Early humans believed hair was actually the tentacles of an octopus living inside their skulls—an amusingly quaint notion now that modern science has proven it's technically a cuttlefish. Indulge your inner invertebrate with today's Groupon to Salon Maffei in White Plains. Choose between the following options:

• For $40, you get a haircut and style (an $80 value).
• For $40, you get a color service (an $80 value).

The former artistic national director with Italy Hairfashion N.A. Inc., Salon Maffei owner Nick Trombetta teaches the latest in mop teasing and tinting to his stylish staff. Trust your tresses to one of Salon Maffei's seasoned scissor savants––many of whom have participated in national hair shows––as they cut and coif your harried head into the height of haute hair artistry. Whether seeking a trim or a total mane makeover, the expertly trained stylists are armed with latest tools and techniques, shaping scalps into pixies, shags, long layers, or the ever-elusive long-layered-pixie-shag, with equal flourish. If lopped locks are looking lackluster, apply a single-process color treatment to make follicles wake light-catching jazzhands from their winter ennui. New clients can even purchase one of each of today's Groupons for use in one visit, helping achieve the perfect cut-color combo, much like a salad of julienned rainbows.

Salon Maffei's well-lit, lengthy space includes numerous styling chairs lining the walls with high mirrors for checking out oneself or foiling spell-casting warlocks. When he isn't busy tickling tresses, Nick tickles the ivories of the salon's chestnut-brown grand piano, filling the air of the already friendly salon with sweet sounds, and lulling stressed-out strands into a deep, frizz-free slumber.