, and supply chain and how it’s all going to work,” she tells me. “And then when you get into the reality of order quantities and scaling your business, and raw materials and delivering consistency, you kind of understand the constraints of an idea – and in its purest form, it’s maybe just not possible…
“So, we have tin. We have glass. We have upcycled and recycled materials,” she says with an enthusiasm that shows she really is hands-on about this. “I’m always asking them [the team] to find new materials for outer container packaging, paper alternatives… And what’s cool is it’s ever-evolving. You’re never stopping…”
And on that note, I think that what’s apparent after spending an hour in the exceedingly impressive Ms Alba’s company is that she too is ever-evolving and never, ever, stopping.Probably fighting for chemical legislation reform [lobbying US Congress for the Safe Chemicals Act of 2011] to try and get more transparency and force companies to really think about the chemicals that they use in products and test them for safety prior to bringing them into the marketplace.
. And Prime + Perfect Mask, because I feel like whether it’s during the day or at night, I need that little me time and it smells like a smoothie. It’s like a smoothie for my face.