[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Let me start by saying, my hair is an absolute catastrophe. It would make young teens weep and serve as a grim warning to all though who feel that their hair can withstand impenetrably against all products and heat. I got this Shark Flexstyle as a last hurrah to impossibly style my brittle, ridiculously damaged thin hair. I knew full well that it was an impossible mission, but with just the small glimmer of hope that came from hearing it curled with far less damage from heat, I had to try.
It was actually my very first date with my now hubby that I destroyed my hair with a curling iron. I used a rather high-end iron that, in my nervous insecurities, I had redone my hairstyle 3 times before my date and, in doing so had caused such irreparable damage that my hair continued falling out for a week afterward... it's never been the same. My husband and I laugh about it now, but the hit I took on my self-esteem was so hard, it’s embarrassing to admit. Since then, I’ve not been able to touch an iron to it without causing even more damage.
--->Enter the Shark Flexstyle. My thin, HEAVILY damaged hair is exactly what you WOULDN’T intend a styler to be able to do anything with. My split ends have split ends. If I got to a hair stylist, they gasp and ask if they can give me a pixie cut. I pulled out the shark and scanned the QR code to get the style video. I'm the one whose first inclination is to wrap their hair completely incorrectly on these, so the instant QR codes for the individual style videos are gold. I wrapped, twisted it off, and.... “no way!” Yes, I actually had a perfect, bouncy curl for the first time in years. My thin, horror-show hair actually had style. I mean, EEEK! It took about 3 days for me to be able to quickly wrap my hair correctly (hey, I DID say I was bad at this stuff.) The videos made it really easy though, and switching from right to left sides is really no slower than using a reversible iron... AND zero damage! Wow, if only this came out a few years ago, I wouldn’t have burnt my hair off.
I truly didn’t believe this Shark would be as hugely game-changing as it is: by itself its an incredible volume-blasting airline/travel-friendly hair dryer and with the attachments, it brings the bouncy full-bodied curls that both stay in AND are gentle to us healthy-lock-impaired girls. I’ll never use another curling iron, and only regret this wasn’t made years ago. Don’t make my mistake – the snowballing damage of curling irons can’t be undone. This Flexstyle gives even better curls in the same amount of time with more versatility. AND, I know I’m a dork but when it's converted to curling attachment, it completely looks like a lightsaber. What else could you really want?