1) dye

If you want to look like the real Elvis Presley, it’s best to start with straight to slightly wavy hair. Her jet black hair color was actually tinted, as she had naturally blonde hair. The King wore a bluish-black hair color, but anything relatively dark should be believable. The color can be done in a salon, or most drugstores sell a box of hair dye. If you are doing it in a salon, bring a photo of Elvis that looks more like what you would like to wear. That way, the hairdresser can also cut your hair to his style. (* If you don’t have hair, you may have to go for a wig. Any online store that sells clown wigs will carry Elvis wigs too. Just do a search for “clown wigs” or “Elvis wigs” and you’ll be well. )

2) ointment

Once you have taken care of the cut and the color, you will need some styling products. You can use a gel or an ointment. When the hair is clean and a little damp, take a good amount of gel and start combing it back starting from the sides and working your way to the top. you will want to put the gel on only the topmost layer of your hair, unless yours is very thick. To create a pompadour, you will want some volume on top. An easy way to do this is to comb your hair up and then let it fall, and also avoid using too much gel. If you are using ointment, you will use a smaller amount and be sure to warm it up in your hands before applying it. It works much better this way and gives it a more polished look.

3) comb

Now that the product is on your hair, comb the sides back, leaning with the angle of hair growth towards the back of the head. Then comb the top or front section up and back loosely to create Elvis’s signature pompadour. You may need to do this a couple of times to make it look exactly right. If you feel like you’re losing significant volume, turn your head upside down, comb all of your hair to the floor, straighten, and start over.

4) Shake it loose

The only thing missing from your hairstyle now is the small lock of hair that often falls out of the perfect pompadour, completing the portrait of the handsome young man. While your hair is still damp and freshly styled, run the comb through a very small section of hair just in front and it should fall off the sculpted streamlined hairstyle, adding the perfect amount of humanity and accessibility.

5) Facial hair

To put the finishing touch on your Elvis hair, you need to shave and trim your sideburns. While Elvis’s sideburns grew throughout his career, they were never neglected. Once you’ve shaved and styled the length or size you want your sideburns to be, take a good pair of scissors to cut your hair and trim the length of your hair to give it an acceptable appearance. Following these five steps will get you as close as possible to channeling Elvis hair.