Agnes Chen, Technical Head, Streax Professional, spills the beans on the hair care industry, and gets candid about how watching her mother inspired her to establish herself in the industry.
Agnes Chen is the Technical Head of Streax Professional, the complete professional hair products range for care, colour, texture and styling. Her global expertise and unique hair techniques in the field of cut, colour, and style, give her an edge in the Indian hair industry. She has been instrumental in crafting hair art with latest technology and modern trends, contributing immensely to the bouquet of hair products and hairstyles under the Streax Professional banner.
WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO GET INTO HAIR STYLING?
My inspiration has always been my mom. She owned a small hair salon while we were growing up. Very often after school, we would hang around the salon, watching her cut, colour, and style; and those memories of my mom working in her salon, were my earliest impressions of hairdressing. That has greatly influenced and inspired me to enter the industry.
WHAT WAS YOUR JOURNEY LIKE? TELL US ONE OF YOUR EARLIEST STYLING MEMORIES.
It has been a fantastic adventure with lots of learning and milestones. In fact, one of my earliest memories has been playing dress-up with my sister, and styling her hair when we were kids. It’s been a wonderfully-fulfilling experience.
DID YOU HAVE ANY ‘RACHEL HAIRCUT OR HAIRSTYLING’ MOMENTS WHERE A MISTAKE ACTUALLY TURNED OUT TO BE A TREND?
In my experience, hairstyling has always been a very personal one. After all, it is what teaches you what works and what doesn’t, and helps you grow as a stylist. In fact, I believe that you can’t make a wrong right, without those styling mistakes. After all, sometimes these mistakes can turn into discoveries. I remember this one time when we turned an unbalanced bob, into an asymmetrical bob cut, and it just worked. So yes, there are definitely styling faux pas that turn out great in the end.
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