How Jessica Alba Came Out with the Idea of Her Business 'The Honest Company'

Jessica Alba is now more famous as the co-founder of The Honest Company -- a company valued at a whopping $1.7 billion.

Jessica talked to Self on how she conceived the idea of starting her business. In 2008, while pregnant with older daughter Honor, 7, with now-husband Cash Warren, she broke out in hives after using baby laundry detergent. She did some research and found out why. She said:

 “I was horrified by the realities around the use of chemicals, and also the link that these chemicals have to a lot of illnesses, from obesity to lung disease to cancer, allergies, eczema—all of it. I was bringing this little person into the world and I thought, I want her to be healthy.”