Eagle-eyed viewers of Love Island might have noticed the best hairdryer dupe being used particularly enthusiastically in the villa dressing room on the winter show this year. Yes, of course, it's the Shark tools that are (very) similar to the leading Dyson range.
We're a huge fan of Dyson hair stylers and the Dyson Supersonic Hair Dryer is a favourite among the Grazia beauty team. It dries hair in double quick time and weighs a fraction of your average hair dryer. Famed for mimicking Dyson's range of stylers in both their mechanisms and design are Shark hair tools - a brand that has made their way into this year's Love Island villa by way of Boots - the show's beauty partner.
Cut to any shot of a Love Islander drying their hair this year and you might spot them holding the Shark Style iQ hair dryer or Shark FlexStyle multi-use dryer. Now, we've seen it splashed all across socials including the infamous viral TikToks (just like the time when everyone was raving about the Revlon One Step hairdryer), so it seems that this is the newest hair tool to have your hands on.
What makes the Shark range so special? We asked that too. Well, apart from giving the same results as the Dyson counterparts for a fraction of the price, the tools are actually pretty effective in their own right. With hundreds of reviews across social media raving about how good they are, it's pretty hard to ignore the fan following.
So, with Love Islanders being spotted using them day and night in the villa as well as a tonne of influencers sharing their love for the dupe, here's where to get your hands on the Shark hairdryers. They make a great case for a Dyson hairdryer dupe.
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That's right the Shark FlexStyle is the ultimate dryer to have, as seen in the Love Island villa dressing room. With five different attachments, including options to curl, straighten, smooth and volumise hair, there's simply nothing it can't do. Plus, it's a very similar dupe to the Dyson Airwrap.
Customer review: "The Shark FlexStyle is very versatile, convenient, and simple to use. The two brush attachments are very effective, one for smoothing and one for adding curl/bounce/volume. The ability to twist the end of the Flexstyle to use it as a hairdryer is very handy also!"
Pros
- Dyson Airwrap Dupe
- Auto-wrap curlers with Conada Technology
- No heat damage
Cons
- Takes some getting used to
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Another Shark product seen exactly in the Love Island villa is this Shark Style iQ hair dryer (and doesn't it look just as familiar as the Dyson Hairdryer and Zuvi Halo Hairdryer too?). Luckily, this is just as powerful in its own right.
Customer review: "Fantastic. Could not live without it now. Could not wait to return from holiday to use this - two weeks in the sun, sand and sea had left my hair dry and straw-like. Using the Shark Hairdryer has left my hair feeling AMAZING."
Pros
- No heat damage
- Fast drying
- Multiple attachments for various hair types
Cons
- Not as powerful as similar choices