Skin that has been exposed to the sun is often darker due to the increased melanin production. A tan naturally fades as the sun-darkened skin layers dry out and fall away from your body. You cannot actually "un-tan" skin that's been exposed to UV, but you can certainly help speed the process with gentle exfoliation. To protect your skin, avoid exfoliating more than twice a week. This may help alleviate dry, scaly, or darkened skin. Use them as creams and exfoliants to remove layers of dead skin. Apply a thin layer of plain yogurt to your skin before bed, and rinse it off with warm water after 10 minutes. Or: make a mask by mixing one tablespoon each of oatmeal, tomato juice, and yogurt. Apply it to the skin, and rinse after 30 minutes. Foods that are high in vitamin C, such as the juice from citrus fruits, can be applied directly to the skin to help exfoliate and lighten dark marks. Do not apply citric acid to your face, and don't treat your skin with citric acid more than once a week. Apply the juice to your skin with a cotton ball, and rinse after 10 to 20 minutes. Make a thick but spreadable paste by mixing chickpea flour with rosewater or turmeric with cucumber juice. When the paste is ready, spread it onto your skin. Rinse when it dries, or after 30 minutes. This is the water leftover after rinsing rice. You might also rub raw potato on your skin for a lightening effect. Rinse with warm water after 20 to 30 minutes. These creams are sold in many beauty and cosmetics departments. They work by reducing the melanin in your skin, although there is no guarantee that they will make your skin as pale as you want. Be sure to talk to your doctor before using commercial creams. Follow all instructions for safe and proper use. Many skin lightening creams use hydroquinone as their active ingredient. Know that some countries have banned this ingredient due to safety concerns. Products containing more than two percent hydroquinone are available by prescription only in the United States. Mercury has been banned from cosmetics in many countries. You can still find these products online, but you will do well to avoid them.
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One-sentence summary -- Get rid of your tan. Treat your skin with foods that contain a lot of lactic acid. Use a vitamin C treatment. Make a skin-lightening mask from turmeric or chickpea flour. Soak your skin in rice water. Try a commercial whitening cream.

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One-sentence summary -- Arrange your oven rack so that your broiler pan will be about 6" (? Turn your broiler setting to high. Spray your broiler pan with vegetable oil. Season each side of the swordfish steaks with salt and pepper. Lay the swordfish on the broiler pan. Broil the fish for 5 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven (or pull the rack out enough so that you will be able to turn the steaks. Carefully turn the fish over using a spatula. Return the pan to the broiler and cook for another 5 minutes. Serve immediately.

Tell yourself that tonight is not Christmas Eve. Do the same things you always do in your bedtime routine: brush your teeth, read a book, chat with your friends, etc.. Say to yourself: "What am I gonna do tomorrow?" -- like it's any normal day: "Oh, hey, tomorrow maybe I will hang out with my 'bud', ______". A technique that, strange as it sounds, works well is to play a quiet game you can play alone (or with another hyper and excited friend or sibling), such as Mad Libs, while in bed. This will help take away your energy and help you fall fast asleep. Santa came a lot quicker than you thought! Although this may seem counterintuitive, exercise can help to calm you down. A couple hours before you go to bed, see how many push-ups, crunches, or jumping jacks you can do in your room. Exercise only for thirty minutes, though; you don't want to stay up too late. Exercising is a great way to help you feel physically tired so that your body will want to sleep. Better still, it will take your mind off Christmas for a little while. Having a warm bath will relax your muscles and make it easier to fall asleep. Squirt bath toys at imaginary targets, submerge yourself in bubbles, and relax your muscles. Try scented bubbles and soap. This might spoil any surprises and will keep you very excited and awake! Remember, Santa Claus knows when you are sleeping and when you are awake. He won't come if you are peeking. In addition to providing you with nutrients like calcium, magnesium, and L-tryptophan, warm milk can be a soothing, comforting drink that lulls you to sleep. You can also try hot herbal tea; it is very soothing and calming to drink. Just make sure it doesn't contain caffeine! When you're setting up a cookie plate for Santa is a great time to have some warm milk. Or, drink hot chocolate after you are in your pajamas. This will also help you to relax and stay warm! Don't drink coffee. The caffeine in it can keep you awake. If warm milk disgusts you on its own, add some honey. It will make for a relaxing treat. . If you are just jumping up and down and feeling hyperactive, you need to calm down; you're only feeding a buildup of excitement that it'll be hard to come down from. Read a book. Listen to music. Whatever makes you calm down and relax. Read a book. It can be about Christmas, although it doesn't really matter. Try reading a school textbook, a really boring one from your least favorite class. Read a boring book to induce sleepiness; read an exciting one to get lost in and to help take away the urgency of thinking about Christmas things. Some good non-Christmas books are Harry Potter, Twilight, School of Fear, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid. They are fairly long and can keep you occupied for a while. Burn a sweet scented candle for a little while in a safe place in your room. The scent will help you to relax, particularly if you choose a scent like lavender or jasmine. Just make sure to extinguish it before you fall asleep!
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Think of it as a normal night. Play a game with someone. Exercise. Take a warm bath. Don't peek at the Christmas tree. Drink warm milk. Relax