#1: Wavy Butterfly Bob With Warm Balayage
The shorter face-framing pieces here are doing all the work, and they’ve been cut with purpose so they sit right at the cheekbone for that butterfly lift while the back stays fuller and chin-length. Look at how the layers fan out instead of just falling flat against the jaw. That’s totally intentional. On round or heart-shaped faces, this framing is genuinely flattering because it opens the face without adding width at the chin. The balayage is hand-painted only on the mid-lengths and ends so the root is left dark and low-maintenance. Fine to medium density hair with some natural wave will land closest to this result. Straight hair will not do this on its own and daily texture spray gets old fast.
#2 Collarbone Brunette Butterfly Bob With Subtle Ash Ribboning
Observe how the shorter pieces that frame the face reach the cheekbone, while the longer pieces touch the collarbone. The gap between the two lengths is doing all the work here, making that butterfly silhouette with out being overly layered or out dated, This is medium density hair, as well as the point cut interior layers, which prevent it from being read as heay or triangular, which is a real risk with round or square face shapes at this length. The cool ash threads woven through the mid brunette base are so restrained you might miss them, but they stop the color from going flat under indoor lighting. This cut will not cooperate with fine, straight hair. It needs some natural texture or body to hold that bend at the ends, and without it, you’re looking at a flat bob with a weird short layer on top.
#3 Bronde Butterfly Bob With Stacked Crown Movement and Wispy Fringe
The crown lift for this style is coming from internal layers, razor cut and stacked right on top, not from product or blowout tricks. This shape holds up on day two. The bronde color is a little heavier blonde around the face with a natural brown base coming through at the roots and nape which keeps it looking intentionally grown-in. Wispy fringe pieces break up the forehead for rounder, fuller face shapes without closing off the whole top half of the face. This cut needs at least medium density. On fine, thin hair, those separated layers will look sparse and flat instead of airy where they’re supposed to look airy.
#4 Rich Brunette Butterfly Bob With Swooping Crown Layers
Just look at the crown and the lift that is happening there without any teasing or backcombing. That’s all layering. This is why this cut works on medium to thick hair, especially. The shorter interior layers around the crown flip out and create that outward rounded full shape while the longer pieces that are collarbone length stay heavy enough to anchor everything down. In fine hair, those crown layers would lie flat and you would lose all that shape. Mid-lengths that are point cut through keep the ends from being blunt and blocky and give that separated piecey look without going shaggy, which is what you want. This will suit oval and heart faces. Square jaws may find the volume at the sides a bit widening.
#5 Warm Brunette Collarbone Bob With Swoopy Side-Swept Layers
The shorter face-framing pieces here sit right at cheekbone level, which works to open up the center of her face. The detail most people will scroll past. This is a collarbone-length butterfly bob with slide-cut internal layers that create that kicked-out, lived-in separation at the ends. It’s best for medium to thick density. Fine hair will go flat by noon. The warm chocolate base has some hand-painted lighter threads woven through the mid-lengths. Nothing heavy, just enough to catch light and avoid the whole thing looking one-dimensional. This looks really good on oval and heart face shapes so that the width at the jaw balances the narrower chins. Round faces will find all that lateral volume works against them. One thing worth noting: this cut demands texture spray or it just looks like a grown-out lob.
#6 Collarbone Brunette Butterfly Bob With Warm Caramel Peek-a-Boo Pieces
The placement of the colors is what makes this great. Those caramel pieces are not sitting on top of the hair like standard highlights; they are woven throughout the middle layers of the hair so they only show when the hair is in motion. That point cutting creates a separated and piecey consistency in the mid lengths without thinning anything out, which is what makes the ends look so full despite all the movement. This works best on hair with medium density and some natural waves or bends. On really fine hair, those disconnected layers will look stringy by the second day. Oval and heart-shaped faces suit this length really well. The collarbone length with the face-framing shorter pieces help balance a narrower chin without too much hair. If your hair is thick and straight, you will have to realy spend some time to make this look like you have with a straightener or wave iron every day to recreate this look.
