Two Best Friends
Opposite-aesthetic bestie style-off on a Reels Mix.
Two friends, two opposite looks. Film the contrast on Lisa Hoogendoorn's Two Best Friends Mix.
By RTTA TeamLast updated 2026-08-31
What it is
The Two Best Friends trend is an Instagram Reels style-off. You and your best friend share one clip and play opposite aesthetics. One of you is chaotic, the other is put-together. One piles on jewelry and prints, the other wears a single clean silhouette. Same friendship, two visual lanes. The audio to use is a Mix titled Two Best Friends, attached to Lisa Hoogendoorn's account, @lisahoogendoorn. She posted the template with @jonievis in early August 2026. The caption is "two girls two vibes," tagged #bestiereels and #pinterestgirls. The Reel was sitting around 8,300 likes when we checked it. Later's weekly Reels roundup put the format on its August 28 list, which is when the Mix stopped being a cute duo post and started behaving like a copyable trend. Scott Social counted about 3,600 Reels on that audio and marked it available for business use, so brand accounts are already in the comments asking to remake it. What you actually film is small. Scott Social's write-up tells you to overlay moodboard images on each face, the Pinterest-girl collage look from the original, or skip the overlays and just stand there with opposite drinks, bags, or outfits. No dance. No lip-sync. The cut is short enough that the clothes and props have to carry the joke. This is not the 2020 TikTok line "I ain't never seen two pretty best friends." That audio is a different meme with a different punchline. Searching Two Best Friends on Reels in late August 2026 should land you on Hoogendoorn's Mix, not a car rant from 2020. The reason it is moving now is boring in a useful way. Late August Reels lists are stacked with duo formats, and this one asks for a contrast you probably already have. If your closest friend dresses like the other end of your closet, you can shoot it in a cafe in one take. If you dress the same, pick a prop split: espresso versus matcha, tote versus tiny bag. Two angles that are actually showing up. The classic style-off, clean girl next to messy-on-purpose. And the prop split, where outfits are close and the drinks or on-screen playlists do the talking. Brands that want in can treat two products as the two vibes, since the Mix is cleared for business use. Keep the "messy" friend styled on purpose. The format dies if one person looks like the punchline.
How to try it
Open Instagram Reels and search the audio Two Best Friends by @lisahoogendoorn. Save the Mix before you shoot so you are not grabbing a lookalike sound.
Pick one contrast axis and commit. Chaotic versus put-together, or maximalist versus minimalist. Film both of you in one take or a simple split. Overlay a Pinterest still on each face if you want the original collage look.
If your outfits are too similar, hold opposite props. Coffee orders, bags, or phones showing different playlists. Keep the clip short and let the visual split read in the first second.
Hashtag and search pack: Two Best Friends, two girls two vibes, #bestiereels, #pinterestgirls, chaotic vs put together. Tag the friend. Do not attach the old "two pretty best friends" audio. That is a different meme.
Common questions
- What is the Two Best Friends trend?
- An Instagram Reels format where two friends film opposite aesthetics on Lisa Hoogendoorn's Two Best Friends Mix. Chaotic versus put-together, maximalist versus minimalist, or a prop split like opposite drinks.
- What audio do I use?
- Search Reels for Two Best Friends by @lisahoogendoorn. It is a Mix, not original audio, and Later listed it on the August 28, 2026 weekly Reels roundup.
- When did it take off?
- Hoogendoorn posted the "two girls two vibes" Reel with @jonievis in early August 2026. Trend roundups picked it up around August 28, with a few thousand Reels already on the Mix.
- How do I join without looking late?
- Skip matching outfits. Lean into a contrast you already have, film it in one take, and keep the collage overlays or prop split readable in the first second.
- Is this the two pretty best friends meme?
- No. That 2020 TikTok joke is a different audio and a different punchline. This trend is a style-off, not a ranking of who is prettier.