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Gearing up for another busy day in the Big Apple, Jessica Alba hit the streets of SoHo in a stylish cream colored dress on Tuesday (June 23).
The ?Fantastic Four? female recently confessed to Delish.com that when it comes to condiments, the hotter, the better- ?I try to always have a salad, and I always make my own salad dressing?it just tastes better. I?ll often make a chicken quesadilla with corn tortillas?and gallons of hot sauce. Literally. It?s like I?m trying to burn a hole through my stomach. It?s so good. It?s such a problem.?
Alba also noted, ?I have five or six different types in my fridge. Anything habanero-Caribbean-flavored, I?m down with. Honor wants Cholula on all of her tacos, on her breakfast?even her eggs, like breakfast tacos?and she?ll straight pour it on chicken. If I make roasted chicken, she?ll want Cholula on it.?
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| | Jessica Alba covers Forbes Richest Women issue, her company is worth a billion | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Above is Jessica Alba on the cover of Forbes’s “America’s Richest Self Made Women” issue. It looks like they put two halves of her face together from separate photographs. Forbes’s profile of Alba’s Honest Company is careful to note that she’s not quite on the list of the Richest Self Made Women yet, but that she’s headed there. The Honest Company, which Alba founded in 2011, sells organic baby, cleaning and household products and is currently valued at $1 billion. Jessica’s 15% – 20% share gives her a personal net worth of around $200 million.
You can see the full list of Forbes’ 50 richest self made women here. It includes celebrities such as Oprah (#5: $3 billion), Madonna (#28, $520 million), and Kathy Ireland (#33, $420 million), with Beyonce and Judge Judy in a tie at the end of the list with a net worth of $250 million. You’ll recognize many of the other names, including fashion moguls Tory Burch, Diane Von Furstenberg and Vera Wang along with tech leaders like Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook and Marissa Mayer of Yahoo! I could spend all day reading that list and thinking about these powerful women, but I digress. (I haven’t even heard of #1, Elizabeth Holmes, who is all of 31 and founded a blood testing company called Theranos. I’m going to look up her Ted talk after this.)
Alba’s story goes into how The Honest Company was founded, and it sounds like it lives up to its name. Alba saw a need for products that were eco-friendly, chemically safe and with a design that would appeal to modern moms. She wanted products that she would use for her family that didn’t exist under a single brand, so she created one. I’ll just except some of the relevant parts here and the entire article is worth a read if you’re interested.
Alba works 86 hours a week
Details and hard work. Alba laughs about how she once worked an 86-hour week as the star of James Cameron?s sci-fi TV series, Dark Angel ? the series that launched her career. Now, she says, she spends those 86 hours at a vintage teal blue desk, overseeing marketing and brand development for a company that feeds a growing demand for safe, nontoxic products, particularly among young helicopter parents who treat children ? and what goes near or inside them ? like porcelain.
Her company is valued at a billion
Safety sells. The Honest Company has experienced an absurd level of growth. In 2012, its first year selling products, it hit $10 million in revenue. By last year it was $150 million, and industry insiders are predicting over $250 million this year. The company is focused on growth over profits, boasting a current valuation to match: $1 billion.
How Alba was inspired to create safe products
[After getting hives from laundry detergent twice] Alba spent late nights on Google and Wikipedia researching the contents not just of the offending detergent but also of everything in her bathroom cabinet and under her kitchen sink. ?I was like, ?How can this be safe for babies if I?m having this type of reaction??? she says. What she found terrified her: petrochemicals, formaldehydes and flame retardants in everyday household products from floor cleaners to mattresses. Some were listed on the ingredients label plain as day, with others disguised under the catchall of ?fragrance,? which is entirely legal…
By 2011 she had turned herself into an expert on consumer products and traveled to Washington, D.C. to lobby for updated legislation. She was ? and is ? particularly focused on reforming the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act, which has allowed more than 80,000 chemicals to remain in household products untested. Only five are regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency; just 11 are banned from consumer goods. (In Europe that figure is more than 1,300.) ?Enough people have to get sick or die from a certain ingredient or chemical before it?s pulled from the marketplace,? says Alba.
[From Forbes]
I’m chemically sensitive and have to be careful of perfumes and dyes in my products, so I appreciate when anyone brings awareness to this issue. Certain perfumes make me dizzy and my skin is very sensitive. It goes beyond that though, to long term health concerns. I heard a radio show recently on NPR about how the EPA barely controls any of the chemicals in consumer products, and how the conversation around chemicals is almost entirely controlled by “scientists” hired by powerful chemical conglomerates. It was sobering and this is what Alba is lobbying to change. Everyone should have the right to safe products, but much of the information required to make purchasing decisions isn’t known or is deliberately covered up. Good for Alba for creating products that families can feel good about.
