HairAI Studio.
Cut long hair with dramatic layers that create wing-like movement. Focus on voluminous layers around the face and shoulders. Style with bouncy waves for maximum impact.
Free to try. Available worldwide on iPhone & Android.
Butterfly layers are the modern version of the 70s Farrah Fawcett feathered cut — face-framing layers that start at the cheekbone, taper out into long internal layers, and create wings around the face when blown out forward. The name describes the shape: open and winged at the front, weight kept long at the back. It became the dominant long-hair cut of 2022-2024.
They suit oval, round, and heart faces — the wings around the cheekbone do work for round faces by adding length, and they balance heart shapes by adding fullness at the temples. Straight, wavy, and curly hair all wear them, though the wing effect is most dramatic on straight or lightly wavy hair that holds a round-brush blowout.
Medium daily maintenance — blow-dry the front sections forward and up to set the wings (eight to ten minutes), or air-dry for a softer version. Trim every ten weeks to maintain the layered shape; if face-framing layers grow out unevenly, the wings disappear. The cut went viral in 2022 (TikTok's #butterflyhaircut) and has stayed firmly in rotation. Ask for 'face-framing layers at the cheekbone and chin tapering into long internal layers' — generic 'long layers' won't produce wings.
Front-facing, natural light. The model handles bangs, hats, glasses, beards — even bad bathroom lighting.
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