Below are photos of me with common asian spike hair. However, I would like to change my look. I feel styling and applying clay with strong hairspray takes up to much of my time, and its troublesome in the winter, when theres wind, also extrmely damaging if I apply more spray to stabilize. I am aiming for a natural relaxed look, full straight, do I need a japanese straper (aka Thermal Reconditioning)? Any tips/comments are welcomed. 

 

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 [Photos of myself] Currently light curly, with tint of dark brown. Hair condition is quite rough due to daily application of exstrastrong hairsrpay..

 

Clay I

 

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Clay II

 

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Without Clay - Out of Shower

 

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 [Photos of my target hairstyle] Full straight, with ramdom patches of purple/black.

 

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Yusuwa from FLAME, has a blonde highlight with black. My goal is purple high lights with majority black.

 

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I would like to know, how can you keep your hair healthy? I wash my hair 2 times a day, both with conditioner, blow dry, etc.