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How to recreate Addison Rae's Desert Rose colour whilst protecting your client's hair
5th May 2026
When Addison Rae stepped on the Coachella Main Stage in April 2026, her deep copper-red hair, dubbed "Desert Rose" by her colourist, instantly became one of the season's most-searched colour requests. Here's everything you need to deliver it in the salon, and how to build a stronger service around it.
The shade sits in the warm red-brown family, think chilli pepper depth at the root bleeding into burnished copper through the mid-lengths. It gives off a rich and editorial vibe under any light, and works beautifully across medium to dark brunette bases. Lighter bases may need a warm-up gloss first to anchor the tone.
The Formula
(Preparation was everything. Before reaching for colour, Matt Rez, Global Colour Artist for Paul Mitchell, applied epres to the hair first, ensuring the bonds were strengthened and the canvas was even, giving the Paul Mitchell Colour & Gloss the best possible foundation to work from.
For the colour application, Matt worked with the following formula:
Hairline: 4g 10.03 + 2g 10.734, mixed with equal parts 20 vol
Base: 40g 8.3 + 20g 8.034, mixed with equal parts 20 vol
Hair was processed for 40 minutes in total. At the 20-minute mark, Matt lightly dampened the hair and gently stretched the colour through the mid-lengths and ends, creating a soft, seamless melt rather than a hard root-to-tip line.
Gloss: Equal parts 10/043 + 9/34 + 8/036, processed for 10 minutes to seal, tone and add the final depth of shine.
With any high-saturation warm colour service, especially on hair that's been coloured before, the integrity of the strand is everything. Porous or compromised hair will lift unevenly and fade faster, which is exactly where adding epres to your mix becomes a no-brainer.
epres Professional Bond Repair — mix it straight in
epres Professional Bond Repair is an acid-free, single-step formula that goes directly into your Paul Mitchell colour mixing bowl, 2 pumps per 1oz of colour. It doesn't affect the pH of your service, won't alter your formula's consistency, and won't interfere with colour development.
What it does do: actively re-links broken disulfide bonds during the colour process, so hair comes out softer, stronger and more resilient with better colour uptake and longer vibrancy as a direct result. For a rich copper like Desert Rose, that's the difference between a result that turns heads at the basin and one that still looks incredible four weeks later.
Turn it into a revenue opportunity
At under £1 per application, adding epres to every colour service costs you next to nothing but stylists are routinely upcharging between £20–£40 for a "Bond Repair Colour" service upgrade. It's a tangible, resultsdriven add-on your clients will feel the moment they leave the chair, and a clear differentiator from the salon down the road.
Clients requesting Desert Rose are already invested in their colour. They've seen the look, they want the result and they're receptive to a conversation about protecting that investment. Pairing the Paul Mitchell formula with epres gives you a compelling story: brilliant colour delivered safely, with results that last.
Stock both today!
Desert Rose is driving enquiries right now. Make sure you have the Paul Mitchell Colour range and epres Professional Bond Repair on your shelf and a service menu that reflects the upgrade.