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Posted: 09.01.2012 14:51

Ja, ne gewisse Ähnlichkeit ist nicht zu verleugnen.

Posted: 10.01.2012 10:40

09.01.2012 - Jessica Alba unterwegs in Santa Monica

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Posted: 13.01.2012 18:44

Jessica hatte gestern ein Fotoshooting mit Mark Liddell. Auf seiner Facebookseite steht, dass er ein Shoot mit Jessica und ihren Töchter hatte.
Da bin ich mal auf die Bilder gespannt. Vielleicht ja offizielle Bilder für ihre THE HONEST COMPANY!?

Posted: 16.01.2012 20:33

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Jessica hatte gestern ein Fotoshooting mit Mark Liddell. Auf seiner Facebookseite steht, dass er ein Shoot mit Jessica und ihren Töchter hatte.
Da bin ich mal auf die Bilder gespannt. Vielleicht ja offizielle Bilder für ihre THE HONEST COMPANY!?

Das Shoot soll Zuhause bei Jessica und im THE HONEST COMPANY Office gemacht worden sein.

the honest company/twitter

PS: Ich mache das gerade zum ersten mal mit dem Bild hochladen, ich hoffe das ist so in Ordnung wink

Posted: 19.01.2012 00:15

17.01.2012 - Jessica Alba auf der Launchparty von Honest.com

18.01.2012 - Jessica Alba unterwegs in New York

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Posted: 19.01.2012 23:55

19.01.2012 - Jessica Alba unterwegs in New York

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Posted: 20.01.2012 20:35

19.01.2012 - Jessica Alba besucht das SiriusXM Studio in New York

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Posted: 25.01.2012 18:19

24.01.2012 - Jessica Alba auf dem Weg ins Büro

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Posted: 03.02.2012 00:55

Scans InStyle Magazine Australien Januar 2012 (by Mo)

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Posted: 04.02.2012 09:15

03.02.2012 - Jessica Alba verlässt ihr Büro in Santa Monica

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Posted: 10.02.2012 10:45

09.02.2012 - Jessica Alba unterwegs in Brentwood

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Posted: 15.02.2012 14:59

14.02.2012 - Jessica Alba unterwegs in New York

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Posted: 22.02.2012 23:20

21.02.2012 - V-Day Cocktails and Conversation with Eve Ensler

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Posted: 23.02.2012 16:49

22.02.2012 - Jessica Alba besucht Jimmy Kimmel Live

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Posted: 28.02.2012 15:54

Scans Los Angeles Confidential März 2012

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Jessica Alba Talks Motherhood and Hollywood

When Jessica Alba was pregnant with her first daughter, Honor Marie, in 2008, her mother told her about all the products she’d need to buy. “It was, ‘You have to start using this, you have to start using that,’” recalls Alba. “Of course I wanted the safest, healthiest environment for my baby.” But when Alba started checking out the labels of baby items and everyday household products, she was taken aback at the sheer volume of chemical ingredients they contained. “I thought, This is nuts—it’s insane. How is this even legal?” Now, in addition to daughters Honor and Haven Garner (born last August), Alba is parenting a new addition: She’s the cofounder of the subscription e-commerce enterprise The Honest Company (honest.com), which offers consumers a monthly delivery of bundles of nontoxic, plantbased, beautifully designed baby and family essentials, including diapers, bath and skincare products, and home cleaning supplies.

Listening to Alba talk about the company, one quickly realizes she’s at least as passionate—likely more—about this project as she is about anything she’s done on the big or small screen.

“It stems from being a mom,” she says. “When I [was pregnant the first time] and started shopping in stores and online, it was just horrific seeing all these toxic chemicals [in baby products], which can contribute to everything from cancer to autism. I have the time and the means to shop around and find the best products, but most people don’t. I wanted to come up with one brand people could trust. You can have baby items that are cute and eco-friendly, with delivery right to your door.”

Alba partnered with ShoeDazzle and LegalZoom founder Brian Lee, pricegrabber.com executive Sean Kane, and environmentalist (and husband to actress Jessica Capshaw) Christopher Gavigan—she’s a huge fan of Gavigan’s book, Healthy Child Healthy World: Creating a Cleaner, Greener, Safer Home. “You see packages in stores, and maybe the box is oatmealcolored or there’s a green leaf on it, and you think it’s eco-friendly,” says Alba. “We just assume it’s better for us, but the packaging doesn’t mean anything.”