#7 Chin-Length Brunette Butterfly Bob With Warm Blonde Interior Ribbons
Let’s appreciate the artistic skill involved in the placement of these highlights and the cleverness behind the location of the placement. The highlights were not placed at the top of the hair, nor at the bottom, or even scattered throughout the entire head. Rather, they were hand painted in a way that uses restraint and only gives the hair movement and dimension. The cut is just below the chin and has soft inner layers that give the hair the desired butterfly look and without being too overdone. This look is best for medium density, straight, or slightly wavy hair. Oval and round face shapes are best suited for this look. On narrow, elongated face shapes, the width at the jaw might feel excessive, even if it doesn’t look too structured. Very fine hair won’t give the same effortless look. The hair has to have enough weight to hold the ends in that relaxed style without product doing all the work.
#8 Warm Copper Collarbone Butterfly Bob With Tousled S-Waves
Face-framing pieces here reach the cheekbone and not the jaw, and that’s where all the work is done. The top layers were point cut to kick out and add some width through the crown, and the longer lengths just touch the collarbone and have some loose S-waves. The copper balayage is mostly concentrated in the inner layers so when the hair moves, you see flashes of warmth against the darker brunette base and it’s really flattering on medium-thick hair with natural waves. If you have thin hair, it won’t hold this shape without daily styling. This cut also has a very deliberate undone look and the color grows out without a hard line. Oval and heart face shapes will benefit most from that cheekbone layering, but if your face is round, the width at the sides may work against you.
#9 Cool Ash Butterfly Bob With Bright Money Pieces
The design of these layers really elevates the look. They are strategically bright in contrast with the cool brunette base, almost platinum at the front, and this contrast is what gives the cut its overall excitement. The internal layers are point cut to sit around the collar bone, creating a defining butterfly shape where the upper portion is shorter and the length below falls straight. This works best with medium density hair. With really fine hair, the chunky money pieces could appear more cut than placed. This suits round and oval face shapes as the length finishes at the jaw without adding excessive volume. One thing to consider is that the ash tones in the base will shift warm relatively quickly without regular toner maintenance.
#10 Copper-Kissed Brunette Butterfly Bob With Deep Side Sweep
The deep side part adds a ton of volume and really helps the butterfly layers fan out in a direction instead of just aimlessly floating. The copper ribbons were done midshaft only so that the root and ends are darker, which gives the color a warmth that looks natural on medium to olive skin tones. This really needs thick hair though. Fine hair won’t hold that sweep or body without a ton of product, and even then it won’t last past lunch. Round and oval faces will wear this really well because the asymmetry creates length. The elbow length perimeter maintains enough weight to keep the layers from getting poufy on humid days.
#11 Collarbone Brunette Butterfly Bob With Honey-Lit Face Framing
These highlights are designed specifically to be noticable in the face-framing pieces and the interior layers that flip out, while leaving the crown and back sections untouched. This is a balayage placement technique that keeps maintenance for color down while allowing the hair cut to move. This works fantastic for medium density hair and will really give the shape some lift needed. Collarbones and ovals and hearts will love this, rounds, less so as the volume sits right at the jawline and widens everything. The cut won’t hold this shape on very fine, straight hair. You’ll get flat where you want flipped.
#12 Collarbone Dark Butterfly Bob With Separated Curtain Bangs
The bangs here have been done with that intention in mind: they are cut thin enough to split apart, which means they will not suit anyone with a strong cowlick in the forehead area. This is a collarbone-length butterfly bob on medium hair density, with slide-cut interior layers that give the ends that kicked-out movement without losing too much weight. This wears well on oval and heart-shaped faces. With this length on round faces, it just sits at the widest part of the jaw and does nothing for you. The dark brunette base has the faintest warm threading underneath, barely visible unless the light hits it, which keeps it from reading flat.
#13 Chin-Length Chocolate Butterfly Bob With Loose Face-Framing Pieces
The shorter pieces that frame the face are placed at the cheekbone while the longer pieces go past the jawline. The difference in the two lengths is what makes the cut a butterfly bob instead of a layered bob. It is important because on round or wider face shapes, those shorter front pieces can actually create more width. This is a great option for oval and heart shape face. The interior layers have been point cut and that is what creates this really nice movement and softens the ends so it is not blunt and looks thin. This style is best of medium density hair. Fine hair doesn’t work because it will lose volume in the back within a day of washing and no product will fix that.
