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{Exclusive Interview} Morgan Marie Beauty Teaches us How to Achieve the...

Cori McFadden (Image: www.MorganMarieBeatuy.com) Is there anything more alluring on a woman than the color red? Especially is this true of a red lip. The color suggests fertility and youth, which...

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{Beauty Call} Big Girl Cosmetics Founder Talks Gifts from Oprah and Beauty...

Founder of Big Girl Cosmetics Kiley Russell is a smart woman. The Chicago beauty was in Oprah’s audience the day everyone in attendance received a free car. Instead of keeping her prize she sold the...

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{Exclusive Interview} Fill-in-the-Blanks with Anna Hovet

Comfort isn’t a particularly glamorous word to most people. Anna Hovet, however, isn’t most people. The young, beautiful, successful Chicago designer is all about comfort and style. Her self-titled...

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Alvin Ailey Dancer Akua Noni Parker Chops it up with Chicagoings.com

Akua Noni Parker in Chroma IMPORTANT MEMO: Alvin Ailey in Chicago until Sunday, March 9th at The Auditorium Theatre! Catch four new works never performed on a Chicago stage. Each piece is highly...

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{Exclusive Interview} Fill-in-the-Blanks with Alexis Irene, CEO of Static Nails

Yesterday, we announced Static Nails’ super exclusive offer to all readers of Chicagoings.com – 25% off of your order plus a free gift for the 15th customer who uses our promo code. Today, we’d like...

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White Boys get the Blues: Micah Olsan Talks Growing up a Rocker in the...

All Around, the latest EP released by quintet Micah Olsan, is not unlike anything you’ve heard before. In fact, the sound is pleasingly familiar. Precise finger style guitar and an almost cathartic...

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{Exclusive Interview} Fill-in-the-Blanks with Republic Records Recording...

Since he has a thing for our city, I asked Daley if he’d be up for a game of fill-in-the-blanks. He said yes. It’s not every day that one of your favorite artists graciously condescends to your...

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The Beautiful Sadness of Angela James

When’s the last time you heard a great love song? I don’t mean some pop anthem dedicated to an ephemeral romance but a song about genuine, vulnerable love. Angela James’ new album Way Down Deep is...

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You Should Know: Quinn Tsan

In the most simplified write up of Quinn Tsan, I would say she’s a talented, Chicago-based female folk rock singer. What you really want to know, though, is not who she is but why you should care. Tsan...

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The Story of how Ashley Crowe Became AstroWifey

An Astrowifey design inspired by Mara Hoffman The Clover Canyon inspired design Astrowifey created for Kari of Chicagoings.com Astrowifey After years of not so secretly admiring her work and supporting...

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Is VOLOSSOM at Work in your Life?: An Evening with Chicago Artist InJung Oh

Tonight, visual artist InJung Oh and I are in the back of an obsidian SUV, headed to VMR; a stylist-owned, luxury label boutique in the Gold Coast.  At our shins, a canvas wrapped in plastic stretches...

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“I will Design Jewelry or I will Die.” A Peek at King Onye’s Wearable-Art

My life is so hard.  Weekly, I must attend art galleries across the city where I mingle with the beautiful over full-bodied reds.  Sometimes I pose for photographs. It’s the absolute worst. Except...

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Sculpting with Paint: Daliah Ammar on her Approach to Figures, Vulnerability,...

Daliah Ammar in her element If you’re anything like me, during your angst-y adolescent years there was a poster of a teen heartthrob tacked to your bedroom wall. Through the paper their eyes looked...

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EXCLUSIVE: Hood Smoke’s New Music Video is the Best Thing to Happen Today

Image: Hood Smoke Listening to Chicago’s Hood Smoke at Schubas a few weeks back, I fell in love with the band’s sound instantly: serious soul, strong bass lines, and emotional vocals. We’re thrilled...

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Artist Matthew Haussler Talks Making a Living on his Own Terms

Image: Matthew Haussler Image: Matthew Haussler What would you do if money were no object? Artist and maze illustrator Matthew Haussler has not had a traditional job in almost three years, and he’s...

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A Chat with Chicago Nail Artist “Legs” About Invisibility and Gyros

– Ocean Manicure by Legs – “Hey, paint my nails and I’ll give you a cup of ramen.” Ellegra, also known as “Legs”, has come a long way from her boarding school days, when students would barter goods for...

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When Sarah Met Sarah: Chicago Artist Sarah Raskey Talks Art, Therapy, and...

Image: Tim Manning There are enough letters after her name to complete the alphabet, and enough beauty in her West Loop gallery to complete…well, anyone. Sarah Raskey is part artist, part gemologist,...

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One Futuristic Chicago Nail Artist Everyone Should Know (and Does!)

cre·a·tive krēˈādiv/ adjective: relating to or involving the imagination or original ideas, especially in the production of an artistic work. It was my first year in Chicago, my first year out of the...

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This Nail Artist Gave Me the Exact Opposite of What I Asked for and I Kind of...

It takes me two hours to return from The Hundreds any given weekday during rush hour. Every so often, it’s more than worth the trip for an Original Rainbow Cone, Top Notch Beefburger (made with...

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Interview: 10 Things You Should Know About Eyelash Extensions

Blind for Beauty Staring down into the latrine on the Metra BNSF line, it was like peering into an abyss of shame — because shame is the only force strong enough to coax someone inside the facilities...

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