"This spray zhuzhes". What does "the zhuzh" mean in cosmetics?
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00:00 &Quot;This Spray Zhuzhes&Quot;. What Does &Quot;The Zhuzh&Quot; Mean In Cosmetics?
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She says: But this "zhuzhes" without effort or skill.
to make something more interesting or attractive by changing it slightly or adding something to it:
- The stylist said he would zhuzh up the outfit with a hat.
(Cambridge Dictionary)
Its origin is unclear and its spelling may also vary:
‘Jeuje,’ ‘Zhoosh,’ ‘Zhuzh’: A Word of Many Spellings, and Meanings: from nytimes.com
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(I don't know if this will go down well, but I'll hazard a guess-etymology anyway — based on how is sounds and what it means.)
I'll bet that "Zhuzh" (or however it's supposed to be spelt) is directly related to:
je ne sais quoi | ˌʒə nə seɪ ˈkwɑː |
nouna quality that cannot be described or named easily: that je ne sais quoi which makes a professional.
ORIGIN: French, literally ‘I do not know what’.
— Oxford Dictionary of English
The "almost everything cream" that Keira is talking about, apparently just make her hair better in a variety of somewhat vague/imprecise ways; it zhuzhes her hair up a little (it provides a certain je ne sais quoi).