Curly hair tips?

Sam

Hiii

So I wanna actually learn how to do my hair. I would like to get highlights but my hairdresser told me that since I wet it every day to brush it, it would cause breakages. Any tips on how to style hair/keep it for multiple days without soaking it? I’ve posted pics of my hair for reference and kinda what I wanna get (lmk if it would even look good bc I’m not sure how it would look against my skin)!!

What I want: