Naomi Watts Gets Candid on Nontoxic Beauty and "Riding the Wave" of Aging

If you had to leave the house in five minutes, what products would you use?

My five-minute routine is pretty much my routine all of the time. I don't do too

much, and if I’m not in front of cameras, I like to give my skin a break. I love lipstick, and Beautycounter makes one called Orchid that I also like to use on my cheeks. Sunscreen, sunscreen, always. Josh Rosebrook's Nutrient Day Cream SPF 30 ($50) is a great all-in-one. If I want a little bit of coverage, l love Beautycounter's Dew Skin Moisturizing Coverage ($45). I cannot tell you how highly I recommend this product. Every time I work on a new movie, I introduce it to the makeup artist, and they all go absolutely nuts for it. It has just the right amount of coverage, but it also leaves the skin with life. So lipstick, blush, coverage if I want it, and the only other thing I do is an eyebrow.

On days when you’re not working or you’re just staying in, what does your skin routine look like both morning and night?

You know, I change it up, and that’s one of the perks I get from working with Onda Beauty. Since the products we carry at Onda don't have any chemicals, I can easily shift from one to another, but I do have very reactive and sensitive skin. I’ll know right away if something isn’t going to work for me. For daytime, I actually use Dr. Alkaitis's Organic Night Cream ($72) and then I might mix it with a lightweight serum like Tammy Fender’s Plant Milk ($125). It’s very good for sensitive skin, and it is almost like an emulsion. It has tons of botanical extracts that are naturally very soothing.

If I’ve worn makeup that day, at nighttime I always do a deep double cleanse—I’ll start with an oil cleanse and then I’ll do a foam or milk cleanse. De Mamiel’s Pure Calm Cleansing Dew ($98) is a great oil cleanser, and I love Tammy Fender’s Cleansing Milk ($55). I might exfoliate once a week. I don’t want to do it more than that really because of my sensitive skin, and I love Goop's GoopGlow Microderm Instant Glow Exfoliator ($125). Using a mist helps open the pores, and your serums or moisturizers sink in much easier. Hannes Dottir Mineral Mist ($45) is a great one, and Odacite’s Rose + Neroli Hydra-Vitalizing Treatment Mist ($42) has a really lovely smell. At night, I also like to use an oil and a moisturizer together—I'll just mix them up in the palm of my hand. Right now, I’m using Dr. Alkaitis's Organic Night Cream ($72). And the serums shift around a lot. There are just so many wonderful, great serums. You have Vintner’s Daughter's Active Botanical Serum ($185), The C-Drops ($90) from Saint Jane Beauty, Tammy Fender's Quintessential Serum ($175)… Oh, and Marie Veronique's Gentle Retinol Night Serum ($110) is fantastic.