What are some tips for making pimples less red?

Does anyone know and fast, simple, homemade solutions for toning down the redness?What are some tips for making pimples less red?
Toothpaste on the spot will take it down in a couple of hoursWhat are some tips for making pimples less red?
preparation H (seriously!)
the only way is to prevent them. Things containing lots of sugar and fat circulate throughout the skin, which has to exit the body. Then your pores are getting clogged with oil from fatty foods, leaving redness form the swelling the blackheads cause. Cut down on the peanut buster parfaits, cheese, and even milk, as these are few things can cause severe acne and other unpleasant skin conditions. When I was a teenager I discovered these things eating double doozies, big bloc hersheys and coca-cola.