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Have trouble keeping New Year's resolutions? Caitlin Murray Giles has some advice to make simpler - and doable - goals. Read more...

Jillian Strauss presented our organizer with a challenge: organize a room for both work and play. Pooja Gugnani came up with a solution. Read more...

Chicago Parent reader Megan Sechowski got a great holiday present: a day of hair and makeup and new clothes, and - most of all - a day of pampering. Read more...

Out of the gray and into some lush colors. Read more...

Take out the curls and layer it out for simple styling. Read more...

And the makeup makes the process complete. Read more...
We asked, can't we have comfort foods that are healthy? Chef and Registered Dietitian Renee Zonka, dean of the Kendall College School of Culinary Arts, was up to the challenge. Read more...

It may be warm, but sculptors are already hard at work transforming blocks of ice into visions of beauty. But get their by Saturday. After the judging, the sculptures will be allowed to melt. Read more...