Easy Giant Sparkling Butterfly Claw Clip Half-Up Hair Tutorial

 Carolyn J. Braden • 3 Minute Read 

Easy Giant Sparkling Butterfly Claw Clip Half-Up Hair Tutorial

Easy Giant Sparkling Butterfly Claw Clip Half-Up Hair Tutorial

Use my DIY giant butterfly claw clip or any claw clip to create a gorgeous, sparkly look in minutes with this easy half-up hairstyle tutorial! Perfect for beginners, this step-by-step hairstyle guide shows you how to create a fun, feminine, and effortless style that shines for holidays, wedding hairstyles, prom hair, parties, or every day. Add sparkle, volume, and butterfly magic to your hair in no time!

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Butterfly Claw Clip Half Up Hair Tutorial

The back view of the hairstyle

The Inspiration

I created this Dolly Parton inspired giant butterfly claw clip and knew I’d be able to create many hairstyles using it. It’s a great claw clip because it’s beautiful and being about 5.5 inches, it’s quite a statement hair piece.

You could wear it on a daily basis, for a wedding hairstyle (make them in many colors for a beautiful colorful rainbow wedding), for a festival, for the holidays (think: red and green rhinestones and pearls) or whenever you feel like wearing it. I wear mine to walk my dogs because why not!?

Carolyn Braden and her dog Minnie Pearl

Minnie Pearl inspired the pink color too, as she loves pink (can’t you tell, lol!)

The DIY Giant Butterfly Claw Clip

If you don’t feel like making the sparkling clip, you can still get a jumbo butterfly claw clip here on Amazon and create this hairstyle as it’s truly beautiful on its own. I’ve also included other retailers that sell it in the tutorial below.

Check out my 1-minute video tutorial for this project on my TikTok now or coming soon here and to my YouTube channel @carolynjbraden! 

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Johnny Cash is admiring the hairstyle too!

If you feel like blinging it up, get the claw clip tutorial here on my website (including buying links) and see me create it in my 1-minute video below or via my YouTube channel @carolynjbraden:

 How to Create a Half Up Giant Butterfly Claw Clip

Now for the tutorial. Here’s what I used to create this look, but you can use what you already have on hand! All links either link out to Amazon, Walmart, Temu, or Target.

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Creating a Half Up Easy Hairstyle

Prepping hair with volume, grip and curls

How-To:

I washed my hair with Viori shampoo and conditioner at night, dried it, slept in a satin bonnet and brushed it out in the morning using my UnBrush. I sprinkled some Viori dry shampoo into my roots to add a bit of volume and grip and brushed it through my hair.

Wide tooth comb for curls

Brush through the curls to soften them

Then I added some Pureology Glow Catcher oil to my hair for heat protection. I curled my hair using my Beachwaver.

After the curls were cool, I used a wide tooth comb to brush them out a bit. A wide tooth comb keeps curls looking sleek and softens them a bit.

Adding volume to a half up hairstyle

Adding a bit of volume to my style

I pulled back some hair around my face and sides of my head, teased under it a bit with a teasing brush to add a bit of volume at the top of my head, then slicked it back into a half-up ponytail, securing it with the seamless holder.

best hairspray for curled hair

This hairspray keeps curls locked in

I added some Braid Balm to tame my flyaways around my face, then added the claw clip around the ponytail holder. You can just use the claw clip, but I wanted mine to stay in my hair all day, so the ponytail helps give it that grip (something to attach to) so it wouldn’t slide out of my hair. Using a ponytail holder with the claw clip is also helpful for people with fine hair types.

I sprayed it with some finishing hairspray and then it was ready to wear all day long!

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The side view of the hairstyle

Take Action

I encourage you to try the hairstyle with your own creative twists and share your creations on your social accounts! If you tag me using @carolynsbloomingcreations or @carolynjbraden, I’ll see it! Or tell me about it in the comments below.

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Carolyn J. Braden is the owner of Carolyn’s Blooming Creations is a regular contributor and editor for CBC. She has been featured in numerous media publications such as InStyle Magazine, on HGTV, on Bustle.com, and more. She is the author of the books Georgia McMasters in Amethyst Lake Cemetery, How To Be Yourself: 3 Ways To Help You Being You, and the illustrator for the children’s book Bridging Connections. She is a former classroom teacher that now dedicates her life to educating others on how to live their most healthy, creative and happy life. Learn more about her visiting our About Us page.