Like fine marble statues, human bodies must be touched up on a regular basis lest their surfaces dull, their north sides moss, and their forearms fall off. Lavish your life vehicle with today's Groupon to PCI Academy, formerly known as Salon Professional Academy in Ames. Choose from the following options:

• For $8, you get a haircut and eyebrow wax (a $17 value).
• For $17, you get a classic mani-pedi (a $34 value).
• For $46, you get a customized facial and a microdermabrasion (a $92 value).

With a model copied by more than 30 Salon Professionals Academies around the country, PCI Academy's licensed, Redken-certified educators train and supervise up-and-coming cosmetologists, aestheticians, massage therapists, and nail technicians. Blossoming tress tamers complement haircuts with an eyebrow waxing to ensure that untamed brows aren’t captured and sent to caterpillar farms. During the mani-pedi, apprentice nailsmiths tidy and buff digit helmets on both hand and feet, readying them for a night on the town or a day at the races. Soon-to-be aestheticians indulge countenances with a 90-minute facial and microdermabrasion treatment to wipe away signs of wariness and weathering. PCI Academy's sleek black décor and plush chairs invite bodies to sink in like a strawberry in a bed of whipped shoe leather and relax during pampering.