Last year saw the revival of mullets, the advent of soft wolf cuts and most recently, the dawn of the butterfly cut, a trend that's still going strong if our TikTok feeds are anything to go by. The hashtag #butterflycut currently has over 184 million views on the app and counting, thanks to a two-step hack that TikTokers are experimenting with to achieve the layered look themselves at home. It's a bold move. Yes, many of us embraced the art of an at-home trim during the pandemic, but an all-out layered look? We'd advise you leave that in the hands of the pros.Watch: Brad Mondo Demonstrates The Two-Step Butterfly Cut Hack
That said - and again we're categorically not advising that you try this at home - some of the results, whether by fluke or skill, are actually quite impressive. It all started with hair extrodinaire, New York stylist Brad Mondowho took to TikTok (and Instagram) to share his seemingly simple shortcutto creating the butterfly cut at home. It's a video that has inspired TikTok users the world over.Watch: TikTokers Try Out Brad Mondo's Butterfly Cut Hair Hack
In his TikTok, which now boasts 1.9 million likes, Brad parts the hair across the mid section of the head, horizontally (i.e. from ear to ear). He then creates two ponytails, one at the front section of the head 'like a unicorn', the other is made from the remaining hair at the back of the head, it should be a 'really highAriana Grande style pony'. As for the cut, Brad goes big, chopping around four to six inches off both ponytails. He then undoes each pony, assess the face framing strands and connects the sides by cutting into the hair further.
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What you should be left with is a sassy new-gen take on the iconic The Rachel cut, think: texture, oomph and a heck load of bounce. The likelihood that you'll end up with anything like Matilda Djerf's, coveted do, which some consider the epitome of the butterfly cut, however, is low. Want a butterfly cut? Take her feed to your go-to hairdresser the next time you book in. It's not a DIY-friendly cut. _Main image: TikTok @destinyy_lynn__
Just so you know, whilst we may receive a commission or other compensation from the links on this website, we never allow this to influence product selections - read why you should trust usLOOKING to be a trendy babe, one woman decided to give herself the viral butterfly cut - and the results are jaw-dropping.
Unless you've been living under a rock, you will have seen the so-called butterfly cut has become all the rage recently, with thousands of people rocking this layered look.
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One of those who finally gave in and grabbed a pair of scissors was Sabrina Gomez, believed to be from the US.
The mum-of-two chuckled saying she had seen about 8, 000 videos on social media of people giving themselves a haircut when she decided to see what the fuss was all about.
Armed with scissors and two hair ties, Sabrina first started by putting her thick locks into two ponytails, which she claimed was the worst part.
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To ensure the results were even, she had even found a hack online - grabbing a piece of paper she used for a straight line.
The beauty enthusiast applied the same paper method for both ponytails, meaning she cut off the exact same amount of in both front and back.
It seems that it's not just hair pros that would go wild over the final look - people on social media couldn't believe how good her locks looked after the easy haircut.
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However, not everyone's had the best luck with this trendy look - one woman, Yum, was left looking like a character from Stranger Things.
She took to TikTok to share a video of her attempt to cut her own hair, which began after she had separated her mane into two sections - one at the front and one at the back.
She'd secured each section into a ponytail, and then took her scissors to the front pony, cutting it around where it would hit her eyebrows.
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But her reaction wasn't quite as convincing, as she looked in the mirror with her hand over her mouth while examining her handiwork.
Moment of truth, she said, as she took out both ponytails and ran her fingers through her hair to check out the end result.
Realising she'd somewhat messed up the cut, Yum pulled at her uneven fringe as she tried to work out where it had gone wrong.
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People couldn't resist poking fun at Yum's fail in the comments section, with many comparing her mullet 'do to that of Stranger Things character Steve Harrington (played by Joe Keery).
After being told the cut would look better once she'd styled it, Yum returned with another video of her attempt to do just that.
And while she left her house with her hair down, it got too much very quickly, and Yum ended up tying it up.
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She then tried out another TikToker's suggestion, using bobby pins at the side of her head, above her ears, to give a narrower fringe section.Jennifer Lopez has just got a very on-trend ‘butterfly’ haircut – and this layered lo is one that plenty of TikT users are trying to create themselves at home with a viral technique
We all learnt in lockdown that DIY haircuts were something we never really wanted to try again. At least we thought we all learnt. Now it’s like we’ve all forgotten the mistakes of 2020 because TikTers are getting their scissors out again to try the “butterfly” haircut.
And this trend is only set to gain in popularity now that Jennifer Lopez has given it a try (with professional help, of course. We highly doubt JLo hacked at her ends with a pair of kitchen scissors).
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The singer shows off her new cut in a promo video for her upcoming movie Shotgun Wedding, in which it’s clear her long lengths have been given extra body with the help of some clever butterfly layering. The result is plenty of volume at the roots and sleeker ends.
If that doesn’t give you enough of a description of what a butterfly cut actually is, celebrity hairstylist Jay Birmingham gives a proper explanation of this exact type of cut.
“It’s an updated take on the classic 'Rachel from Friends' style and the 90s layering lo that we all love again, ” he says. “You may have heard of the ‘octopus’ cut and essentially the butterfly is almost the same but with a few tweaks.
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“This stylish hair cut requires short and long choppy layers. It features shorter layers around your jawline to frame your face and longer layers below your shoulders to create contrast and movement throughout.”
It sounds like quite a tricky style for even a professional to get right, doesn’t it? Definitely not one many of us would attempt to recreate at home ourselves. However, TikT thinks the layers are easy to achieve with one particular cutting technique initially outlined in a tutorial video from hairstylist Brad Mondo.
Brad instructs people to split your hair into two sections and pull the front one (from the ear forward) into a ponytail so that it resembles a unicorn hair horn. The back section then gets tied into a normal high ponytail.
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He then says to cut off a “good amount” of hair – around four inches – from each ponytail. When the hair is let down and dried, it should have plenty of face-framing layers. Brad also snips off any straggly ends after letting the sections down.
A quick scan through TikT shows plenty of people attempting the butterfly haircut for themselves – and to varying degrees of success. Since Brad is famous for his reaction videos to home haircuts going wrong, some users je in the comment section that he’s started this “easy” tutorial so that he has content for future videos.
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