From the moment she first envisioned the company, the actress knew she wanted to do much more than just have her name on products. “Three years ago I conceptualized it, and I was all on my own,” she says. “Everyone thought I was crazy for wanting to do a consumer-products company. They were like, Why don’t you do a perfume? Or, Why don’t you do a fashion line? Then when I said I wanted to do one that was geared toward children, everyone thought I was even more crazy,” she says with a laugh.

“[And] when I said I wanted to make safer, nontoxic products, people were like, ‘What does that mean? And why and how will it be different from anything else out there?’ They thought I was nuts for wanting to launch with more than 20 products, but I know what it takes to put together a household, and I know how many products you actually go through as a parent. When we surveyed other parents, they had the same thoughts I did, so I wasn’t totally crazy—thank God.”

Before she would put her name on a product or ask other families to try it, Alba wanted to be sure she believed in it. “Once we got the formulations of every product, I tried them all out and made sure they worked, because it is one thing to have a safe nontoxic product, but it’s another to have it actually work,” she says. “I know that as a mom something needs to perform well. Our diapers were tested [by an independent lab] against conventional diapers and ‘eco’-diapers, and across the board, [ours] came out 25 percent more absorbent than the other ones, which is outstanding. You’re not only getting a better quality product when it comes to the ingredients that are touching your baby, [you’re getting one that] outperforms the one filled with all those toxins. We’re trying to make it easier for families to have safe homes. I have such passion for this company—it’s an exciting time.”

If you asked me to name the three movies in which Jessica Alba has done her most impressive work, I wouldn’t hesitate: Sin City, Machete, and The Killer Inside Me. In those films, Alba plays an exotic dancer, a badass customs agent, and a prostitute, respectively. Based on that résumé alone, one not familiar with Alba’s body of work would surmise she’s made a career out of challenging, controversial roles in hard-R films with indie cred. Well, yes—and no.

Alba is just as likely to be seen in an escapist romantic comedy such as Valentine’s Day, flat-out goofy films like The Love Guru and Good Luck Chuck, family-friendly fare such as Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D, or the upcoming animated film Escape from Planet Earth. You look at a résumé that stretches back to an ABC Afterschool Special, the reboot of the Flipper series in the mid-to-late-1990s, and Dark Angel, and you realize just how versatile (and sometimes underappreciated) Alba can be.

And unlike far too many actresses who began acting before they were of high-school age, Alba has navigated the tricky waters of stardom and the relentless glare of the paparazzi without constantly stumbling out of limousines, engaging in ill-fated romances, or winding up with an electronic monitor on her ankle. She is a wife (to husband Cash Warren), mother, and family-oriented activist—and she is even more committed to those roles than she is to any film or TV part.

In some ways Alba feels more pressure with the debut of honest.com than she would with any movie. And as is the case with nearly every film project, the path from original concept to final product was anything but smooth. “Launching this company has been a real roller coaster,” she says. “There were times I thought it was going to fall apart. It was a really difficult process, and it’s [hard] to not get discouraged and take another focus. But I stayed on this path from the beginning, and it took a long time and perseverance. It helps that my husband was behind me the whole way. He is the one who actually introduced me to Brian Lee, the e-commerce guru (and my business partner) who actually turned [this concept] into a proper business. I’m so grateful it’s happening.”

As for juggling family, multiple careers, catching up with longtime friends, and carving out a little time for herself—not to mention handling the swarm of paparazzi who trip over themselves trying to get a shot every time she goes shopping or emerges from the gym—Alba says nobody has it all figured out.

“It’s not perfect,” she says. “I’m constantly feeling I should be spending more time at home. I installed a kids’ corner in the office, and the baby is really easy right now. But every day is evolving and changing. If I’m not going to be home all day, I know I’ll be home at night.”

The impact becoming a mother has had on the actress is clear. “I love everything about [being a parent]. I didn’t even know it was possible to have this much love and joy and happiness in my life. It’s overflowing, unconditional, and selfless. I never experienced that type of thing before I had kids.”

