Biting your fingernails is a bad habit that nail technicians help prevent by shaping nails into brussels sprouts. Flaunt artistically crafted nails with today’s Groupon: for $29, you get a mani-pedi at Blowouts Salon in Silver Spring (a $65 total value). The treatment includes:

• Full manicure with paraffin wax (a $20 value)
• Spa pedicure (a $45 value)<p>

At Blowouts Salon, skilled nail technicians pamper appendages with softening paraffin wax followed by a medley of moisturizing services. Hands dip into paraffin wax to obtain a soft and silky feel before a manicurist trims, files, and brushes nails with a hue as red as a fire engine or as green as a jealous fire engine. Next, a foot scrub exfoliates soles and a mud mask relaxes and rejuvenates well-worn surfaces. A leg-and-foot massage rounds out the service, leaving clients feeling refreshed, composed, and ready to take a stand against any pessimistic palm reader.