Butterfly Cut Long

Layers are staggered rather than uniform, each one slightly longer than the last, so the hair reads as a series of soft steps down the sides. The perimeter stays heavy so no length is lost, and the layering is concentrated in the front two sections. Bouncing the ends under with a large iron is what sells the shape. Because the base is untouched, six months of growth still looks like the same cut.

• Suitsround, square, heart face shapes. Staggered lengths down the sides pull the eye vertically past a rounded or squared outline, and the widest layer lands below a heart shape's narrow chin.
• Hair typemedium density, thick, wavy, straight. Long layering only shows on hair with enough weight to fall in distinct steps, since on very fine hair the steps blend into one thin curtain.
• UpkeepDust the ends every twelve weeks, and count on twenty minutes with a curling iron to get the layers reading as separate steps.
• Ask forAsk for a long butterfly cut with the perimeter left heavy and staggered face-framing layers beginning at the chin.

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