And how would she say it has changed her, specifically? “It’s been the most profound experience I’ve had as a person and as a woman,” says Alba. “I feel like I’ve finally come into my own and become the person I always should have been, or that I always [wanted to be]. I feel more grounded, free, and comfortable in my own skin than I ever have. The paradigm just shifted completely to my family.”

Alba’s next film project is Escape from Planet Earth, an animated, 3-D scifi adventure also starring the voices of Sarah Jessica Parker, James Gandolfini, and Brendan Fraser.

“It’s pretty cute,” she says. “The style of acting for an animated film is much more over-the-top, whether you’re trying to be dramatic or funny. And when you hear your voice [coming from an animated character], it’s bizarre. [You think,] That’s what I sound like to people?”

Obviously an actor doesn’t have to worry about wardrobe when making an animated movie, but Alba knows any time she steps outside or onto a red carpet, photographers (and paparazzi) will be waiting to see what she has on. “I’ve been doing this since I was 12, going to fittings and all that. So I know what works on my silhouette,” says Alba. “Fashion is part of the job. There’s a fantasy element. It’s fun to go out and see what everybody’s wearing. Some things really work, and some don’t. And then there are some people, like Kate Moss, who can wear anything.”

Alba says she’s inspired by designers “from Prada and Diane von Furstenberg to Narciso Rodriguez and Tory Burch—all for different reasons. They’re very authentic about what they do and their identities. They stay true to that and have the wherewithal to change and evolve within their comfort zones.”

And what is Alba’s personal sense of style today as a 30-year-old star, wife, mother, and entrepreneur? “Now, it’s just what I’m feeling that day,” she says. “I have changed a lot. I didn’t use to wear a lot of color. I guess I’ve been more adventurous with my style and clothes choices since I’ve become a mother. It doesn’t feel as heavy or as big of a deal. Before, I was incredibly bashful and shy. When I was younger, I was really uncomfortable in dresses and high heels or anything like that. Over the years, I’ve embraced a more feminine side.”

Though Alba’s not one to complain about the constant press scrutiny—whether it’s wildly off-base speculation about her private life, a seemingly infinite number of blogs devoted to showbiz gossip, or the constant presence of paparazzi—she does enjoy making use of a communications counterpunch that didn’t even exist when she first started in the business: social media. “I’m so grateful for [it],” says Alba, who has 2.3-plus million followers and counting on Twitter (more than Leonardo DiCaprio, CBS News, Tiger Woods, Fox News, or Donald Trump, for those keeping score at home). “Prior to social media, you had to rely on a third party to get a message across. If a rumor was printed, there was only so much you could do about it. Now you can control certain things, and you can really connect with people. It’s nice to have that outlet and counterbalance.” What’s more, she adds, “For the company, it’s great. Moms feel connected; parents can share their experiences and have their voices heard. We listen to the feedback. It’s so important.”

There’s no doubt Alba has an effortless sense of style and fashion. She’s been in the public eye for more than half her life, yet you could spend hours scanning Google, and you’d be hard-pressed to find any real wardrobe missteps. And as someone who has screened every movie Alba has ever made, I can tell you if there’s a bad angle, it’s yet to be discovered. The camera loves her.

Video: http://la-confidential-magazine.com/vids/covers/videos/jessica-alba

(la-confidential-magazine.com)

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Posted: 01.03.2012 19:32

29.02.2012 - Jessica Alba am Los Angeles International Airport

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Im Süddeutsche Magazin von vorgestern sind Interviews mit Frauen von 10-100 Jahren. Als 30-Jährige wurde Jessica Alba interviewt.

Posted: 19.03.2012 08:27

18.03.2012 - Jessica Alba besucht Jessica Simpson's Baby Shower

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Posted: 20.03.2012 08:07

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Jessica Alba to Release Her First Book

Jessica Alba: actress, wife, mother, and now, author!

Alba, 30, will release The Honest Life, a how-to handbook based on her mission of creating a natural, non-toxic life for her family.

"It's totally crazy but amazing," Alba tells PEOPLE of her book news, adding of her lifestyle, "I'm not extreme. This book is for people who are in the middle but want to create a healthier life, like me."

The actress recently launched her first business, The Honest Company, with business partner and co-author Christopher Gavigan. And her book will detail her life as a mother and entrepreneur, seeking to give her children, Honor, 3 and Haven, 7 months, a better and safer start in life.

