Unlike open-heart surgery or removing a squirrel taped to the upper back, a haircut is rarely a successful do-it-yourself project. Enlist an expert with today's Groupon to Shear Fire Design in Palmer. Choose between the following options:

• For $8, you get a haircut (up to a $16.50 value).
• For $49, you get a haircut and color treatment with up to two colors (up to a $156.50 value).

The savvy stylists at Shear Fire Design spruce up locks with on-trend cuts, luminescent highlights, and vivid full-color treatments. After opting to clip with an experienced stylist or a trendy hair scholar, clients settle in for a revivifying 'do that puts the bounce back into their bristles. Keeping in mind hair's texture and envy of powdered wigs, follicle-croppers spritz locks with premium salon products such as Biolage, Back to Basics, and Joico. For those opting to overhaul their hue, clipsters then brush newly cropped bobs or trendy flattops with shimmery highlights, texturizing lowlights, or full color. Lock-tamers operate 10 fully stocked seats decked out in a fire-station theme with metal toolboxes, flame-brightened walls, and dalmatians sliding down poles.