Think Chewbacca ’s luxurious dark-brown head of hair is wash - and - go ? Guess again . Allurebeauty author Jenna Rosenstein recently interviewed Maria Cork , the Jedi Master — ahem , supervisor — of the hair’s-breadth section in animate being effect onThe Force Awakens . Cork detailed the Wookiee ’s elaborate hair care regime , which want way more than just a good combing and the occasional blow - wry .
Wookiee costumes are about seven and a half foot magniloquent . They ’re made mostly from yak hair , which is tenacious and silkyand similar to human tomentum . Of of course , this means it ’s prone to snarl — a trouble Cork remedies with a peculiar clash called theTangle Teezer , which is reportedly a favourite with beauty insider . The Tangle Teezer helps loosen the snarls stimulate by Chewy ’s pocket rubbing against his hips — a condition that ’s affectionately referred to as “ Wookiee butt . ” Cork also softens wayward Wookiee tangle with an petroleum moisturizer , which she apply at night .
Once the Chewy outfits are fluid and glistening , Cork boosts their body with a curling verge , and puts idle strands into place with two kinds of hair’s-breadth nebuliser . Of course , all that oestrus can damage the follicle , so Cork makes sure to mist the astronomic creature ’s twist with a heat protectant spray .
Finally , since excessive washing can strip hairsbreadth of its natural petroleum , Cork and her cobalt - worker utilize an acerbic tea - tree diagram oil and vodka salmagundi to spruce up the Wookiee suit between heavy shampoos . When the Chewy costumes do get a bath — which occurs about two or three fourth dimension during take — they’re treated to a moisturizing conditioner .
extend to show , it ’s not always easy being afuzzball .
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