While I love hair multi-stylers like the Dyson Airwrap i.d. and Dreame Pocket Neo for taming my hair, they're focused on styling specific hair types. While it's great to understand your own hair type, sometimes it's hard to know exactly what you need.
Plus, your multi-styler becomes very niche to you, meaning you can't share it with friends and family. And that seems a bit of a shame when you've spent hundreds on it.
That's where the new Shark Glam is determined to shake up the market, and it's a disruption I'm pretty excited about.
In consultation with the Textured Hair Advisory Board, Shark has created a multi-styler to work with all hair types, and it features new Heat Sense technology as a step up from the brand's original FlexFusion. Here's what's new.
About the Glam
Shark has already established itself as a brand that creates great hair styling products, like its Dyson Airwrap dupe – the Shark FlexStyle (which we awarded four-stars). And it's not done there. The new multi-styler, Shark Glam, brings even more innovation into the busy hair styling space.
But, what's different? Well, while the FlexStyle offered a diffuser to target more natural curls, each set is geared towards either straight or wavy hair. For the Glam, no matter your hair type from straight to coily, it's got you covered.
And, Shark is calling it "the first multi-styler that has the versatility of air styling and ceramic hot tool styling for salon-quality results that you can do yourself." And for the price, ceramic plates is a premium touch.
Plus, it uses Heat Sense Technology to continuously monitor 1000 times per second to ensure air temperatures never exceed 320F to make sure your hair doesn't suffer from hot tool damage. Because what you don't want is a multi-styler that eventually ruins your hair!
What's included?
The Shark Glam is available in two systems with different GlamStyler Suite attachments to suit your hair type: Straight / Wavy and Curly / Coily.
In both sets, you'll get the Shark Glossi, a ceramic and air-powered round brush, the Shark Silki, a ceramic-plated air straightener, and 1.25in Coana Auto-Wrap Curlers.
For the Straight / Wavy set, you'll also get hair-specific attachments: the FrizzFighter with two streams of air to reduce frizz and flyaways, and the Concentrator for sleek and smooth styling.
For the Curly / Coily set, you'll get the Curl Defining Diffuser for definition from root to tip and the Wide Tooth Comb to help stretch and lengthen your curls.
So, while the Glam is geared towards all hair types, you can still focus on your specific hair type for attachments that suit you best.
How does it compare?
One of Shark's biggest rivals is Dyson and given it's recently launched the Airwrap Coanda 2x, it's the best competitor to the Glam.
While the Coanda 2x also features the same Straight / Wavy and Curly / Coily configuration as the Glam, there are some notable differences in the attachments on offer.
For the Dyson, you get six different attachments in your kit. But, with the Straight / Wavy, that includes AirSmooth2x (similar to the Glam's Concentrator) and the Curly / Coily comes with the Tension Comb 2x to stretch and smooth (similar to the Glam's Wide Tooth Comb).
So, while you'll get six attachments with the Airwrap Coanda 2x, only one is specific for the hair type. For the Glam, you only get five attachments, but two are specific to the hair type.
Plus, when it comes to price, the Airwrap Coanda 2x costs $699.99 compared to the Glam's $449.99. A $250 difference! And that's pretty similar to the more affordable Shark FlexStyle when compared to the Airwrap i.d.
I'll reserve full judgement on how well the Shark Glam really tackles all hair types when we get our hands on it for a full review. Watch this space.
More from Tom's Guide
- Shark FlexStyle review: the Dyson Airwrap dupe that costs a lot less and works just as well
- Save yourself money and still save your hair — I won’t shut up about this budget Dyson Airwrap alternative
- I swapped my old hair dryer for the Shark SpeedStyle 5-in-1 — and my hair’s never felt this good
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