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Sin City star Jessica Alba covers the May issue of MORE and opens up about the Honest Company and family life with husband Cash Warren and their two daughters: Honor, 6 1/2, and Haven, 3 1/2.

On questioning her career decisions and finding work-life balance: “You don’t really know how [your career] is affecting [your kids] until they’re adults and they say, ‘You ruined my life, Mom!’ Maybe they want me to be a stay-at-home mother who bakes chocolate-chip muffins all day. Nah. I’d probably want to start a chocolate-chip-muffin company. Ya know?”

On her management skills: “Sometimes I’m a little more iron fist than velvet glove. 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.’ I’m learning to tone myself down.”

On the link between environmental hazards and the recent increases in everything from cancers to allergies to learning disabilities: “The increases have coincided with the rise of these untested, potentially harmful chemicals. I know firsthand what it’s like to have a compromised immune system. I really, really didn’t want to have my kids go through what I did. If [the government] won’t safeguard my family, I’m going to have to.”

On the Honest Company’s expansion into beauty and feminine care products and what’s coming up next: “We are doing an organic tampon, but it won’t be in a cardboard applicator. It’s in a plant-based plastic compact applicator, which is the first of its kind. [As a result of customer suggestions] I’m working on skin care, hair care, mattresses, air filters, paint. Our customers really want paint.”

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