Much like the butterfly haircut, butterfly bangs are all about blending varying lengths of hair. The haircut itself features short layers around the crown of the head, giving the illusion of shorter hair, meanwhile the fringe uses layers around the face to achieve a feathery look.
“It's a short haircut in a long haircut,” says hairstylist Luke Hersheson, “and a style that allows you the ability to wear your hair up at the back, but look like you've got shorter hair from the front. It's called a butterfly because the idea is that the hairstyle offers two completely different looks.” @photokyj80.
Coined by Brook, the butterfly cut is a very layered, feathery haircut that's longest layers fall just below the shoulder. Shorter layers are cut around the crown of your head to create the illusion of having shorter strands. “The shortest top layer falls about two to three inches below your chin,” Brook says.
The "Butterfly" cut can be described as a modern take on the classic shag. The name comes from the layering effect that frames the face effortlessly with an overall seamless blend. The "Wolf" cut, is the perfect mix between a textured shag with the shape of a mullet.
The jellyfish haircut sports disconnected layers that resemble a short bob with longer layers underneath. If the name is any giveaway, it truly resembles the round body and longer, billowy tentacles of a jellyfish.
Thanks to its face-framing layers, we would also recommend that this hairstyle is suitable for those with round face shapes. This is because, the long layers help to contour your features, giving the illusion of a slimmer face.
Basically, the bottleneck bang cut combines the face-framing wispy hairs of a traditional curtain bang cut with short, eyebrow grazing traditional bangs. It's already been seen on celebs like Anne Hathaway and Elizabeth Olsen.
One of the most popular styles in South Korea is the air bang, also referred to as “see-through bangs” for their wispiness and the way they show glimpses of your forehead.
Similar to a mullet, the style features more body and volume at the crown of the head (the head of the octopus) and then longer, thinner, shag-like layers from the mid-shaft to ends (the tentacles). Though the octopus haircut is inspired by both the mullet and shag, it is neither.
Side bangs tend to soften facial features that get harsh with age and bring attention to your eyes. This style of bangs will also help you to avoid your hair from falling flat.
"[Curtain bangs] are super low-maintenance because [they] flow into your hair naturally and you can style them however you want," says Cleveland.
But is there any truth to it? In a word, yes. "Fringes can soften facial features, and help conceal an aging forehead, so yes, in a way they can make you look younger," confirms stylist Barney Martin, hair director and owner of Barney Martin salons, NSW. The key is to pick the 'right' fringe for your face shape.
If You Have a Heart-Shaped Face: If you have a wider forehead and a pointed jaw with a small chin, then your face is heart-shaped. In this case, avoid full-fringe bangs because they will accentuate your wide forehead.
The blunter the bangs the more your face will look rounder. On the other hand, if you fringe the bangs shorter in the middle and longer on the edges, you'll get the slimming look you desire. Like long hair and asymmetrical bobs, having face framing layers will elongate your face for a slimming look.
As celebrity and editorial hairstylist Neil Moodie explains: “A wolf haircut is a mix of the shag haircut and a mullet, but generally created on longer hair. It has shorter choppy layers on the top and longer choppy layers around the sides and back.”
French-girl bangs are thick, full, and long (grazing your eyebrows or even slightly longer, depending on your preferences), and they lay across your forehead perfectly.
The hairstyle, which means "princess" in Japanese, has historical roots and consists of blunt frontal fringe and face-framing side pieces, with the remaining hair worn long and straight down the back.
Bottleneck bangs are one of the most popular bang trends of 2022. Bottleneck bangs are just how they sound; they resemble the shape of a bottleneck. They curve outward, with the longest pieces hitting your cheekbones and the shortest pieces across your forehead.
Choppy, long bangs to draw attention to big eyes
For those with big eyes and thick lashes, long, choppy bangs are a great way to draw more attention to this prominent feature. This is because such bangs end right at the eyes, and instantly make them the focal point of a person's face.
A butterfly haircut combines short layers with long layers to give your hair dimension, movement and body. The short, wispy layers hit around the chin to frame your face, highlight your features and even contour a round face shape.
Classic layers can keep your hair looking on-trend and stylish, while also flattering the soft angles of round faces. "A medium-length, shaggy hair style accented with side bangs that hit at the cheekbones is a great look for a round face," says Nunzio Saviano, hairstylist and owner of Nunzio Saviano Salon.
We're going to see a lot less of those long, beachy waves in 2023 in exchange for lived-in layers. "Lived-in and layered is going to be trending in 2023 because it's low-maintenance, encourages natural texture or wave pattern, and it's perfect for air-drying," celebrity hairstylist Ericka Verrett notes (via Allure).
Meet the ponytail method, also known as "The Unicorn Cut." This DIY haircut method that's been blowing up on YouTube has people tying their hair into an extremely high ponytail that looks like a unicorn horn and giving themselves a refreshed haircut with a single snip.