Shark - Glam Ceramic & Powerful Air Styling & Hair Dryer System, for curling, air straightening & glossing + FrizzFighter - Gold

Bought this for my wife and she loves it!! Extremely similar to another brand’s hair tool but less expensive!

When I first opened the box, everything was neatly packed and felt high quality without being over the top. The attachments looked solid and well-designed, and easy to figure out. I have thick, wavy hair, and drying and straightening has always been a chore. Normally, it takes me close to an hour to get my hair dry and somewhat straight. With this Shark Glam hair styling system, the process was cut in almost half the time. I started with damp hair and used the air straightener first. The combination of airflow and heat-controlled ceramic plates made a noticeable difference and my hair felt smooth without feeling like I was frying my hair. Next, I tried the curling attachment. It wrapped the hair automatically, which was surprisingly simple, and the curls look natural without feeling stiff. The FrizzFighter finishing tool was a nice touch for smoothing flyaways and gave a polished look. If there is one thing to note, it would be the weight when the straightener attachment is connected, the tool feels a bit heavy. It’s not unbearable but you notice it after a while. For me, it’s a minor trade-off for the performance. It would have been nice also if it includes a travel pouch to easily carry these tools on the go. Overall, the styling felt faster and less stressful, and my hair looked shinier than usual. For someone who struggles with thick, textured hair, this tool set really changes the game. It’s not cheap at $350, but compared to the Dyson alternative, it’s still a better deal for what you get. I highly recommend it if you want to save time and still get salon-level results at home.

I will start by saying that overall I think the Shark Glam Ceramic system is a great product. If you are searching for an all in one styling & drying tool for you or a loved one, this is a great choice. I wear my hair (what's left of it!) in a "Flattop" and so this hair dryer works great for me in that it takes about 60 seconds and I am done! But, my wife and our daughter were more than happy to help me test this out from their viewpoint! Both ladies remarked on the build quality that is evident in both the main body of the unit as well as the attachments and my wife like me, is a senior citizen and had no problems handling the dryer. My Daughter has long, thick wavy hair ( the individual hairs a fine). She also owns a Dyson Air Wrap to compare this to in terms of features and performance. The wet/dry mode scalp shield features are useful to avoid damaging your hair. That being said, it is still a hot tool so definitely use a heat protector/primer before any doing any styling. The Shark Gloss Styler brush head is in the opinion of my wife and daughter a real standout and features boar and nylon bristles as well as toothed ceramic plates. Translation: this brush head has a superior grip to any of my daughter's Dyson brush heads and more than best the hair brushes my wife normally uses when drying and styling her hair. The ceramic plates were wonderful at smoothing and restyling frizzy hair after a light workout or a rainy day and because of this experience both of them also think this tool would be great for thicker and more textured/curly hair. My wife's hair is much shorter than our daughters and she reports that the Shark Glam makes it so much faster and easier to dry and style her hair the way she wants in a much shorter period of time. Our daughter doesn’t wear her hair super straight very often but she did test the Shark Glam's ability to straighten her hair and said it is in a word, great! Again the high quality ceramic plates and simultaneous airflow feature coupled with “wet mode", which she said is more like "damp mode”, make the Shark Glam Ceramic System a great alternative to a regular hair straightener. The curling wands are comparable to the grab/curling power of the Dyson but the barrels are shorter so not as great for long hair like that of my daughter. BE AWARE you have to alternate the barrel head LEFT vs RIGHT. So be ready to do one full side of your head then the other or get annoyed going back and forth. Not as big of a problem unless you have a lot of hair. My daughter's only other real issue is that the operation buttons are at the bottom of the handle making it almost impossible for her to operate single-handedly while styling. The best feature of her own dryer is that these buttons are located on the top (please see attached location comparison photo!). The 90 degree angle feature of the Shark Glam is, per both women, great!! My wife is thrilled with the features and ease of the Shark Glam system as she is used to a several year old "pistol grip" hair dryer and separate brushes. Her impression of the Shark Glam is that it is indeed constructed of "Salon quality" materials and is just the tool to help you get you the look you want. She could not be happier with it and said that it would be the perfect gift for any woman to receive this Holiday Season. Our daughter also used it to dry and style the hair of her 5 year old daughter who is in ballet and reports that again, the Shark Glam is easy to use, fast in drying and superb for styling her daughter's hair! My wife rates the Shark Glam a 5 Star styling tool and our daughter gives it 4 out of 5 Stars from her perspective! Either way, it is without a doubt a Salon Quality drying and styling tool that will make getting ready for work or a night out faster and easier! Highly recommended by the two women in my life!!

