Spotted: Adrienne Bailon (she / her). The OG Cheetah Girl (who’s since added host / business owner / what can’t she do? to her resume) is now partnering with Olay to help other women reach their own multi-hyphenate potential. “This whole campaign is [about] empowering female entrepreneurs to feel fearless in their skin,” she says. “I would love to inspire more Black and brown women to become business owners and give them the tools they need.”

We spoke with The Real’s co-host about her pre-filming beauty routine, the lotion secret our mom should have taught us, and the power of women of color leading the conversation.

4:30 A.M. I wake up way before the sun rises, then I’m out the door to go to the gym. I’m the zombie in the morning who, unless I break a sweat, I’m not awake… I’m an elliptical girl who loves to read books on the machine. I have a Kindle, and I just flip through while I do 45 minutes. Then I do a quick HIIT workout. I’m really into this routine called Thrusters; it’s just squatting and coming up, and it’s a little 8-minute routine.

6 A.M. My shower time is my “me” time. [I] take a moment to “woosah” and say my morning prayers, [like,] “Lord, I’m thankful for this day. Help me get through it. Find the energy somehow, some way.”… I have super sensitive skin, so things break my skin out in rashes all the time. A year ago, Olay came out with the hyaluronic body wash, and I was obsessed. It smelled like baby Jesus! If you’re using something that says acid in it, you’d assume, “This might be harsh for my skin,” [but] it actually evened out my complexion, so it’s definitely my go-to body wash.

6:15 A.M. I’m old school in the sense of, if I just worked out and I don’t have makeup on, I [don’t do] a real wash. Everyone thinks I’m insane, but I think the simpler for the face, the better. This is horrific, but I’ve been that person who uses the shower gel at the gym. I’m like, “Oh, this will work. We’re just getting the sweat off my face.” Then I get out, and I’m grateful I had a mom who taught me you should lotion straight out of the shower. It shouldn’t be more than 3 minutes after!

6:30 A.M. My call time [for The Real] is 6:45, so I end up being there a little early… I go through our scripts, find out what’s the hottest news topic. Sometimes they’re changing what we’re going to talk about in Girl Chat because there’s something going on in the news that needs to be brought up immediately. I read a few articles about it—whether it’s the Gabby Petito story versus what’s going on with the R. Kelly trial. If it’s something breaking in that moment, I’ve got to be informed.

7 A.M. I started the show when I was 28 years old. I’m now—oh my gosh, I’m about to be 38! If there is any mindset I have to get into [before filming], it’s to be authentically myself, to not worry about what somebody’s going to think. It takes real courage and real boldness to be like, “I’m going to give my opinion, and it might not be the one everyone agrees with.”

8 A.M. This season, I have been loving everything oversized. A lot of people [think], “It’s because she’s pregnant.” I’m like, “No, it’s because it’s on-trend and fly and comfortable.” I have not been doing my normal bodycon dresses this season because I want to express my opinion and not hold my stomach in at the same time. I wore some Air Force 1s the other day with an oversized suit, and I just sat there and loved it.

9 A.M. [The girls and I] have all been on this journey together, and we’ve all gone through so many different things—literally from being single, to being engaged, to calling off an engagement, to getting engaged again, to getting married. It’s a constant reminder that women are multifaceted and multidimensional… I used to be the party girl in the group; now I’m somebody’s wife, and I am totally enjoying being a homebody. It changes with every season, and not just the season of the show, but with the seasons of our lives. We keep evolving and changing, so we get to know each other all [over] again, depending on the topic.

11 A.M. There definitely has been a time when I could see not doing the show anymore, wanting to come home and be in New York—[since] the show [films] in LA. But at the same time, I recognize that The Real is so much bigger than the 4 of us girls. I believe the representation is needed. There is not a show where it’s 4 women of color speaking honestly and truthfully, talking about things we care about and topics that affect us. It’s different when you see people talking about Black Lives Matter or immigration, right? You can hear people have these conversations. It’s a different conversation when it’s your people. I love that we get to be that. You don’t have to agree with everything we say. The bigger picture is to let our younger generation of women of color know that they have a voice.