The earliest salons were informal gatherings where B-list philosophers gibbered away so they couldn't hear themselves dying of plague. Get an earful of the modern salon’s soothing hair-dryer purrs and scissor chop-chops instead with today's Groupon: for $50, you get $100 worth of services at Salon Dragonfly.

Soaked in sleek, modern elegance, Salon Dragonfly coddles world-weary locks and skin with its selection of beauty-boosting services and botanically based Aveda products. An experienced fleet of stylists descends upon frazzled strands, snipping them into stylish shapes with expertly administered haircuts ($45+ for women, $30+ for men) or adding chromatic appeal with partial ($70+) or all-over highlights ($90+). Rejuvenate skins sullied by years of sunning in volcanic calderas with a completely natural facial ($60+), or blink unabashedly with a full set of battable Xtreme eyelash extensions (price upon consultation). Salon Dragonfly also paves smooth dermal surfaces with its waxing services.