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The 4 Beauty Tricks You've Never Heard of That Work Magic on Skin

The ancient secrets to your most glowing self

by Emily Woodruff | 1 COMMENT

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Ayurveda. It's one of those New Age-y trends that we're still not 100 percent sure we're pronouncing correctly (along with acai and jojoba) -- or clear on why we should care much about it. The 5,000-year-old practice is steeped in tradition, handed down from generation to generation. But it also taps into the very modern and not-so-out-there idea that whatever is going on inside your body shows up on the outside (think: acne, clogged pores and rosacea).

Aparna Rai, owner of skin-care line Au Natural Ayurveda, says that unlike Western medicine, Ayurveda attempts to get to the root of the issue. "It's like when you hear the sound of a smoke detector. One way to stop it is to remove the smoke detector. Another is to turn it off. But Ayurveda tries to find the fire," she says. As such, the best way to unearth your glowiest, most youthful-looking skin, say Ayurvedics, isn't by slathering on an expensive serum -- it's by treating whatever's masking your glow in the first place.

These are the beauty practices Ayurvedics swear by -- and soon, you will too.

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