shelley4

hi, i've been bleaching my hair for a few years and then when i get tired of it, i buy dark brown hair dye from a grocery store. my brother has always told me putting brown onto bleached hair will turn it gray, that i should dye my hair red first, then put brown over it. well i hate red hair. it's taken me years to get the red tones out of my hair. my natural color is dark brown with red tones. anyways- not once has my hair ever turned gray when i have dyed it dark brown.
well the other night i bleached a lot of streaks into my hair. it turned out crappy so i put, not a dark shade this time- but a light shade of brown onto my hair to cover the blond streaks up. well, my brother was right. i have gray streaks and chunks all over my head now, from where the bleached areas were.
i love the color it dyed my hair underneath the gray. is there anything i can do to get rid of the gray? i dont want to buy any dark brown dye to put over it because it will darken too much and i will end up hating it.
will the gray fade somehow, turn brown after a few washings? or is my hair just screwed? i thought about putting a toner in my hair from a sally's beauty supply, but toner has always only lasted about a week in my hair for some weird reason. please help if you get the time. i am only 24 and hate having to pull my new gray hair up in a ponytail to hide it when i go in public. is there anything at all out there i can get or do, to make it go away? really dont want to look like this in coming up- christmas pics with my family.