40 Stunning Butterfly Haircut Examples You Will Want to Don

With TikTok and IG full of bouncy layered looks, there is no doubt you have already seen and admired the butterfly haircut. Here you will find all you need to know about this new trendy layered cut.

This haircut is sometimes confused with the ‘90s blowouts and modern shags, so let’s make things clear. What is a butterfly haircut? It’s a layered cut kind of parted in the middle or to one side, with the top layers done around the face and the bottom section falling below the shoulders. Since a picture is worth a thousand words, scroll down to see the cut in all its beauty and diversity of versions.

1. Intense Bottom Layers. Some girls prefer a few well-defined layers in the lower part, but you can take another approach and get more layers yet with a softer feel.

2. Bronze-Tinted Chunky Layers. Not only the placement but also the way your layers are cut and styled can change the whole look drastically, for example, giving the hair a fuller feel.

3. Ginger Layers. Unlike many other haircuts, this style doesn’t show stark separation between the top and bottom layers but features a seamless cascade of locks all the way down.

4. Smokey Brown Layered Cut. Since girls with thick manes can have as much layering as they want without sacrificing body, this ashy style is packed with fairly short layers from top to bottom.

5. Taupe Hair with Layers. Not only does this cut debulk the dense hair with the help of layering, but it also incorporates strategically placed highlights to make the ends lighter and so much airier.

6. V-Shaped Hairstyle. This ultra-long and super-thick hair requires lots of debulking to give it movement and shape, and the layered cut here ticks all the boxes.

7. Long Off-Centered Haircut. Although this type of haircut often comes in a center-parted version, this beige bronde style is cut to allow an off-center parting.

8. Shoulder-Length Dusty Blonde. This style leaves a shorter distance between the face-framing layers and the bottom strands but still creates plenty of bounce and volume.

9. Fluffy Haircut with Bangs. Adorned with just a tad thinned-out bangs, this buttery blonde style keeps a shorter distance between the topmost and bottom layers to give a shaggier feel to the whole cut.

10. Wispy Straight Haircut. The combination of intense layering and fiercely sliced ends in this ashy brown hair brings out some airy waves accentuated by the dreamy shade.

11. Layered Smokey Brown Haircut. This mesmerizing style doesn’t stick to layering in the front and at the bottom and adds pieces of different lengths throughout the perimeter.

12. Copper Brown Medium Haircut. Here we have a killer combo of face-framing layers and money pieces since nothing works to spotlight a face better than a pop of color on an eye-catching texture.

13. Retro Haircut with Layers. Adorned with the lavish curtain bangs styled upward to build more volume in the front, this caramel brown hair is a fresh and more low-maintenance take on the ‘70s shag.

14. Shaggy Bottom Hair. This buttery blonde style is kept perfectly sleek around the crown but it gets much choppier and more undone towards the ends, gaining texture and movement.

15. Fluffy Cut in Dirty Blonde. Both fluffy hair and butterfly cuts are in, so why don’t you pair the two and add a refreshing blonde that spotlights the face and highlights the texture?

16. Graduated Side Layers. Layered quite moderately on the bottom, this long brown hair catches the eye with tons of texture around the face gained through feathering, graduation, and flipped-out styling.

17. Long Side-Swept Bangs. No, you don’t need to wear your fringe center-parted all the time, and this girl shows how to arrive at an extra volume on the crown with the front pieces effortlessly swept to one side.

18. Medium-Length Wispy Layers. If you want to rock a full and bouncy style but with an airy touch, ask for wispy layers across the mid-length while keeping them rather chunky around the ends.

19. Long Haircut with Definition. Getting straight hair feathered is a nice way to bring texture into your otherwise flat tresses, but accentuating the flips at the ends with proper styling doubles the effect.

20. High-Contrast Bangs. We can’t help falling in love with this stunning color scheme that starts with spectacular illumination near the face and melts into a dreamy, muted shade.

21. Layered Rachel 2.0 Cut. Here is a new take on one of the most iconic styles of the ‘90s era — heavily layered, bouncy, and voluminous hair but this time, it’s complemented with light, feathered bangs that grow longer toward the edges.

22. Disconnected Layered Hairstyle. By spacing out her curtain bangs and the rest of the face-framing layers, this girl has got a chance to emphasize her beautiful cheekbones while balancing the width of the face with visual elongation.

23. Ashy Brunette Ombre. Judging by these impressive images, pairing a contrasting ombre with a heavily layered V-shaped bottom is truly a brilliant idea.

24. Honey Blonde Balayage. This mix of brown and golden blonde pieces does a good job of creating dimension in the straight hair, which is further filled with texture and dynamics through masterful feathering and layering.

25. Shaggy Haircut with Bangs. We are used to seeing this type of haircuts with long face-framing layers, but it’s also fun to wear them with a shorter fringe covering the forehead.

26. Layers with Reduced Bounce. This almost straight style avoids over-layering and extra slicing to retain fullness but still gains texture and added volume around the face.

27. Textured Medium-Length Haircut. Although this style is anything but shaggy, the abundance of wispy layers creates tons of texture in the one-color brown tresses.

28. Farrah Fawcett Haircut. You will probably need a shorter haircut to recreate this vintage style with loads of flipped-out ends cascading a bit past the shoulders.

29. Layered Black Haircut. This shorter version of the layered haircut has the bottom cut in dense layers to give support and better bounce to the face-framing pieces.

30. Extremely Choppy Layers. This enviable mane immediately catches the eye with the shaggy texture throughout the ends and the beautiful structure created by layering.

31. Layers with Caramel Highlights. You don’t need to polish your layers to perfection to enjoy bounce and volume, but you can make them even more dimensional with masterfully placed highlights.

32. Long Contrasting Hairstyle. This layered style mixes blonde and brown to land a contrasting color scheme that makes the texture and movement more visible while enhancing the airy feel.

33. Bardot’s Bangs Hairstyle. Here is a trendy blast from the past, combining Brigitte Bardot’s sexy and relaxed curtain bangs with intense layers cascading down no less effortlessly.

34. Brown Ombre Layers. This fine hair gets a nice volume boost with the wispy layers around the face and gains more body on the bottom thanks to the shaggy finish.

35. Curly Layers with Blonde. Whether you have natural waves or want to mimic them using a curling wand, right layers are sure to maximize their volume and bounce.

36. Bronzed and Chunky Layers. By amassing wild layers in the mid-length rather than around the bottom, you can arrive at enhanced volume on the sides and a more balanced look for narrow faces.

37. Jet-Black Blowout. Those wishing to channel their glamorous self should tread in this girl’s steps and polish their fresh layers with a bouncy blowout.

38. Butter Blonde Flippy Ends. Add a retro feel to your hairstyle by adopting Farrah Fawcett’s vibes through a feathery finish and flipped-out ends.

39. Feathery Straight Haircut. For your mane to feel less heavy and more structured while retaining the length and showcasing its healthy smoothness, consider subtle layers with a feathery finish.

40. Disconnected Brunette Haircut. Overall dark brown hair gives off texture not easily, but you will surely make it with clearly disconnected layers and some thinning out around the ends.

We hope some of you got hooked on this trendy type of layered haircut after viewing our collection. Feel free to use your selected pics as a reference for your hairdresser. Enjoy your journey to your next hair goal!