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balayage
noun

a technique for highlighting hair in which the dye is painted on in such a way as to create a graduated, natural-looking effect.
"she specialises in balayage, colour corrections, restyles, and extensions"

 

ballyhoo
noun

extravagant publicity or fuss.
"after all the ballyhoo, the film was a flop"

 

bedizen
verb

dress up or decorate gaudily.

  

beguilingly
adverb

in a way that is interesting and attractive, but perhaps not to be trusted.
"She smiled beguilingly at him."
 
 

bibelot
noun

a small, decorative ornament or trinket.
"bibelots like snuffboxes and jewelled ostrich feather fans"
 
 

bijou
adjective

(especially of a house or flat) small and elegant.
"a bijou residence"
  
 

bombé
adjective

(of furniture) rounded.

  

bougie
adjective

In modern-day English, someone who is bougie is creating an air of wealth or upper class status.

  

boudoir
noun

a woman's dressing room, bedroom, or private sitting room.

 

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