Turning to blusher initially, ladies preening without foundation? (4,5)

I believe the answer is:

idle boast

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'preening without foundation?' is the definition.
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'turning to blusher initially ladies' is the wordplay.
'turning' indicates an anagram.
'initially' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letter of 'blusher' is 'b'.
'to'+'b'+'ladies'='tobladies'
'tobladies' with letters rearranged gives 'IDLE BOAST'.

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