Jessica Alba is shown at LAX yesterday (credit: Pacific Coast News) and out on 5-25 (Sail away shirt, credit: FameFlynet) and on 5-24 (scarf, credit: FameFlynet
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| | Jessica Alba Ruins A See-Through Moment | | Added 9 years ago | Source: HollywoodTuna |
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Here’s one of my all-time favorite MILFs Jessica Alba walking through LAX and I’m not sure if this shirt shewas wearing is supposed to be like this, or if we just have the paps and their commercial-grade flashes to thank for this MILF see-through moment. But either way, I’m a little disappointed that Jessica forgot […]
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| | Jessica Alba Checks in at South Korea's Coupang Press Conference | | Added 9 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Known the world over as a successful businesswoman, Jessica Alba was invited to speak at the E-commerce press conference for Coupang in Seoul, South Korea today (May 28).
The ?Fantastic Four? actress looked lovely as she addressed the audience at the Grand Intercontinental Hotel regarding her Honest Company?s new partnership with Coupang to sell her products overseas.
Alba told Forbes that The Honest Company has 120 offerings so far, with plenty of new goodies in the development stages, including all-natural tampons. By the end of 2015, Jessica expects around $250 million in revenue and the current valuation is projected to reach $1 billion.
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| | Jessica Alba: 'I do power yoga with light weights in a 105-degree room' | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Jessica Alba doesn?t get enough credit for having one of the best ? and healthiest-looking ? bodies in Hollywood. She really strikes a great balance of looking fit, athletic and lean without ever looking ?too skinny? or too bulky. So Alba is an obvious choice for the cover of the newest issue of Shape Magazine. Her body looks amazeballs, but I have qualms about her hair on the cover shot ? yikes. As one would expect from Shape Magazine, the conversation is mostly about workouts, body image, confidence and food. I hate myself a little for finding it interesting.
Her athletic body: “I attribute my athletic body to the martial arts, gymnastics, dance, and strength training I did while filming Dark Angel. That’s made me strong and really set the bar.”
She has to work out: “I have to break a sweat or I don’t feel like I’ve gotten anything done. When I only have 30 minutes, I’ll do a series of burpees, mountain climbers, squat jumps, planks, and a few sun salutations. But I’m not going to lie. Working out sucks. Which is why I love taking classes, because I’m surrounded by other people and that keeps me motivated and accountable. These days, I do power yoga with light weights in a 105-degree room, so it’s a mix of hot yoga and strength training. I also spin. The key for me is good music, like 2 Chainz, Lil Wayne, Rihanna, Jay-Z, Beyonce?.”
Motherhood & confidence: “I wasn’t truly confident about my body until I had my daughters, Honor, 7, and Haven, 3. I felt more comfortable in my own skin after they were born. Plus, if I want them to be happy with their bodies, I need to walk the walk.”
Peaceful mind: “When I need to zone out and quiet my mind, I listen to a meditation podcast from the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center. Each one is literally just three minutes long, so I can go into a bathroom stall or do it in my car. But I’m really intrigued by Transcendental Meditation. Everyone I know who does TM has this inner peace and a glow. I want that.”
Popcorn addict: ?I’m addicted to popcorn. I eat it throughout the day. I’m a scatterbrain with lots of things to do at once, and eating popcorn helps me concentrate. It’s my way of dealing with my mind wandering off.”
[From E! News]
I don?t get the popcorn thing? But maybe that?s because I?m not a grazer. If I grazed on popcorn or nuts or whatever throughout the day, I probably wouldn?t be able to stop. I need real meals, like a delineation between ?now I?m eating? and ?now I?m not eating.? Otherwise I would just eat constantly.
As for her workouts, that?s why she has such a great body, because she?s doing so many different things. And I admire her for it, because you would have to take me hostage at gunpoint to get me to do hot yoga or 30 minutes of burpees and planks. I?ll just stick to cycling, walking and weight machines, thanks!
Photos courtesy of Shape.
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Taking care of her to-do list, Jessica Alba stepped out for some shopping in Los Angeles on Thursday afternoon (May 7).
The Honest Company mastermind recently sat down with Refinery 29 to talk about her corporation?s next frontier- tampons! ?Well, we?re launching feminine care first, and then beauty. We?re doing organic feminine care products, an organic tampon, but using a bio-plastic applicator. And, the packaging is really cute. So, Refinery29 will all get care packages from me. I can?t wait for you guys to get them, because I worked really hard with design on that one.?
