The earliest salons were informal gatherings where B-list philosophers gibbered away so they couldn't hear themselves dying of plague. Get an earful of the modern salon’s soothing hair-dryer purrs and scissor chop-chops instead with today's Groupon: for $25, you get $50 worth of hair services at Antoine's Changes Salon and Spa.

Recently brought under new ownership, Antoine's Changes snips, shapes, and revivifies strands with a complete array of hair beautification services. Revamp limp locks with a cut and style ($20+ for men, $35+ for women), or try out a professional shampoo and blow-dry ($20+). The highly trained duo of hair hotshots can add the proper curl to tendrils with a perm ($100+) and mask age's invasive grays or greens with a more desirable color ($90+) or with highlights ($105+). Customers can ask their hairstylist for product recommendations to help retain their beautified glory when they leave the salon with a newly shaped plumage and head feathers infused with the power of flight.