Many people believe that a healthy lifestyle is food (well, sports as well) and often forget that the quality of the products that we use every day to wash ourselves, clean our house, clothes, dishes, have no less influence on our organism than the foods we eat.
I have known for a long time that Jessica Alba is not only a beautiful actress, but also a girl who cares for an eco-friendly lifestyle. She wrote The Honest Life: Living Naturally and True to You and created a sustainable cosmetics brand.
Seven years ago, when the actress was pregnant with her first child, she decided to try a well-known brand’s baby remedy on herself and she was covered with a rash. When Alba started looking for natural remedies without synthetic additives, she was able to find only a few options. That is why in 2011 she founded The Honest Companyto create such tools yourself.
The company was recently valued at a staggering $ 1 billion – today it employs 200 people and generates more than $ 150 million in revenue annually.
Last week, Alba, speaking at the Alibaba Global Conference on Women and Entrepreneurship in China, said that the road to success has not been smooth.
She named one of the very first problems she faced: “[People] tend to perceive the person in my place as the face of a brand that will sell cosmetics. Most of my business consultants thought I should be making perfume or something. “
Jessica Alba ignored them and insisted on her own idea. She eventually met entrepreneur Brian Lee, whom she collaborated with on startup. The Honest Company.
“I came into business to create a truly safe and healthy world for my children and for all children,” says Alba. – The growth of toxic chemicals in our daily life contributes to the development of a huge number of serious chronic diseases. I felt that someone really needs to create better products that are safe, non-toxic, healthy, beautifully designed, affordable and affordable. “
Initially, production was focused on products for babies, but gradually the range has expanded and today includes various products for the body, baths and household goods.
The need to run a business and pursue a career as an actress while being a mother of two is a challenge.
“I have realized myself in a wide variety of directions. It’s so hard to find time for yourself, time to reflect and relax. It is very important to find these five minutes a day, just to calm down your mind, put your mind in order, but I don’t always have them, ”admits Jessica Alba.
You can buy Jessica’s products on amazon.com or on the company’s website.