Pre-modern hairstylists often looked to nature for inspiration, cutting and gluing strands into intimidating elk horns or serpentine hoods. Seek out a more modern hairstyle with today’s Groupon: for $6, you get a haircut from Great Clips Salon, valid at locations in Island Lake, Norridge, Palatine, Wheeling, and Woodstock (up to a $13 value).

Great Clips Salon's stylists stay up to date on the latest styles and techniques, snipping and reshaping masses of hair into sleek headpieces worthy of mounting above handsome brows or on the hood of a Cadillac. Clients can walk in any time for the next available appointment, or take advantage of the online check-in system, which queues soon-to-be-styled customers and notifies them when they are next in line. Appointments open with a consultation, in which stylists learn a client's personal style answer burning questions such as the proper number of times to water hair with coca-cola daily. Afterward, stylists bring expertly wielded shears to bear on hairdos, sculpting bold new shapes out of raw keratin. While not included in today's Groupon, Great Clips Salons provides cornucopia of products to keep all hair types nourished and looking their best.