Sofia Vergara says she feels her best when she's 'done an hour and a half of hair and makeup'

• Sofia Vergara believes "more is more" when it comes to hair and makeup, as she recently told People.
• She said she feels her best when she's spent an hour doing both, and is "always done up."

Sofia Vergara takes her beauty routine seriously, even if it takes an hour to finish each day.

While promoting her new beauty brand Toty, the 50-year-old model and actor spoke with People about her history with makeup, days spent in the sun, and the times when she feels her best.

According to Vergara, "more is more" when it comes to the latter.

"I wish I could tell you, 'Oh I like it when I just wake up, and my hair is this.' No! I like it when I've done an hour and a half of hair and makeup," she said.

Vergara added that she's "always very put together" and has been doing her makeup regularly since she was 15 years old.

"I've never really loved a lot of foundation or contouring, but I always have eyeliner on, and lashes and lipstick," she told People. "Even in the morning, I put it on. That's my thing, and of course my sunscreen with the color."

Sunscreen is especially important to the Colombia native, as she said she's now seeing the effects of countless days spent on the beach.

"We did it the wrong way. We didn't know about protecting ourselves — we [applied] coconut oil," she said. "It was like frying a chicken."

While Vergara said she's now "paying for" her childhood days in the sun, she also noted that she eventually learned about the benefits of sunscreen in the '90s. So today, she's not too hung up on beauty mistakes she made in her past.

"I do see changes that I don't like, but I try not to focus on them," she said. "I'm also now very grateful that I understood to use sun protection when I was younger, because I think that's why I feel good now with the way I look."