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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.

Are you with Alessandra Ambrosio in the desire to be "in a bikini the whole day?" Then read on. For the last installment of our "Get Right for Summer" beautifying series, we've rounded up five local spots to—no gentler way to say this—get waxed.

From a "spiritual shoppe" that gets the job done to a Brazilian day spa that claims to be less painful in its processes, here are Chicago's best spots to get your wax on.