Every time dead skin cells are removed from your body, they reveal a new layer of skin, until finally, all that remains is a Russian matryoshka doll painted to resemble your skeleton. Reveal the radiance that lies beneath with this Groupon.

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• $45 for a microdermabrasion facial treatment (a $100 value)

• $55 for a microdermabrasion facial treatment and a 10-minute hand or foot massage (up to a $115 value)

• $144 for three microdermabrasion facial treatments (a $300 value)

The microdermabrasion facial treatment includes a head, neck and shoulder massage, thorough cleansing and the application of a rejuvenating mask.

Lynn Marie Skin Care at Salon L

Within the calming confines of Salon L, outfitted with framed paintings, Lynn Marie—an aesthetician, licensed massage therapist, and Reiki master—sets straight bedraggled bodies and countenances with a host of aesthetic services. Before facials, the skincare specialist calms finicky faces by massaging tense muscles before administering restorative treatments geared toward ameliorating blemishes or eradicating dead skin cells. To keep hair from encroaching on foreheads, she waxes brows into exquisitely manicured squares, gentle arches, or favorite city skylines. Though her resumé bursts at the seams with her 12 years of experience, Lynn Marie keeps herself up to date, soaking in advanced training workshops and seminars as well as skincare classes through GlyMed Plus.

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Constantly plucking body hair is one of life’s most tedious and futile chores, like cleaning feathers from a wind tunnel or vacuuming the vacuum. Foil your follicles once and for all with this Groupon.

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• $24 for three eyebrow-threading sessions (a $48 value)
• $60 for three full-face-threading sessions, including eyebrows (a $120 value)

I Bar

Beauty specialist Vimaa Patel opened I Bar to concentrate on threading, body art, and permanent makeup. Vimaa ensures her staff is practiced in the ancient technique of eyebrow threading—gently pruning and shaping brows with cotton strings—by requiring potential team members to have at least two years of experience. The technicians also enhance eyes and brows with permanent-makeup treatments and personalize shoulders, ankles, and calves with temporary body art, such as birds, blossoms, or safe combinations.

I Bar’s intensive focus on a handful of treatments let the staff master their craft, and customers took notice. Within four years, the beauty haven expanded to four locations, each of which maintains the rigorous quality and boutique ambiance of the original.

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Excelling at watersports, like aging gracefully or enjoying dried fruit, requires acceptance of pruney fingers. Prune up with experience with this Groupon.

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• $45 for a two-hour private surf lesson for one (a $100 value)
• $89 for a two-hour private surf lesson for two (a $200 value)

Ganouby Surf Adventures

With rolling hills and lush, green woods in the background, expert instructors lead students out into the great blue Pacific for custom surfing lessons. During lessons, wave tamers certified in CPR, first aid, ocean safety, and mermaid diplomacy bestow burgeoning surfers with all necessary skills and ocean awareness, which helps surfers to keep their bearings and tackle whitecaps safely. Surf techniques and etiquette can be tailored to ease rookies into their comfort zones or amped up to challenge and heighten the skills of more experienced boarders.

Ganouby also hosts private parties for friends and families and organizes three- to five-day group road trips that stop along California surfing hot spots such as Rincon, Hollister, and Trestles. To throw more adventure into the mix, the team organizes surf camps in exotic locales such as Costa Rica and Nicaragua, where groups can immerse themselves in the country’s culture, cuisine, and bilingual waves.

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Knowing how to use a computer is a necessary skill in today’s world, just as knowing how to kill a computer will be a necessary skill in tomorrow’s world. Get in the know with this Groupon.

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• $25 for an accredited online Microsoft Excel training course and test in English for an individual (a $250 value)
• $175 for an accredited online Microsoft Excel training course and test in English for 10 people (a $2,500 value)
• $25 for an accredited online Microsoft Excel training course and test in Spanish for an individual (a $250 value)
• $175 for an accredited online Microsoft Excel training course and test in Spanish for 10 people (a $2,500 value)

Microsoft Excel training courses provide students with 24/7 access for 12 months after activation. Before and after computer-adaptive tests inform students of their progress during the 32 business-focused units, which include text-based articles, practice spreadsheets, video tutorials, podcasts, and downloadable model templates. Students will receive certificates of completion for tests and the course.

Excel With Business

Excel With Business developed their accredited online course to teach people to hone their Microsoft Excel skills, thus bolstering their business potential. Accessible anywhere, the course is split into 32 units and spans about over 100 hours of learning materials, detailing the ins and outs of the 2003, 2007, and 2010 versions of Excel. The course may be completed in a few as 12 hours. Users work through a variety of downloadable exercises and instructional videos, learning how to sort and filter data, create graphs and charts, and customize equations to calculate the probability that your spouse is a professional spy. A final 30-minute online test calculates students’ Excel IQ and identifies specific strengths and weaknesses. If the exam is completed within the allotted time, a digital certificate is generated.

