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9 shops · 8 districts

The Beauty Edit.

Nine shops for skincare, fragrance and makeup, from the big names to the apothecaries, across 8 parts of Chicago: Oak Street, Chinatown, Lincoln Square, State Street and more. Picked from the 339 shops we list, one location each.

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  1. 1Beauty · Oak StreetBravco Beauty BoutiqueFamily-owned Gold Coast beauty shop in business for more than fifty years, stocking skincare, haircare and accessories, including a travel-size sectio
  2. 2Beauty · ChinatownKorean BeautyBeauty shop on China Place in the Chinatown Square plaza, listed in the Chinatown Chamber of Commerce retail directory; the listing gives a phone (312
  3. 3Beauty · Lincoln SquareMerz ApothecaryApothecary founded in 1875 with herbal tinctures still kept in antique jars, plus vitamins, holistic remedies and European skincare such as Dr.
  4. 4Beauty · State StreetSephora Block 37Sephora store inside the Block 37 complex, one of two downtown stockists Kiehl's lists alongside Macy's.
  5. 5Beauty · River NorthBluemercury River NorthBeauty shop at Clark St near Kinzie selling skincare, makeup and beauty products, with in-store shopping, curbside pickup and ship-to-home; open daily.
  6. 6Beauty · West LoopBluemercury West LoopBeauty shop on the Randolph Street restaurant row selling skincare, makeup and beauty products, with in-store shopping, curbside pickup and complimentary ship-to-home.
  7. 7Beauty · SouthportSephora SouthportStandalone Sephora at the Roscoe end of the strip with in-store services such as makeup applications, beauty lessons and brow and lip waxing, plus in-store pickup.
  8. 8Beauty · ChinatownPink Mi UpPersonal-care business in the 2026 S Clark St building at the east edge of Chinatown, listed by the chamber in the same complex as Hello Jasmine.
  9. 9Beauty · Oak BrookSephoraBeauty store carrying Charlotte Tilbury, Sol de Janeiro, Chanel and Dyson alongside Sephora Collection, with two-hour order pickup and in-store services on Level 1.

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