Matthews, NC Beauty and Salons

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Unlike flat arches or a propensity to yell at the TV, hair color is one of the traits over which people can boldly assert their control. With today's Groupon, $35 gets you $75 worth of services at HairColorXperts, home to talented stylists that craft and tint your 'do to your liking, even if you're not sure what your liking is due to recent exposure to amnesia gas.

Ladies who are bored with the crew cut their Army barber gives them every week can try a new look with today's Groupon. For $20, new clients get a haircut, blow-dry, and styling at Cirrus Salon (a $40+ value). Call ahead to schedule an appointment, since old-timey director's megaphones are getting pricier on eBay every day.

Polished’s all-out manicure soothes skin and smoothes gnarled nails. A citrus exfoliation treatment washes out dead skin cells and unclogs packed pores, while a paraffin dip bathes hands in a warm wax to relieve stiff joints and muscles. Nails are filed and styled, and an orange-perfumed hand and arm massage refreshes like a cool breeze whispering through an Ocala orange grove.

Jennifer Dover's shelves brim with bits of green tea, licorice, and papaya, but she doesn't eat any of it. Instead, she uses these organic and botanically derived extracts along with medical-grade blends of lactic and kojic acids to reinvigorate men's and women's skin. Her gentle facials can infuse cheeks with biopeptide boosters, vitamin C, or antioxidants while hydrating them more effectively than a ski mask full of melting ice cubes. For a more dramatic treatment, Jennifer's microdermabrasion sessions and peels help to even out skin tone and hide any signs of blemishes or sun damage.

Stylists stationed behind white leather chairs at Salon Le Thomas cut hair into styles as modern as the surrounding decor. Brushed stainless-steel light fixtures dangle above each styling station, illuminating strands as staffers apply dimensional color or face-framing highlights. Walls cloaked in soothing lavender hues help clients unwind after stressful days of attaching tiny weights to their ponytails to accelerate the growth of their hair.: