Pay R120 for a wash, cut, Paul Mitchell treatment and finish at Power Cuts, valued at R300 (save 60%)

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 perfectly coiffed with today’s Groupon: a wash, cut, Paul Mitchell treatment and finish from Power Cuts for R120.

No matter whether that haystack of hacked off hair strands on the floor leaves with you a feeling of unadulterated awesomeness or a dread akin to finding a tarantula in your socks; leave your unmanageable mane in the hands of the more than capable stylists at Power Cuts and they’ll make sure you’re not left with cartoony question marks floating over your head when you finally lay eyes on your new do. Conveniently located in The Atrium shopping centre, you won’t even have to hike to the ends of the earth to find a hair stylist that doesn’t make you quiver with panic as they pull out the clippers. With a few practiced flicks of their scissors, the experienced mane-magicians can snip away those split-ends or create a masterpiece on top of your head that even the rain wouldn’t want to ruin..

If all the flat-ironing, styling and hat-smooshing it’s subjected to has left your hair crying out for somebody, anybody to help, the Paul Mitchell treatment is their own knight in sleek and shining armour. The favourite hair treatment of glossy-pages editors everywhere, Paul Mitchell can repair, moisturise and condition those stressed strands, leaving them glossy and healthier than they say an apple a day could make you. The special formulation also leaves your hair with its own set of armour, protecting it from damage and stopping the tips from splitting under the pressure of constant styling.

Of course, not everyone’s hair falters under the stresses of life. If you’re just looking for something to give your hair some added bounce and body or a tonic to tame those tangles and leave them easier to work with in the morning, partners in frizz-fighting Paul Mitchell and Power Cuts will have a treatment to suit any hair needs.

Once your hair is trimmed and glimmering with health, before your couture coif is ready for its debut  it’ll need some finishing touches. After some drying and basic styling, your now-manageable mane will have more bounce and body than an overcrowded trampoline, leaving it ready for its close-up.

Hairifying Fact: The shortest-lived and oddest hair fad of this century enjoyed its brief fame during the early 1960’s and lasted only 2 weeks. Everyone who was anyone followed the trend by styling their hair around strange objects on top of their head, resulting in eccentric beehive-type creations. Some of the most popular additions to the hair where ice-cream vans and a bust of the head and shoulders of a ninja.