What I Put On My Face is Mamamia’s celebrity beauty series that takes you inside the beauty cabinets of influential women. From what skincare products they use to their go-to makeup tips, it’s a pervy look at exactly what they put on their face. And body. And hair. You get the idea.

This week, we spoke to Katherine Kelly Lang. Many of us grew up watching Katherine on the telly as Brooke Logan in the iconic soap TV seriesThe Bold and The Beautiful. Aside from working on the show full-time for more than 30 years, she’s also a fashion designer and an athlete who’s competed in IronWoman and long-distance horse riding competitions.

The actress gave us a behind-the-scenes look at what it’s really like getting your hair and makeup done multiple times a day, every day, for work. She also shared the skincare, makeup and hair and body care products she uses on herself when she’s not playing a character.

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Katherine’s skincare routine.

My skin has definitely changed over the years. My main concern is sun damage from a life spent in the sun – I’m always outdoors and training for something. I do IronMan races, and before that, it was long-distance horse riding and surfing. So I’ve had to start taking the time to concentrate on my skin and taking care of it and being vigilant to get rid of sun damage on my face. I don’t want to give up the things I love, so I do crazy things like running wearing a huge, broad-brimmed hat.

I do a lot for my face. I do micro-needling. I do the Vampire Facials where they put your platelet-rich plasma on your face. I go to a doctor’s office to have treatments done, sometimes, I end up red and scaly for a few days, but it really does wonders. I do red light therapy all the time, too. I have a couple of tools and machines to do that at home, like the face masks with the LED lights in them.

I change up my creams all the time because I feel like my skin gets used to things and the products won’t work as well. I mix and match and I also like trying different natural products. I go with how my skin is feeling. Sometimes, I get quite oily. Sometimes, my skin is really dry because I’m travelling a lot so I’ll use a bunch of different sheet masks.

My morning routine is pretty simple because usually, I have to go straight to work onThe Bold and The Beautiful, so I don’t want to be too greasy or hydrated because my TV makeup slips right off. I normally cleanse in the shower with a simple cleanser, sometimes I do a sugar scrub on my face. Then it’s literally just a lightweight moisturiser. Then I go to work and they pile the makeup on, and sometimes, they reapply it throughout the day, too. I have to make sure when I get home to take it all off really well. I love the Neutrogena cleansing wipes, I get off most of the makeup with those and then cleanse again in the shower.

Right now, I’m using an Algenist serum for all over the face that’s also really great under the eyes. I’ve also tried products from Sonya Dakar, who is very big and popular in Beverly Hills. And I will admit, when I travel, I go into the shops where they sell all the creams and makeup, and I end up going to the Lancome aisle every time to buy their really expensive night cream. It’s black with a beautiful gold lid. It’s pretty expensive, it’s $600. But I figure it’s duty-free so that helps?

Katherine’s makeup routine.

The makeup I have done for the show and how I do my makeup are very different. For TV, it’s a lot of makeup. Chris, the woman who’s been doing my makeup for the show for 30 years now, she mixes three different foundations together for my base. It’s Shiseido, Makeup Forever and MAC. Over the years, she’s figured out what my skin likes, what looks good and the perfect colour, so she just custom mixes it up. I love the Chanel Tinted Moisturiser for a run around day because it’s very, very light, has SPF in it and some face cover.