#14 Golden Blonde Butterfly Bob With Bouncy Layered Volume
The piece-y shorter layers here are doing all the heavy lifting. They cut right at the cheekbone and kick out to form the butterfly shape, and the longer back layers go just past the collarbone. This requires medium to thick hair density. Fine hair won’t support the rounded shape due to the crown without heavy product, and it’ll collapse by noon. The color is a warm golden blonde with a hand-painted slightly deeper root to add dimension without a stark contrast. See how the layers aren’t blended; they’re point cut to flip and separate, which is what gives it that effortless movement instead of blowout bar look. This will look lovely on oval and heart face shapes. Less so on round faces as the volume is widest at the jaw.
#15 Brunette Butterfly Bob With Wispy Bangs and Textured Movement
The butterfly cut’s shortest strands rest on the cheekbones, which is where the most movement happens. The bottom length isn’t where the butterfly shape ‘lives’. This bob hits the collarbones and has some interior layers heavily point cut to achieve that piecey, separated texture. With fine hair, those wispy bangs will sink and flatten in a matter of hours. The face framing layers spread at the jaw and, especially on round and heart shaped faces, are really nice because they draw focus up and create horizontal space where it’s needed. The ends are also razor finished, so they won’t look set when they kick and curl. If your hair is naturally straight and resistant to bending, it won’t look like this on you.
#16 Collarbone Brunette Butterfly Bob With Razored Interior Layers
The butterfly bob isn’t just an ordinary layered bob. The shorter front layers sit just above the cheekbone and the longer layers hit just above the collarbone. This bob style has an ideal length difference that adds to the overall shape of the haircut. You can see that some internal layers have been thinned out so there is no loss of the weight from the perimeter. This may make the ends appear plumper, but the midlengths and above move nicely. It also keeps that ideal shape, so certain textures are required. It works best on medium to thick hair with a bit of natural texture. The best candidates for this bob style are round and oval faces because they get to enjoy the cheekbone length layers that elongate the appearance of the face. The dark, cool brown color has been woven little lighter strands that mimic the effect of a gloss. It has a very low maintenance color service. If you have straight hair, some thought may need to go into getting this style because you will need a flat iron or a wand to add that kind of bend to the style.
#17 Dark Cherry Butterfly Bob With Hidden Plum Ribbons
The plum shade will only show up in some places, and will only work if the hair is moving and then the base won’t look flat. This is a collarbone-length butterfly bob with strong internal layers that add volume through the crown and mid-lengths, tapering at the ends. This works best on medium to thick hair. This won’t hold its shape if fine hair is used and a lot of product will be required; it will be limp by noon. The face-framing pieces sit right at the cheekbone, which opens up rounder face shapes nicely, and the longer back layers are enough to give weight to avoid that mushroom bachelor look. It is important to remember that plum tones fade really quickly on dark hair. This means that you will need to have your hair glossed every four to five weeks before it starts to look dirty.
#18 Choppy Warm Brunette Butterfly Bob With Piece-y Bangs
The shorter face-framing pieces do all the heavy lifting. They are cut with a razor to avoid sitting too blunt against the cheekbones, creating an angled effect. This won’t work on straight fine hair, it needs natural wave or texture to hold that tousled, ‘undone’ shape; without it, you’ll just get flat curtains framing your face. The warm copper ribbons woven through the brunette base are subtle enough that you’d miss them in a photo taken from farther away, which suggests a colorist painted those in narrow sections instead of foiling. Chin length, medium density, oval, or heart-shaped faces will love how the bangs break up the forehead, without the commitment of a full fringe. Round faces should beware as the volume at the sides combined with the soft bangs can widen the look of the face.
#19 Chin-Length Brunette Butterfly Bob With Sun-Kissed Interior Highlights
It appears that most of the highlights have been done on the inner layers of the hair, which creates a warm, illuminated effect without looking stripy, which is a smart technique. This chin-length style requires a medium density of hair to sit nicely, otherwise, if your hair is fine or flat, it won’t sit like this without heat styling it that way every time. This length suits oval and heart faces as the jaw-skimming pieces soften the look without making it shorter. On round faces, it can feel heavy at the sides. The ends are slightly bent which looks effortless, but that’s a purposeful little curve done with a flat iron, not some nice air-dried texture.
