Shark Glam Hair Multi-Styler Review

Introduction

Most hair tools are designed with just one purpose in mind. Sure, it’s easy enough to use your hair straighteners to create curls, but generally speaking, stylers don’t allow much experimentation. Enter the Shark Glam.

Equipped with five different attachments, the Shark Glam promises to cater to all hair types (from one to four) without relying on extreme heat, ensuring precise and efficient styling regardless of your desired hairstyle.

What’s more, the Shark Glam is fitted with plenty of features to keep your hair healthy, including Heat Sense and Scalp Shield Technology, all while relying on air, not heat, to dry and style hair. 

So, is Shark Glam really any good in practice? Or is heat a necessary evil when it comes to hair styling? And, is it really possible to have such a versatile multi-styler, or are people who like to mix up their hair styles destined to need countless appliances lining their dressing table?

Design

• Generally lightweight to hold for extended periods 
• Removing and attaching tools isn’t quite as seamless as the FlexStyle
• Comes in a useful travel bag

The SharkGlam is undoubtedly a fancy-looking device, especially as its gold finish makes the tool look more premium. 

Like its predecessors, the SharkGlam can be used either paired with or without a styling attachment, with the latter designed to simply rough-dry hair and is enabled by pushing down the lever and twisting the dryer horizontally. 

Shark has also conveniently placed the settings towards the bottom of the Glam, which means there’s less chance for you to accidentally press something while styling. These settings include a cool shot button, another button to control the airflow and a third for heat control. 

You can also use the heat button to enable Scalp Shield technology, which Shark explains should help protect new hair growth from extreme heat by reducing air temperatures when drying your roots. Simply press the heat button for two seconds, and you’ll notice the light will flash blue to indicate Scalp Shield has been engaged.

Otherwise, this light will indicate when the styler is in wet mode (blue) or styling mode (green), the latter of which should only be used when your hair is completely dry. These modes can be controlled by the switch at the bottom of the styler.

Lastly, at around 373g (without attachments) the SharkGlam is even lighter than the Dyson Airwrap i.d, which means it comfortably supports hair styling for a longer period of time. 

Features

• Five attachments to tackle all hair types
• Scalp Shield technology
• Option to adjust temperature and air speed according to your preference

There are two models of Shark Glam to select from: Straight & Waves or Straight, Waves & Curls, with the latter including a diffuser to help dry curls quickly without ruining their pattern. 

Otherwise, both models include two 32mm auto-wrap barrels (one for the left side of your hair and the other for the right), a styling concentrator, Silki straightening tool and the Glossi blow-dry attachment.

While the Shark Glam uses heat-controlled ceramic and high-speed airflow to both dry and style hair, it is also fitted with plenty of technologies to help protect hair health. As mentioned earlier, there’s Scalp Shield technology, which helps protect new hair growth from extreme heat, and continuous heat regulation to ensure the tool never exceeds 150°C when in wet mode, 

I should mention that although Shark does promise that there’s “no heat damage” when compared to air drying, I still use a heat protectant serum when using the Shark Glam and recommend this.

Performance

• Fast drying, although thicker hair may need additional products or styling to completely smooth out
• Dry mode styling with Air Straightener is incredibly useful and heats up quickly
• Glossi blow-dry needs some time to create the perfect bouncy blow-dry 

As it looks just like a normal hair straightener, using the Shark Silki Tool on wet locks felt almost concerning at first, with memories of old-school wet-to-straight tools that frazzled your hair leaping to mind. However, when the Glam is set to Wet mode, the tool simply uses air to dry hair, while the straightening method keeps locks smooth. I divided my hair into six sections, and each section took about five or so minutes to properly dry and straighten.

Once I finished this initial process, although my hair was dry and straightened, it didn’t quite have as smooth or silky a finish as I’d ideally like. Perhaps a specialist product might have helped here, like hair oil, but I had only used my usual heat protectant serum. 

Even so, I simply followed up by using the Silki attachment on Dry Mode, which works like a usual hair straightener but uses air too, and this enabled my hair to smooth out sufficiently.

I then tried the Glossi blow-dry attachment, which is a cone-shaped barrel designed to add volume while smoothing hair out. The beauty of this attachment is how quickly it deals with hair. In fact, I found it dried my hair into a reasonable state in just 20 or so minutes. However, to create the perfect bouncy blow-dry, I do think you need to take a bit more time to properly brush your hair. 

When using both tools, you need to ensure your hair isn’t completely soaked and just “70% wet” according to Shark. A rough dry without any attachment should suffice here, but if you are prone to frizziness, I advise using the included styling concentrator to help guide your hair to smoothness. 

Finally, the 32mm auto-wrap barrels were perfect at sprucing up day-old hair and creating soft curls. Unlike the Dyson Airwrap, you can’t curl your hair in any direction and need to make sure you have the correct barrel when dealing with the left and right sides of your hair.

If you’ve never used an air styler to curl your hair before, then be wary that it will take some getting used to.

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