The Shark Glam Ceramic & Powerful Air Styling & Hair Dryer System is a really nice package of great tools for most hair lengths. I recently (just prior to receiving this) cut my long hair to chin/shoulder length so the timing to dry and style it is shorter and somewhat easier. This dryer/styler is a cool kind of all-in-one product. Let me start by saying that I have many products by Shark from other blow dryers, to air purifiers, to vacuums and Shark puts out a great product. The box comes so nicely and tightly packaged that it took a minute to get the main blow dryer part out of the cardboard safe keeping box area. The plug part is huge and the cord it long and sturdy. While I know Shark products are amazing – this one is a little overwhelming for me. I love my Shark Smoothstyle dryer/straighten and I think it is very similar with added benefits. With that being said, if you have long hair this is a wonderful product. I am not using all of the tools that come with it because of the length of my hair and the style. The base unit of the dryer is light weight until you start adding the attachments – adds a little weight. I like that there are various heat settings and various air flow settings as well. The attachments do get hot, so be careful when you change attachments, use the little top piece to grip it/them. Ok, on to styling… I am pleased with the speed of drying my shorter hair and using the brush attachment and diffuser and then using the straightener part for the ends to help with frizz. I am not using the wrap curl pieces because I can’t get them to work with my shorter hair. If/when It grows back to past my shoulders, I may have a different story. However, my daughter in law has used them on her much longer hair and loves them and is able to work her hair around them for a great style. She loves this product/dryer/styler – she may inherit it until my hair grows. Shark has never made a product that I don’t love, this just happens to be one of them that doesn’t work very well for me at this time…

Full disclosure, I am a dad with shorter/somewhat sparse hair that I just brush and let air dry, but both my wife and young adult daughter have different hair styles that beg different drying needs. gleefully did all the testing, and I was in charge of organizing their thoughts and reporting their feedback. Out of the gate, they were super excited about their new Shark Glam Hair Styling & Air Drying System and gleefully did all the testing over the last week. I was in charge of organizing their thoughts, which are provided below along with some descriptives of the major components. Shark Glam Hot Tool – core tool with three-position power switch offering wet and dry modes, buttons for three temperature settings as well as three airflow settings, and LED indicator to show if dry tools are heated up. Holding the temperature button for two seconds activates ‘scalp shield’ which allows you to hold the hair dryer closer to the scalp without burning it- this was a great feature that both of them enjoyed and noted as a great plus they hadn’t experienced before. The head of the unit has a toggle that activates a swivel action that pivots the head to 90 degrees, mimicking the ‘pistol-grip’ ergonomic seen in traditional hair dryers. The unit has a very sturdy power cord on a swivel, and a power block with typical reset and test buttons that is an absolute unit. Both wife and daughter’s initial impressions of just the hair dryer are that it is very efficient and gets hair to a dry state very quickly with impressive power and heat. Used as-is or with the concentrated nozzle attachment, they got a fast dry with some directional hair control. With my wife having much shorter hair, she really enjoyed the speed and quality of the blow dry in being able to get out the door much more quickly in the morning. It should be noted that Shark suggests getting hair to about 70% dry when using the device in wet mode with the other attachments for optimal outcomes. Both played with the cool shot function, but reported it more ‘less hot’ than cool. Concentrated nozzle attachment – targets high velocity airstreams to attack specific sections of hair, both reported that it worked well in increasing the speed to drying while creating some volume at the roots and cutting down on frizz. Works as intended, no surprises. 1.25” auto-curlers (left and right) - both daughter and wife really enjoyed this feature/attachment. The curlers (both a left and right version) uses airflow to wrap your hair around the barrel. It definitely took them a little time to get it right, but once they sorted out the mechanic of attaching the hair, they really enjoyed the efficiency and speed of it. This particular system really highlighted the ease of the ‘click and twist’ system all of the tools use, you have to rotate between left and right side attachments for each side of the head, but the quickness of installing/deinstalling each one made it pretty effortless. My wife has shorter hair and my daughter longer, but both love to style a curl into their hair now and again, and this served really well in that regard. Silki Hair-straightener with ceramic plates (can use on wet or dry hair)- What is really cool with this attachment/function is that the air speed is variable. It is lower before you get your target strands in between the plates, then ramps up the once the plates are closed. My daughter thought this was a fantastic feature as in other brands/models she has used in the past with airflow, the air was a constant speed and as such it made it hard to trap hair properly to even close the plates. The plates themselves otherwise worked well on both wet or dry hair as intended. Daughter was the main tester, my wife has shorter straight hair and less use for this attachment. Glossi styler attachment – this is an air brush that serves to add body and shine to hair. It is teardrop shaped with a narrow end sporting ceramic plates in almost a comb-like configuration (intended to get closer to the roots), and a wider rounded end with two different bristle types that work in unison when rolling your hair through the whole head form root to end. Overall, it is a large attachment and my wife (short bob cut) didn’t find it as useful as my daughter who has hair down past her shoulders. My daughter had great experience in both wet and dry mode, with dry mode providing considerably more heat and taking less time to get the affect she wanted. In wet mode, it performed similarly but took more time and passes to get a similar outcome. This may be just due to a lack of use/time prior to writing the review, and may need more practice to perfect, but it was a worthy comment to include. Frizz-fighter tool- ceramic plate attachment on a roller that attacks flyaway strands of hair. This attachment was hard to get a verdict on, while both wife and daughter noted some success with it when used, both noted that frizz pretty much came back into play later in the day, generally within an hour of use. May require more experimentation Overall, the Shark Glam Hair Styling & Air Drying System is a great package of hair tools that can replace quite a few individual devices in a more compact format. The construction of everything was solid commercial grade composite plastic, with ceramic plates and some steel components/inserts: everything feels very well built and it is a very inclusive system that is a Swiss-army knife of hair care tools. The only real complaint to note (should you even call it a complaint), is that outside of the box it comes in, there is no bag or storage case included. It appears we may be able to buy one aftermarket, but at the price point the system is sold at, one would expect something of that nature to be included to round it all off. Shark has a pretty wonderful offering here, and both wife and daughter shared high-praise for all of the different devices included.