#20 Jaw-Length Dark Butterfly Bob With Feathered Caramel Threading
These fine caramel pieces are subtle enough to almost disappear until some hair movement occurs. That subtlety is also what prevents this from being ‘traditional highlights’ and instead looks more like a sun-kissed effect. The cut is at the jawline with shorter internal layers for added volume at the crown, while the edges come together softly and slightly flipped under. This look is ideal for medium to thick, naturally wavy hair. In fine hair this will collapse by midday. This length is especially flattering on round and oval faces, as the jaw-length ends provide definition without extra width. The deep side part is also noteworthy – it creates a lot of volume on one side and makes the silhouette feel more effortless and less structured.
#21 Sandy Blonde Curly Butterfly Bob With Rooted Dimension
This will take daily effort to work on straight hair. End of story. The whole form relies on natural wave or curl in the 2B to 3A range because those internal layers do nothing visible unless the hair bends. The way the shorter crown sections lift and disconnect from the longer chin length perimeter pieces is what I’m referring to with creating that butterfly silhouette without looking like a layered mess. The root shadow is left intentionally deep, probably a level 6 or 7 with hand painted highlights pulled through the mids and ends to around a level 9 sandy blonde. That reads expensive and low commitment at the same time. Medium to thick density is preferred here as the volume at the sides is doing real structural work to frame the face. With fine curly hair, this same cut tends to go flat at the crown and wisp out at the ends. It looks best on oval and heart face shapes.
#22 Tousled Dark Butterfly Bob With Flipped Ends
The personality of this cut comes from the weight release details at the jaw line made by razor cut layers. Notice how the ends of the layers kick out instead of curling under? That’s what helps create the shape of this cut. The density of the hair is doing the work here for the outer flipped layers of the chin-length bob by medium to thick hair. Without the added product build up, the body is there and they will hold their shape. On fine hair, the ends will hang flat and break the movement, which is exactly what this cut needs. Round and oval faces will love the lifted volume on the sides of the hair without the widening effect because the longest pieces of hair extends just past the jaw line and draws the eye down. Preferably, this cut will look neat on day two, undone day three, and most of the hair needs some natural texture for the se shape is to be maintained by the hair without the flip looking into a shapeless form. The single process dark brunette also works because of the low commitment aspect of it and there is no dimension to maintain just gloss.
#23 Curly Chin-Length Butterfly Bob With Copper Ribbons
The widest part of this cut is at the cheekbone, which is where you want to avoid volume if your face is round. Fanning out at those layers adds width at the jawline and midface, and on a rounder face shape, that’s going to work against you. This can work for oval or heart-shaped faces, though, as it is genuinely flattering. The interior layers are doing most of the work here, point cut to let the hair spring up naturally wavy or curly without going triangular. The caramel pieces are hand-painted only through the midshaft, leaving the roots and ends dark. That restraint is what keeps it from reading as highlights. This needs medium to thick density to hold its shape. Fine hair will collapse into nothing by noon.
#24 Soft Dark Butterfly Bob With Curtain Fringe Pieces
The shortest layers of this cut sit right at the cheekbone and barely move away from the head. This is the butterfly doing its job, with inner layers point cut to create lift at the crown and the outer layers brushing the collarbone. This works on medium density, straight to slightly wavy hair. On very thick hair, those face framing pieces will puff out instead of falling as cleanly. Oval and heart face shapes will appreciate how the length falls just below the jaw which keeps everything open without exposing too much of the neck. The single-process dark brunette is doing a lot of work here because without highlights, the movement has to rely on shadow and shape, which is harder than most people think. Skip this if your hair is fine and flat at the roots, because without that natural body, you won’t get this much lift without a lot of effort.
#25 Dark Voluminous Butterfly Bob With Internal Layers
In the ‘before’ image, you can see her hair was pulled down by the weight and length of it, sitting flat against her head and drawing attention to the lower part of her face. The internal layering is what does all the work here, removing bulk and allowing the hair to maintain a rounded lift at the crown. This bob is collar-length, with natural waves and a medium to thick density. The stylist made use of the wave texture instead of taking a paddle brush to it. The face-framing pieces are sculpted to draw attention to the oval shape of her face and it avoids tipping over the edge into a literal curtain bang look. If your hair happens to be fine and straight then you will have to commit to heat styling every morning, and that means you will have to make quite a hefty commitment. This cut really suits those who have a decent amount of natural texture and also a good amount of density. The whole point of the cut is that it looks undone.
