In 2014, during my junior year of high school, I enrolled in cosmetology school to explore my growing passion for hair and learn how to care for it the right way.  I decided I’d had enough of the scalp torture and was inspired to go natural and grow out my relaxer.

I chose to embrace my God-given texture and began my journey. Every day after school, I turned to YouTube University, spending hours watching hair tutorials, learning everything I could, and applying that knowledge to my transitioning hair.

After about eight or nine months of growing my hair out, I asked one of my cosmetology instructors to cut off the remaining relaxed ends.

Boy, was I in for a shock. I knew nothing about shrinkage, and any length I thought I had seemed to disappear. I looked at myself in the mirror and was mortified. The first thought that entered my mind was, “My mother is going to kill me.” She wasn’t a fan of the natural hair movement and didn’t understand why anyone would want to be "nappy".

As my natural curl pattern and texture began to show through, people in my community started commenting that I had “good hair.” Not fully understanding what that meant, I just went along with it. On the other hand, I vividly remember my white cosmetology instructor referring to my kinky, curly hair as “yucky” because it wasn’t like European-textured hair. So which one was it — “good” or “bad”?

I’ve grown a lot in my natural hair journey. I’ve had multiple rounds of heat damage that resulted in big chops, bad color jobs, and botched haircuts — to list just a few of my setbacks. I remember feeling so discouraged, thinking my hair would stay on the struggle bus forever!

Through my nine years of experience behind the chair and my own personal setbacks, I’ve learned a lot. Now, I’ve reached my hair goals and maintain healthy, happy, thriving hair.

My goal in creating this course is to change every woman of color’s perception and outlook on her hair. For centuries, Black women have been told — both directly and indirectly — that our hair is undesirable, ugly, and unattractive. We’ve been fed the myth that Black hair doesn’t grow or can’t be beautiful. It’s time to dismantle those lies and replace them with truth, pride, and empowerment.