Shark simply launched a brand new multi-styler that can be utilized to model moist and dry hair, and in the event you’re pondering to your self, “Didn’t they do that about 10 months ago?” then you definitely’d be 100% right.
Shark introduced the brand new software, the Shark Glam, in a press launch on Aug. 11, 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.” Which, once more, you probably have reminiscence of — or bought — the Shark FlexFusion, that assertion may confuse you.
As of Aug. 11, the Glam is out there solely on the Sephora app, however shall be accessible to most of the people on Aug. 12 for $449 at Sephora and Shark’s web site.
A fast look on the product listings of the Glam and the FlexFusion on Sephora’s website confirmed to me that I wasn’t loopy for sensing some similarities:
Left:
The Shark FlexFusion.
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Proper:
The Shark Glam.
Credit score: Shark
I’ve examined the Shark magnificence lineup, and I used to be impressed with the innovation behind instruments just like the FlexStyle and the FlexFusion, so I used to be shocked by the advertising for the brand new Glam software. Shark’s Instagram tease makes it seem to be this multi-styler is solely distinctive. To get some readability, I requested Shark in regards to the variations between the Shark Glam and the Shark FlexFusion.
How is the Shark Glam totally different from the Shark FlexFusion?
Shark’s staff advised me there have been three essential variations between the Glam and the FlexFusion:
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The Shark Glam attachments use a brand new Warmth Sense know-how that distributes warmth higher for improved styling and temperature management.
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The Shark Glam’s Silki straightener is “slimmer and lighter” than the Shark FlexFusion Moist-or-Dry air straightener. It additionally features a sensor for routinely turning down airflow when it isn’t getting used for styling.
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The facility wire is lighter, making the general styler lighter.
Whereas I can not personally converse to the lighter energy wire or new warmth sense tech simply but (the Glam remains to be on the best way to me to be examined), the straightener attachment does seem like extra compact total within the photographs of the multi-stylers facet by facet.
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Just like the FlexFusion (and different Dyson AirWrap options), the Shark Glam is available in a few totally different configurations. The beginning value for the styler is $449 for 5 distinct attachments, making it the costliest beginning value of any Shark multi-styler. That mentioned, it does have one of the best attachment selection from any Shark base mannequin.
For comparability, the Shark FlexFusion build-your-own fashions begin at $349.99 (for the straightener, plus two attachments) or $399.99 for variations with the straightener, plus three extra distinct attachments. (Word: a model of the FlexFusion with out the straightener attachment exists and begins at $349.99 for 4 attachments).
The Shark Glam attachments
The Shark Glam is out there in two fashions: straight & wavy and curly & coily. Nevertheless, as of this writing, we may solely discover one Shark Glam mannequin accessible on the market on-line.
This is the breakdown for every:
Straight & Wavy
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Shark Glossi: a ceramic spherical brush that makes use of each warmth and air for styling
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Shark Silki: an air straightener with ceramic scorching plates for styling the hair with air, warmth, or each
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1.25-inch Coanda Auto-Wrap curlers: curlers that “grab” the hair for air styling, discovered additionally on the Shark FlexFusion and FlexStyle
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FrizzFighter: a software that makes use of Coanda air to seize and easy flyaways
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Concentrator: a regular blow dryer attachment for focusing airflow whereas drying
The complete attachment lineup for the Shark Glam.
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For comparability, the Shark FlexFusion does have a mannequin with a close to an identical product lineup that prices $429.99. Nevertheless, you will not get the slimmer straightener, lighter wire, or improved warmth tech.
Curly & Coily
The curly & coily provides one extra attachment (starred under) over the curly & coily FlexFusion. The lineup in full is:
The vast tooth comb is technically accessible on the FlexFusion, however solely as a part of the build-your-own units or for buy individually.
It’s value noting that Shark’s enhancements towards the warmth tech appear to be focused for folk with kind three and 4 hair. In line with the press launch, Shark Magnificence CMO Kleona Mack mentioned, “Shark Glam was designed to handle an unmet want – particularly with textured hair. Hair sorts 3 and 4 have lengthy been underserved within the styling software class and we knew that it was time to lift the bar.”
In the event you’re most intrigued by the brand new attachments on each fashions, the person attachments shall be accessible for buy and can work on the primary unit of the Fusion. However, you’d nonetheless miss out on the warmth and airflow tech, which is housed in the primary unit of the Glam itself, in accordance with a Shark spokesperson.