Excel With Business’s staffers offer email support, and the course is also available in Spanish. Though designed with PCs in mind, Mac users may find it helpful, and Excel With Business is currently in the midst of developing a Mac-specific version

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Historical Hotel and Spa Overlooking San Francisco Bay

The Claremont Hotel & Spa—a historical, AAA Four Diamond Award–winning hotel—overlooks the San Francisco Bay from a perch atop the Claremont Canyon. During the California gold rush, a private, English-style castle stood on the property. But after the castle burned down, real estate tycoon Frank Havens won the land in a game of checkers, and in 1915, he opened the sprawling Mediterranean-style resort that still stands today.

Of the many improvements made to the hotel over the years, none shine as brightly as the Spa Claremont, a 20,000-square-foot facility dubbed the Top U.S. Urban Spa by Vogue magazine. Beyond offering standard therapeutics such as facials and massages, the spa’s staff administers body treatments, acupuncture, and water therapy, a means of relieving stress by wielding a seltzer bottle à la the Three Stooges. At the hotel’s fitness center, 60 exercise classes are scheduled every week. There are 10 tennis courts onsite and a number of swimming pools, whirlpools, hot tubs, and saunas.

Three restaurants provide a range of fine-dining options. The landmark Meritage at the Claremont, a farm-to-table affair, serves dishes such as the Sonoma goat-cheese-potato terrine beneath a two-story ceiling while diners gaze out onto the bay. The more casual Paragon Restaurant—an American brasserie—offers hand-shaken cocktails, live jazz on the weekends, and outdoor deck seating. The Bayview Café serves up light fare poolside. Upstairs, the hotel’s Distinctive Bay View rooms have been newly renovated so that no two are exactly alike.

Berkeley, California: Eclectic College Town Full of Art, History, and Culture

The Claremont Hotel & Spa stands just a few minutes from the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, home to some 36,000 students and a still-thriving activist spirit. Lined with cafés and smoke shops, colorful Telegraph Avenue bustles with scholars, bohemians, and vendors hawking tie-dyed graduation gowns.

World-famous musicians and actors take the stage at Hertz and Zellerbach Halls and the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, and plenty of bars and restaurants along Shattuck Avenue pour microbrews and serve farm-to-table cuisine. Wandering Berkeley’s residential neighborhoods can be a charming diversion in the spring and summer, when tangled gardens spill over onto tree-lined sidewalks.

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Dental cleaning involves a lot of tooth polishing and plaque removal, unlike professional boxing, which involves a lot of plaque polishing and tooth removal. Get a heavyweight cleaning with this Groupon.

$59 for Dental Visit ($607 Value)

• Comprehensive oral exam to check for potential problems (an $89 value)
• Prophy cleaning to scrub off surface plaque (a $97 value)
• Four bitewing and six periapical x-rays to check for cavities (a $122 value)Amer
• Take-home teeth whitening kit (a $299 value)

American Dental Group

Though Dr. Kain Yi and Dr. Michael Lai both steeped their minds in dental knowledge during their years at the University of the Pacific, they each went on to pursue continuing education in distinct areas—Dr. Yi in Invisalign and orthodontics, and Dr. Lai in cosmetic and implant dentistry. Together, they combine their complementary skills to forge a successful practice. Through the ivy-covered brick arches that frame the entryway to American Dental Group, Dr. Yi and Dr. Lai augment preventive services such as oral-cancer screenings with cosmetic crowns and in-office Zoom! whitening treatments. In their corner is an arsenal of advanced technology, including digital x-rays and intraoral cameras that find and remove any graffiti left by rival dentists.

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Like hearts, wineglasses are fragile, full of goodness, and frequently broken. Live life to the brim with this Groupon.

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• $21 for two bottles of chardonnay or sauvignon blanc (up to a $44 value)
• $40 for four bottles of chardonnay or sauvignon blanc (up to an $88 value)
• $59 for six bottles of chardonnay or sauvignon blanc (up to a $132 value)

Cahill Winery

Sprouting from the remnants of a kosher winery in Green Valley, Cahill Winery expanded production to a variety of traditional reds, whites, dessert wines, and vinegars. The varietals are sourced from regions around California such as the North Coast and the Alexander Valley viticultural areas. German shorthair dogs and livestock welcome guests to the winery, where the Payne family has cultivated an organic garden and struck a champagne well that erupts from deep within the earth.

