The butterfly haircut trend makes the best of grown-out bangs for two styles in one
Layering and texture are key for the butterfly reduce (Image: Getty)

The octopus reduce could have been named after the animal for its tentacle-like tendrils, however the butterfly reduce will get its identify from the duality it presents.

The butterfly begins life as a humble caterpillar, earlier than rising from a cocoon with the attractive wings it’s recognized for.

Taking inspiration from the insect’s transformation, the butterfly reduce works as a brief or lengthy fashion, with layers permitting you to put on your hair flowing or in a tidy bob.

Stylist and Biolage ambassador Sunnie Brook, who coined the time period, advised Popsugar about her signature fashion.

‘This can be a very layered haircut on hair under the shoulders that’s reduce in a manner that the highest layer could be separated from the underside and simply pinned beneath to appear to be a brief haircut,’ she mentioned.

The layers are what give this reduce versatility, and, in response to Sunnie, your high layer ought to fall about two to 3 inches under your chin. This frames your face and provides physique.

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Euphoria star Sydney Sweeney – additionally pictured above – has mastered the fake bob, going from a bouncy blow-out to this pared-back fashion instantly (Image: Wealthy Fury/Getty Photographs)

Then you definitely’ll have an extended layer beneath, which you'll disguise or showcase as you want.

The boy bob, the bixie, and the mixie are among the many brief types trending in the meanwhile. As attractive as they're, they’d nonetheless imply a giant chop for anybody with longer locks.

With the butterfly reduce, you will get a really feel for shorter hair with out braving a drastic – and lasting – change.

Other than the actual fact you possibly can ‘change’ the size of it, it’s additionally a good way to make one of the best of a grown-out fringe. In case you took the plunge with 70s curtain bangs however now need to transfer away from the retro look, the layers ought to naturally develop right into a butterfly reduce over time.

Whereas the shag haircut was all about dramatic hair, the butterfly is softer and decrease upkeep. The place edgy icons like Joan Jett and Stevie Nicks had been the muses for the shag, the butterfly is extra ‘off-duty supermodel who desires to look easy – whatever the effort required to appear to be that’.

In case you’ve already obtained bangs, point out you’d wish to develop them out for extra of a feathered impact.

Alternatively, should you’re fringe-free proper now, ask for face framing strands that begin under your chin. Spotlight that you just’re after lengthy layers that provide you with motion and quantity. Photos will give them a greater concept, too.

It’s price noting that this is perhaps a tough fashion for sure hair textures and face shapes to tug off, so chat to your hairdresser to see how they will make it give you the results you want.

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