Blog post originally by @田至立 on RED. Translation by Hanon.

Have you ever wished that you could look like IU from Hotel Del Luna? Maybe share the same elegant hairstyle as she does throughout the drama?

Well wait no longer! If you already have bangs and at least shoulder length hair already, by reading today’s tutorial, you can certainly expect to look like IU in less than an hour’s time.

Before we begin, here are some basic guidelines.

What you need: Pins, a mirror (preferably in front of the vanity chair), iron or plastic hair curler.

Time required: > 1 hour

Ready? Let’s get our fingers moving!

Step 1: Part your hair at the top left side of your head. Use the hair that falls in front of your ear to make the main strand of hair for styling later on.

Step 2: As you gather your hair, ensure that your bangs are left untouched, so that they can still fall freely to cover your forehead.

Step 3: Pull the parted hair upwards for better effect. Next, twist the strand of parted hair in a circular motion until it you feel the tension in your hair, as seen in the picture on the left.

Step 4: Pull the twisted strand of hair to the back and use a hair clip to fasten it in place.

Step 5: With reference to the image above, the hairpin should be fasted at a position aligned at the middle right of your head.

Step 6 & 7: Repeat steps 4 and 5 similarly

Step 8: Once you’ve fastened the hair clip, the top section of your hair should look like it flows towards where the hairclip is fastened. Also make the hair clip is secured towards the top of your head.

Step 9: Ensure that your strands of hair on both sides are fastened tightly so that it doesn’t fall off. !

Step 10: Use a curling iron to curl your bangs inwards if you haven’t got naturally curly fringe. Hold your hair around the curly for around 10 to 20 seconds.

Alternatively, if you don’t have a curling iron, you can use an affordable plastic curler as well. Keep it in place for around 10 minutes.

Step 11: Your bangs should be curling left at the bottom if the fall on the left of your parting, and it should be curling right at the bottom if it falls on the right of your parting. You can also curl your hair at the side to make it look more voluminous.

This should be your final look!

Finally, you can now sit back and snap a nice selfie! You can consider applying some light rosy make-up to bring yourself a step closer to resembling IU!

I hope you found this hairstyling tutorial useful. Be sure to comment below once you’ve successfully tried out this look. I’m always happy to hear any feedback or to take requests on how to style your hair after another K-pop idol.

An attempt to pose like IU by @田至立. What do you think?

Until next time!

Article originally published on KpopScoops.