The Honest Life will offer tips on how to create a non-toxic home, from design tips to some of Alba's favorite family recipes. "Honor's favorite meatball recipe will be in there," says her mom.

"And I always hide flax seeds in everything," she explains, keeping it healthy but still tasty for her two girls. The book will also include beauty tips including "homemade" treatments to incorporate into your routine. Among them: simple, fun DIY family projects (Alba and husband Cash Warren refinished furniture for daughter Haven's room), tips on making sure your home is filled with only the purest of materials and inexpensive ways to find your own authentic style.

"It will be easy and fun and I want it to be really colorful," says Alba. "I'm a crazy foodie. I love doing projects with my kids. Everything in this book will be something meaningful that I've incorporated into our lives. I wanted some kind of handbook with all the information I was consuming so I could apply it in a practical way."

The Honest Life will be published in early 2013 by Rodale.

(people.com)

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Posted: 24.03.2012 00:17

22.03.2012 - Jessica Alba nach Besuch im Restaurant Matsuhisa

23.03.2012 - Jessica Alba unterwegs in West Hollywood

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Posted: 26.03.2012 10:36

25.03.2012 - Jessica Alba am Los Angeles International Airport

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Posted: 26.03.2012 19:30

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Mompreneur 101 with Jessica Alba

From one mom to another, Jessica Alba rejoins Salt & Nectar today to share the lessons she’s learned about starting The Honest Company and offers meaningful advice to other aspiring entrepreneurs for getting started, turning a business dream into reality, and balancing it all with family life.

Salt & Nectar: You’ve mentioned how being a mom inspired The Honest Company mission and its products, but how has being a mom prepared you to run the business?

Jessica Alba: I think having to put yourself second is one key component. For me, being a mom is about putting my children and their wellbeing first. In running a business, it’s also never about my interests or me; it’s about the company and every decision we make is from the point of view of how to best serve Honest. Therefore, being comfortable putting another’s interest above your own is something all moms and successful entrepreneurs have in common and both do on a daily basis. Multitasking is another way being a mom prepared me for starting my own business. You have to multitask as a parent to get anything done…from preparing breakfast and lunch at the same time as you’re getting your kids dressed and leaving for school, to giving them baths at same time you’re preparing for dinner, and more. When you’re starting a new business, you’re doing 50 different things at once and you’re wearing several hats. Parents can’t stop halfway through making their kids lunch or drop them off half way to school, just like in business you can’t start 50 things and not complete any of them. Multitasking is key and doing it well is an art I hope to master one day.

Salt & Nectar: Many moms have great ideas for a business concept but don’t know where to start and aren’t really sure if it’s something that could become profitable. What’s your advice for putting it in motion?

Jessica Alba: Surround yourself with experts in your field of interest and ask questions! Learn from them. After gaining as much knowledge as you can about the marketplace and the opportunity, you should then target partners who can help you convert your idea into something tangible. Be honest with yourself about your strengths and weaknesses and try to build a team that complements your skill set.

I am not an environmental specialist. I am mom who cares. So no matter how much research I did and continue to do on eco-friendly and non-toxic living, I am not an expert in biochemistry. I found an expert in that field for creating the formulations for the products I envisioned. I also found experts in forming start-up companies and running e-commerce businesses. As a mom who relies on convenient online shopping, I knew the Internet offered new opportunities to build a brand and get product out there. I partnered with Brian Lee [co-founder of LegalZoom and ShoeDazzle] and Sean Kane [former PriceGrabber.com executive], who built the business model around my idea. Don’t try to do it all yourself.

Once all these pieces are in place, you will then be in a proper position to raise capital and launch your company. Despite being in a rough economic climate, there are still venture investors, private equity groups, banks, and individuals who are looking to give money to moms, women, and small businesses with unique ideas.

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Posted: 10.04.2012 07:08

09.04.2012 - Jessica Alba bei Dreharbeiten in Los Angeles

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Posted: 11.04.2012 13:54

10.04.2012 - Jessica Alba auf dem Weg ins Büro

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Posted: 12.04.2012 15:05

11.04.2012 - Jessica Alba auf Shoppingtour in Los Angeles

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