Before the invention of scissors, hair could only be shortened via naturally occurring escalator snags and inevitable bonfire curiosity. Snip strands the newfangled way with today's Groupon: for $25, you get $50 worth of salon services at The Hair Lounge in Upper Georgetown.

The Hair Lounge houses a staff of color experts who impart precision cuts, coloring, and highlighting to clients ready for transformation. The salon’s hair services are amped up by the powers of Kérastase and Wella products, and each appointment begins with a thorough stylist consultation, so tresses start out at peace with their handlers.

A blowout ($50) fancies up forlorn locks, and a women’s haircut ($90) snips follicles into a chic ghost of hairdos past. Coiffures can enjoy a one-process coloring session ($95), partial highlights to frame the face ($130), or full highlights ($160) to give others the impression that all days off are spent in St. Barts. Each color and highlight session also includes a complimentary gloss.