Creating a professionally fashioned and colored hairstyle requires an up-to-date knowledge of trends, an understanding of skin tones, and a dozen cans of Crisco and spray paint. Appreciate the hair-transforming power of aerosol and hydrogenated oils with today’s Groupon: for $25, you get $50 worth of services at ds Parada Color Salon.

Like artists heading outdoors to catch the best light for a photo, the brilliant colorists at ds Parada encircle their patrons' scalp-beards with brilliant halos of light. The salon features precise lighting designed to imitate late-afternoon daylight so patrons will get a clear picture of their pigment updates, even if they can't make it to the studio until evening. The expert head-shapers begin each visit with a free consultation to evaluate skin tone, examine eye color, and consult the rooftop hair guru for special advice. Basic head shearings for men ($30+) and women ($45+) blaze new trails through skulltop flora, and the tress technicians skillfully readjust pigmentation values with toners ($30), glazes ($30), and full colors ($90+). Further follicle enhancements feature spot highlights ($50+), French-style paint-in colors ($60+), full foils ($100+), and artificially intelligent self-styling hair implants (pricing varies).

Founded by celebrity stylist Don Stacy, ds Parada has been featured in multiple publications and on national television. The handsome salon coaxes customers' inner beauty outward, guiding it to peek from beneath towel turbans as gilded strands of sass.

This Groupon is available for new clients only.

Reviews

Metro magazine bestowed a MetroBravo award on ds Parada Color Salon, and seven Citysearchers give the upscale salon five stars:

• I would recommend this salon to anyone looking for new hair stylist. You will not regret it. – guygant
• I went in for a complementary consultation and was blown away by the knowledge for color that my stylist had. – legallyblonde