Beauty is pain, but trimming split ends with your own razor-sharp toenails will just make your back ache. Cut strands safely with today's Groupon to Lipstick and Bullets. Choose from the following services:

• For $49, you get a clear-coat glaze (a $65 value) and a haircut (a $55 value; a $120 total value).
• For $69, you get partial highlights (an $85 value) and a haircut (a $55 value; a $140 value).
• For $89, you get a clear-coat glaze (a $65 value), partial highlights (an $85 value), and a haircut (a $55 value; a $205 total value).

Lipstick and Bullets’ altruistic style mavens both gussy up guests’ tresses and run a nonprofit job-training organization out of their laid-back salon space. Slather scalps and strands with a clear coat of conditioning glaze ($65) that seals cuticles and protects strands from frizz-inducing lightning strikes, helping to keep hair shiny and supple for up to eight weeks. Alternately, opt for partial highlights ($85), which add depth to monochromatic manes with subtle natural streaks or bold, thick stripes of color. Or combine the two treatments for a full hairdo renovation. All three options conclude with a haircut ($55), during which savvy stylists wield scissors, razor blades, and a slew of other styling tools to trim and texturize locks so they frame the client’s face, like Sharpie sideburns scribbled on a yearbook photo.

Lipstick and Bullets also gives back to the community through its nonprofit job-training organization Career Styles Inc, recently featured in San Jose State's Spartan Daily newspaper. Career Styles helps foster children and troubled youth and helps single parents to obtain a license in cosmetology through an organized apprenticeship program and by practicing scissors-handling on bowls of spaghetti.

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