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Our new weekly series Get Right for Summer has one aim: to make sure you're completely beautified before the thermostat hits 90.

Chicago makes it pretty tough to keep a year-round, sun-kissed glow, so we go behind Mother Nature's back. Here are five local places to boost your brutal-winter pallor with a little dusting of bronze.