Can you think of at least one person you know who claims to be "addicted" to lip balm? Thought so- she's constantly reapplying that tube of balm that sits on her desk. Well there's some truth to the "addiction." The active ingredient in many balm brands is petrolatum, a derivative of petroleum (which in its primary form just doesn't sound like something you want to be putting on your lips all day long). After doing some extensive research on the topic, we learned that some experts believe that once the lips get used to petrolatum they stop producing moisture on their own, so we keep applying balm to keep that dry feeling at bay. Not to worry dolls, we've rounded up a list of our favorite balms that happen to be petro-free.

It's believed that everything in nature is made up of four basic elements: water, fire, wind and earth. These building blocks of life are also interpreted as the building blocks of beauty at 4 Elements Salon, an earthy yet modern salon in the River West neighborhood. Launched by two veteran hair stylists, who happen to be sisters, Agnes and Maggie have drawn on their expertise to define the services, look, and feel and client experience at 4 Elements. The name helped them to define the space. Aligning each of the elements with a different part of the body, they carved the sun-filled, triangular space into four sections, each designed with a corresponding element: hair - fire; nails - water; skin - wind and body - earth.

4 Elements Salon is located at 544 N. Milwaukee Chicago, IL 60622. Phone: (312) 432-9600

With its French Provincial décor, warm toned walls, expansive patient lounge and view of everything the glittering Gold Coast has to offer, the Chicago Center for Aesthetic Dentistry's attention to detail is apparent immediately. Dr. Fishman, a Chicago native and graduate from the University of Illinois and Loyola University, has been providing complete dental options since 1976, focusing on beauty, form, and function. His vast experience in dentistry has been leveraged academically by Northwestern University and has earned him the title of on of "America's Top Dentists" by both his peers and Consumers Research Council of America. Whether your needs range from a Routine Cleaning, to a Full-Mouth Restoration to Cosmetic Dentistry, the staff at the Chicago Center for Aesthetic Dentistry is sure to suit them.

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Chicago Center for Aesthetic Dentistry is located at 737 North Michigan Ave., Suite 2100, Chicago, IL 60611. Phone: 312.640.8800

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(773) 935-1600
Thrive Integrative Medical Spa

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