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"Sometimes, even a diligent beauty editor gets caught out there with a big, honking zit on her chin\u2014and without her tools of the trade. Yesterday, I commiserated about my situation with celebrity facialist Mamie McDonald (clients include Iman, Naomi Campbell, and Angela Bassett), and she told three no-frills fixes to try anytime a pimple pops up while you're at your dude's product-barren apartment:\\n\\n\\n\\n                   \\n\\n1.) __Hydrogen Peroxide Solution.__ \\\"Soak a cotton swab in it and dab the pimple\u2014it'll kill the bacteria,\\\" says McDonald.\\n\\n\\n\\n2.) __Baking Soda.__ \\\"This is good for when you've got a problem area, and not just one zit,\\\" she says. \\\"Mix it with distilled water\u2014it doesn't really form a paste; it's runny\u2014and swipe it over the region with a cotton ball, then leave it on overnight\u2014it'll take down the redness.\\\"\\n\\n\\n\\n3.) __Aspirin.__ \\\"Crush up one tablet and mix it with water to form a thick paste,\\\" McDonald says. \\\"Then take a cotton swab and dot it on the blemish. Leave it on overnight, and I think you'll be very happy with what you *don't* see in the morning.\\\"\\n\\n\\n\\nDo you have any tried and true methods of zapping zits fast?\\n\\n\\n\\n__RELATED LINKS:__\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n  [Daily Beauty Reporter: We Tried It: Three DIY Beauty Remedies](http://www.allure.com/beauty-trends/blogs/daily-beauty-reporter/2011/09/beauty-on-a-budget-are-homemad.html)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n  [Daily Beauty Reporter: The Lengths Women Go to For Clear Skin](http://www.allure.com/beauty-trends/blogs/daily-beauty-reporter/2011/03/the-great-lengths-women-go-to.html)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n  [12 Products That Will Give You Better Skin\u2014Instantly](http://www.allure.com/beauty-products/2011/12-products-that-will-give-you-better-skin-instantly\\\\#slide=1)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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