You may want to consider the time that you will have to spend straightening the hair to get the style that you want. Do you want to spend that much time on the hair? It will work, but you have to be willing to spend the time to style it.

You might want to take into account the texture of your hair. The Emo hairstyles are all created on really short hair, so you might need to have your hair relaxed to accomodate the style. As for preventing damage, use a good deep conditioning treatment to offset the heat styling that you are going to use with an Emo hairstyle.

Chances are that if you want the true Emo look you have to be willing to straighten it when you style it, but the layers within the hair can really help to reduce the thickness within the hair.

Since the thickness in the hair is reduced, it will be easier to straighten and the color sounds right on for an Emo style.

Emo hairstyles work in thin hair too, even though layers are incorporated into the hair, you can still work with it! Styling the hair with teasing methods often create a thicker looking hairstyle, too.