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When a man gets in trouble, he’s said to be “in the doghouse”; when a dog gets in trouble, he’s said to be “in the doghouse” since only humans can speak and they naturally define all terms in relation to themselves. Give your canine comrades what they’d ask for if they could with this Groupon.

Choose Between Two Options

$69 for three self-serve packages (a $150 total value)

• Three hand washes (a $60 value)
• Three nail clips with dremel grinding (a $60 value)
• Three anal-gland expressions (a $30 value)

$75 for three Hydro-Surge power-wash packages (a $165 total value)

• Three Hydro-Surge power washes (a $75 value)
• Three nail clips with dremel grinding (a $60 value)
• Three anal-gland expressions (a $30 value)

Owners scrub down dogs in private rooms using the facility’s shampoos, conditioners, bathing mitts, towels, blow-dryers, ear mufflers, goggles, and aprons before staffers trim nails and express anal glands. High-pressure Hydro-Surge power washes help long-haired and otherwise difficult-to-groom pooches shake off entrenched clusters of dirt and tangles.

Pride & Groom / Aqua Doggie

Pride & Groom / Aqua Doggie helps owners soap up dirty pups at a trio of self-serve stations. The shop lays out shampoos and conditioners, bathing mitts and Zoom Groom scrubbers, towels, goggles, and other grooming essentials in each private, climate-controlled room. Once owners free their canines from straitjackets of grime, staffers step in to clip and dremel-grind nails as well as express anal glands. Pride & Groom / Aqua Doggie also stocks grooming supplies such as brushes, combs, scissors, and eyelash curlers, and invites pooches to frolic on its grassy dog run. If requested, the shop can dispatch friendly staffers to provide in-home pet care.

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Archaeologists examine ancient pottery to identify a culture’s preferred cooking methods and to determine which of its members was the World’s Greatest Dad. Make timeless memories with this Groupon.

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• $42 for a two-hour BYOB paint-and-fire pottery workshop for one (an $85 value)
• $79 for a two-hour BYOB paint-and-fire pottery workshop for two (a $170 value)

During each workshop, five to eight pupils receive two small pieces of traditional Japanese raku pottery. After glazing their ceramic pieces, students help instructors fire the piece at a high temperature. Then, while the piece is still hot, staffers transfer it to a closed container filled with flammable ingredients, such as paper or sawdust. The combustibles then catch fire and trace intricate patterns and vibrant colors onto the pottery. All clay, firing, and materials are included, and students leave class with two finished pieces. Classes can be scheduled from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday–Thursday and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Create in Clay School of Ceramics

Entrenched in the eclectic North Oakland and Berkeley art scene, Create in Clay School of Ceramics unites a fine-arts gallery of locally produced wares and an art-instruction facility under one roof. Inside the roomy studio, master ceramicists impart pottery-forging know-how to students, who perch behind 10 ceramics wheels and multiple hand-building stations as they create, glaze, and fire custom pieces. The seasoned artisans tailor each tutorial’s subject matter to guests’ individual skill level, striving to keep class sizes small to ensure unrestricted interaction and afford pupils the chance to ask questions about what to do when clay is haunted by ghosts.

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Without modern electronics, mankind would have limited access to Bach’s symphonies, Hitchcock’s films, and Bob Saget’s dog and baby voiceovers. Keep your entertaining appliances in working order with today’s Groupon to Citicomm Wireless. Choose from the following options:

• For $25, you get a screen-repair service for an iPhone 3G or 3GS (a $58 value).
• For $65, you get a screen-repair service for an iPhone 4 (a $138 value).
• For $85, you get a screen-repair service for an iPhone 4S (a $178 value).
• For $25, you get $50 worth of any cell-phone repair.

Employing an expert crew that earned them Sprint Service Center status, Citicomm Wireless keeps cellular communicators chatting with a range of phone-rejuvenating repairs for any make, model, and carrier. Skilled technicians service each cellphone, replacing screens for the iPhone 3G, 3GS, 4, and 4S, ensuring devices render text messages and protecting phones displaying mouse wallpapers from hungry housecats. An iPhone back-glass replacement ($39) makes wounded cells whole again, and a black-to-white case conversion bedecks the iPhone 4 in a set of stylish new duds ($149). Alternatively, a battery replacement ($49) or charger-port repair ($99) keeps iPhones reliably juiced up for emergencies or prank-calling the ghost of Alexander Graham Bell.

Though Citicomm Wireless sometimes features a discounted price online, this Groupon still offers the best deal available.

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