Actor Jessica Alba made a fortune for herself when she launched her Honest company . The organization was such a success that she no longer needed acting anymore, and considered retiring early. Jessica Alba’s Honest company made leaving acting behind more tempting Alba launched her Honest company in 2012.
Her and Cash Warren’s daughter helped inspire the creation of the company, which was named after her. In a 2017 interview with Teen Vogue , she confided how a negative reaction to a beauty product helped her conceive her multi million dollar empire. “I got the idea as a first-time parent.
I had an allergic reaction to a product and I did research,” Alba said. “I found out there are a lot of potentially harmful chemicals in everyday products, from laundry detergent to beauty products to personal care products. There really wasn’t rigor in the same way around testing products for safety before they’re brought into the marketplace the way there is in Europe.
In personal care alone in Europe, there were over 1,200 banned chemicals because they didn’t prove safe. Whereas at the time in the U.S.
, there were about 9 banned chemicals.” “I was reading ingredients and trying to figure out the best things. What I found was that the alternatives out there didn’t really work.
The packaging was all beige and brown and hemp and that’s not really my steez! I wanted a brand that had safer alternative, an accessible price point, and a beautiful design,” she added. It.