What hair color dye damages your hair the

I want to color my hair but i need a hair dye that damages my hair very little or nothing at all cuz my hair tends to fall a lot and for that matter i have some frizzy hairs. My hair is black and thick and i want to color it chocolate brown. Any suggestions on a really good hair dye and where I can get it?

Thanks for your question.

OK, so here's the deal.  If you want to go from black hair to chocolate brown you will first have to lift the black.  If you apply chocolate brown to black it will not make any color change whatsoever.  So for you to make a color change with hair dye or coloring you will have to use a color that has bleach or similar lift chemicals in it to lighten the black to brown.  There is no color I know of that will lift without bleach or similar chemicals and as a general rule those chemicals are harsh and will cause a little damage. 

Unfortunately when it comes to coloring your hair, there are always risks unless you use a vegetable color, which will not lift from black to brown or you use clip-in extension hair in a different color.

Last year we did extensions on someone at HairBoutique who has dark brunette - almost black hair.  We added Merlot purple strands throughout her extensions and it looked like she had lowlights.  It was very pretty.  She wanted low lights like purple but did not want to go with a risky hair color.  This is how we did it.

I am sorry to be the messenger of bad news but if anyone tells you any different, they are not giving you the true story of what it takes to lighten black hair. 

And yes, damaged hair is more prone to getting frizzy because it becomes dehydrated.

Exactly what Karen said... you need lift. If you want to lighten your hair (somewhat naturally) I would get a clarifying shampoo with SLS. I do not condone the idea of using SLS, but they do help color fade and it would be less damaging than bleach to try and lift some color, but if I were you this is what I would do.

If you can avoid bleach, I would. Bleach has ammonia which blasts open your cuticle to allow the color to penetrate the hair. Ammonia increases the hairs pH to such irreversible levels that the cuticle has a tough time closing (leaving the hair open to more fading and damage).

I would avoid bleach and go for a color line that uses pharmaceutical grade peroxide to lift the black out of your hair. If you go this route, you will have to use 30 vol (for 1/2 level of lift) or 40 vol activator (for 1-1 1/2 levels of lift) with a the dark brown hair color.

Again, seek a hair color line that is permanent and without ammonia! Ammonia is just no good.

Hope this helped.