True Nature HairIn salon & online
Skin & Hair Consultation
The full holistic session: scalp, hair structure, skin, nutrition, everyday life and how you feel. You leave with a clear plan instead of a product list.
- —60 minutes
- —Scalp & hair analysis
- —Written summary
Byron Bay · Cologne · Online worldwide
The Skin & Hair Consultation
Your hair tells me more than any trend ever could. In one calm hour we look at your scalp, your skin and your everyday life — and find the colour, care and cut that genuinely feel like you. I work with plant-based colour and guide you from chemical to plant, whenever you are ready. In Byron Bay, in Cologne, or online from wherever you are.
20 years of experienceMaster hairdresser & make-up artistBrand independentPlant-based colour
About me
Twenty years between salon, make-up, coast and mountains
I am Annika.
When I was twenty I spent a year doing social work in Peru. After that I studied make-up artistry in Los Angeles and trained as a hairdresser in Aachen. Years as a make-up artist for TV, film and theatre followed — from Amsterdam to Berlin, including eight years at the opera in Salzburg.
For a long time my work revolved around beauty and the desire to change. At some point, that began to exhaust me. Contentment doesn't come from the outside. I had to learn that myself.
That is exactly where I work today: recognising what is yours before reshaping it. Feeling grateful for a healthy body, for hair and a scalp that carry you. That matters far more than looking like someone who already exists. Everyone carries their own beauty — my job is to make it visible, not to replace it.
What we carry inside shows on the outside. We metabolise everything we eat, drink and breathe — and everything we put on our skin and hair. The body is not a container you can fill endlessly without it showing. Too often we treat it like a landfill: chemicals on the scalp, layer upon layer on the skin, day after day of substances the body has to store somewhere. Plastics, residues, irritants. Not always dramatic. But constant.
Environmental awareness is one thing. How we treat our own body is another — the skin that protects us, the hair that shows how we are doing, the scalp that often speaks first.
So I started looking more closely. At the scalp. The skin. Hormones, stress, the water we wash with. And I trained holistically, in the hair teachings of Susanne Kehrbusch: perceiving what is there before changing anything. Change doesn't begin with the next product. It begins with looking.
Byron Bay has been my home since 2019. There I rent a chair in a salon, so every consultation gets the time it needs. During my months in Cologne I work with people from Germany and across Europe. Online, I'm here all year — wherever you are.
Outside of work I paint, I walk in the forest or on the beach, and I stay curious about art and cultural history — and about everything that truly touches skin and hair: health. And what colour does to both.
Master hairdresserMake-up artistSkin & Hair ConsultationColourHolistic
Annika Niessen
Master hairdresser & make-up artist. Your chair for skin, hair and colour — in Byron Bay, Cologne and online.
Services
Four ways to work together
In salon & online
Colour Consultation
Not about hair colour — about your colours. With fabrics and swatches we find your type in the fine 12-season system — twelve types instead of just spring, summer, autumn or winter, like a Soft Summer or a Warm Autumn. You learn which shades truly carry you, which lift you even on tired days, and which quietly work against you.
- —Warm or cool — your type in the 12-season system
- —Colours that carry you
- —Scarves and accents to try
In salon, Byron Bay
Colour, Care & Cut
Consultation with hands-on work at the chair: colour, treatment and cut in one appointment, with instructions you can repeat yourself.
- —Consultation & application
- —Cut and shape
- —Styling instructions
In salon, Byron Bay
All-Round Package
Everything together, with time: the Skin & Hair Consultation, colour, care, cut and a personal care routine for the months ahead.
- —Half a day
- —Consultation + full service
- —Follow-up via Telegram
The approach
Holistic and health-oriented
Every appointment starts with you: hair, scalp, skin, health, everyday life and presence. Hair reacts to far more than shampoo — to stress, hormones, nutrition, water and the way we live. That is why I look at the whole picture first and choose colour and cut afterwards.
My work is inspired by the holistic hair teaching of Susanne Kehrbusch and by the presence medicine of Dr Volker Mann: perceive what is there before changing anything. In practice that means fewer, gentler steps, honest advice about what is realistic for your hair, and a result that still feels right weeks later.
Scalp & skin first
Condition, tolerance and care needs are clarified before any colour is chosen.
Presence & expression
The cut follows your personality — clear, wearable, easy to live with.
Precise personal cuts
Every cut is developed from your hair's structure, your face and your everyday life — worked with precision until it feels effortless to wear.
Colour & style guidance
Colour and style belong together: I advise on tones that carry your complexion and an expression that suits who you are — honest and personal, without fashion pressure.
Brand independent
No brand ties. I recommend products only where they genuinely carry the result.
From chemistry to plant
Thinking about plant-based colour? I guide the switch step by step and explain honestly what changes — for your hair and your health.
Hair, sun, salt and time — this is where healthy colour begins.
Where to find me
Two homes, one approach
Byron Bay, Australia
Chair rental in a salon — Habitat, Suite 4/5 Easy Street, Byron Bay NSW. Consultations, colour, care and cuts by appointment.
+61 435 893 158 · AEST
Cologne, Germany
My second home. Consultations and appointments during my time in Germany, in fixed windows for Europe.
+49 176 42735700 · Telegram · CET
Online consultations are available worldwide and scheduled around your time zone.
Frequently asked
What exactly is the Skin & Hair Consultation?
A calm 60-minute session about your hair and scalp in the context of your skin, health and everyday life. We look at structure, scalp condition, colour history, care habits and what has and has not worked. Afterwards you receive a written summary with clear next steps.
Do I have to change my colour?
No. Many clients come to keep their colour but make it gentler, or to grow out grey without a hard line. The consultation is about direction, not pressure.
Do you work with specific brands?
No, I work brand independent. I recommend products only when they really help — otherwise I tell you what to look for so you can choose yourself.
Can you help me switch from chemical to plant-based colour?
Yes. I look at your colour history and hair condition, explain honestly how chemical and plant-based colour differ and what is realistic for your hair, and guide the transition step by step. Your health always comes first.
Can I book from Europe?
Yes. Online worldwide, in person in Cologne during my time in Germany, and in Byron Bay all year.
Contact & booking
Tell me what you need.
Tell me a little about your hair and what you are longing for — colour, care, cut or a long overdue reset. I read every message myself and reply with an appointment that fits your life.
Book a sessionTrue Nature Hair
annika.niessen@gmail.comHabitat, Suite 4/5 Easy Street, Byron Bay NSW
Köln · +49 176 42735700 · Telegram
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