Pay R120 for a wash, cut and blow-dry at Transformations Hair Studio, valued at R350 (save 66%)

Hair can be worse than a new puppy in the being-unmanageable stakes. Whether it’s sleep-tangled strands that scoff at your futile attempts to comb them out or the effects of rubbing so much hair-gel, sculpting clay and what-might-as-well-be glue through your hair that it’s going to need to take a permanent vacation to under-a-hat land. Get those cowlicks perfect coiffed with a wash, cut and blow-dry for Transformations Hair Studio for R120.

Not everyone skips off to the hairdresser filled with unadulterated glee when the time comes to shed those shaggy locks. Sometimes, seeing that haystack of hacked off hair-strands can be similar to finding a tarantula in your socks. In the more-than-capable hands at Transformations Hair Studio, even Rapunzel wouldn’t flinch at the thought of styling herself a new do. Not only do their stylish stylists know their way around a pair of scissors, the atmosphere and friendly smiles are more calming than a large cup of chamomile tea. Ideally located in Edenburg Terraces, Transformations is the perfect place for some lunch-time mane metamorphosis.

If you’re the type that drowns your poor follicles in a litre of hair-spray or irons it flat whenever you check the mail, the wash will help to remove some of that stored product that can leave hair messier than a three-year old’s leftovers. Even better that getting choked strands clean again, those soothing fingers on your scalp could practically double as a head massage. Afterwards, with a few practiced flicks of the scissors, the stylists will trim away split ends or give you that choppy a-line bob you’ve been admiring in the glossies. Whether your hair is so long it could turn Rapunzel a startling shade of lime-green or it’s shorter than an Oscar acceptance speech, Transformations can give your tresses the most pizazz you could get without a Bedazzling machine and three tubes of glitter glue.

Once you’ve got your hair snipped to the perfect length, with layers or not, asymmetrical or cut so straight you could use it as a level, finish off your hair makeover with a blow-dry; because no one wants to show off a hairstyle that looks like a drowned fur-ball. After an afternoon at Transformations, you’re sure to walk out with a new do so fantastic, not even rain would want to ruin its perfection.

Stubble Statistic: A census of the world’s best and worst haircuts revealed that 89% of the worst haircuts are received at Green-Peace rallies and 59% of the best are created in salons which own rocking chairs.