And of course Ms. Alba has a few goodies that she prefers from her current lineup- ?I love our laundry products. I use them every day. And, also our dish products. I feel like I have the most face time with our laundry products and dish products...they?re just so reliable, and I know they?re safe, and I know they work. So, those two are my favorites.?
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| | Jessica Alba Celebrates One Year of The Honest Company at Target | | Added 9 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Proving that she can do anything, Jessica Alba showed up at a very special event in Los Angeles last night (April 30) to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the partnership between The Honest Company and Target.
Joined by co-founder and CPO Christopher Gavigan, the ?Awake? actress was all smiles as she meandered around the scene in a strapless pastel yellow sweetheart dress with chunky black heels and minimal makeup.
Ms. Alba told More magazine that sometimes she?s not the nicest boss lady-"I'm straight to the point. I?ve made people cry. I have to say, 'This isn't personal. This is what needs to get done, and it's just as simple as that. And ? we're not crying anymore.'?
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| | Jessica Alba on being the boss at The Honest Company: 'I?ve made people cry' | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Jessica Alba covers the new issue of More Magazine. It?s a meh editorial, but I?m not expecting Vogue-quality content from More Mag (no shade). Alba is promoting her ?billion dollar company,? The Honest Company, which produced eco-friendly products. I have my doubts as to whether The Honest Company is really and truly valued at a $1 billion, but Alba has built herself a lucrative business and obviously, there?s a big market for what she?s selling.
What I found interesting about this interview was Alba?s discussion about crying at work. ?Crying at work? is a thing and people have strong opinions about it. Some women believe that ?crying at work? is the most unprofessional thing you could ever do, that it is weak and your colleagues and superiors will underestimate you if you ever shed a tear. Some women believe that ?crying at work? is just part of life and tears don?t have anything to do with one?s professionalism. What fascinates me about this Alba interview is that she?s talking about being a boss and MAKING an employee cry and not giving a sh-t. I can?t tell if this is a boss move or if she?s a terrible person.
Alba on making someone cry: “I’m straight to the point. I?ve made people cry. I have to say, ‘This isn’t personal. This is what needs to get done, and it’s just as simple as that. And ? we’re not crying anymore.’ ”
Working with men: “My [business] partners are men. Whenever I say something that’s kind of against their intuition, they go back and talk to their wives. And then their wives usually agree with me. So that?s how we get stuff done over here.”
Building her business: “I didn’t want to wake up and kick myself for not pursuing something I believed in. I couldn’t wait to reject the status quo, punch it in the face and kick it to the curb.”
The Honest Company?s office features a ?floor-to-ceiling display of succulents sprouting from sweet little pots?: ?Sometimes my CFO gets irritated about it. Someone has to come every week to water and put them in the sun for a day, and that costs money. We needed something alive. We couldn?t just have pretty pictures. And so when he?s like, ?Do we really need the live succulents?? I say, ?Yes, yes, we do.??
The company?s $1 billion valuation: ?When you look at the marketplace that we?re playing in, it?s trillions of dollars. Window cleaner alone is a billion-dollar business, just to give a bit of perspective, because people get so freaked out by our valuation. Also, it doesn?t feel tangible yet, because I?m still hustling.?
[From More Magazine & People]
I?m actually impressed with this side of Alba, especially considering I think very little of her acting talent. This is probably her calling, not acting. She has a head for business, and I hope she sticks with it. As for making her employees cry? if she was a dude, she wouldn?t even register the fact that she was making someone cry, you know? But it does feel like she?s taking pride in it a little bit. If Alba told you that your work was crap and you needed to do something else, would you cry at work?
Photos courtesy of More Magazine.
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Taking care of a few errands, Jessica Alba went for a stroll in the trendy SoHo district of New York City on Tuesday morning (April 14).
The famous actress/entrepreneur was hard to miss give her massive salmon-colored flair-legged trousers, striped top and snazzy blazer as she exited a boutique and looked wearily at the nearby shutterbugs.
Alba previously explained the impetus behind her decision to start The Honest Company- ?It was really driven out of a need. I just knew that I needed to make this company. Never doing it before and having that fearlessness propelled me.?
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| | Jessica Alba Tiny Two-piece Swimsuit Bikini in the Caribbean Vacation | | Added 9 years ago | Source: Dickism |
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Here is Jessica Alba donning a purple bikini in the Caribbean, where she spent time in the crystal-clear water and did some snorkeling.
She took a break from her busy business schedule to enjoy some R&R with her shirtless husband Cash Warren, who took a dip with her in the ocean.
Jumping in and out of the sea, Jessica is clearly confident and didn’t give snorkelling a second thought…dragging the goggles into the sea for a swim.
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