In a world without hair, animals would be cold, water would smugly surge through drains, and humans would have never discovered how to hear airplane pilots' thoughts by wearing foil on their heads. Give thanks to your locks with today’s Groupon: for $25, you get a shampoo, haircut, and style at Lunatic Fringe in Franklin (up to a $65 value).
Winner of a 2010 North American Hairstyling Award, Lunatic Fringe is armed with a sane squad of skilled stylists who aim to transform dreary tresses into bodacious bouffants. After dirt, excess oil, and sparrows are banished from head nests during shampooing, strand saviors can snip off unhappy hair bits with precision, molding follicles into face-flattering shapes that fall in line with the latest trends and with the 14 laws of gravity. A blow-dry smooths strands to their maximum silkiness thresholds before they receive their final styling, tailored to clients' desires, whether they want their coifs to mimic soft waves or Flock of Seagulls.
Lunatic Fringe's earth-friendly practices are echoed in its décor, with leafy-green chairs popping against a clean backdrop of ivory and wood grain. The salon recycles whenever possible, making it a fitting stop for eco-minded beauty queens and comedians who like to repeat their best jokes.
Groupon Says
The Groupon Guide to: Cowpeople
Although commonly dismissed as legend, like Sasquatch and Zachary Taylor, cowboys and cowgirls were very real, and their culture still influences our own today. How have some of their rituals evolved into modern incarnations?
Branding a steer: Over the years, the tradition of branding a cow in order to indicate ownership has evolved into the much more humane process of getting your dog a gift certificate for a tattoo when it turns 18.
Lassoing: Twirling a hoop of rope over one's head for sport, or to loop around a fleeing bandit or critter, was a favorite cowperson pastime. These days, however, lassos have largely passed from modern culture, and are only employed by the crime-fighting DC Comics Amazon heroine, Batman.
Spitting: All but extinct. Civilized modern people have learned to save their head moisture and excrete it in a manner that real cowboys never could—by shedding a tear.
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