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capacity to do anything else. That really opens me

up so I can have my company and focus on that

when I’m there, and when I do get the opportunity

to do something in entertainment I can be open to

‘Š œžě ǽ˜˜Ǿǯ Ȃœ “žœ ’–Ž –Š—ŠŽ–Ž—ǯ ˜  ˜

Š¢œ Š›Ž ‘Ž œŠ–ŽŠ—ǰ ¢˜ž ”—˜ ǰ ¢˜ž “žœ ‘ŠŸŽ ˜

try to prioritise, as much as possible, the family time.

JUSTINE: THE STRUGGLE FOR ANY WORKING PARENT

ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE ABOUT BEING PRESENT IN

WHICHEVERPARTOFYOURLIFEYOU’REIN,ATANYGIVENMOMENT.

JESSICA:ž ‘’—” ŽŸŽ— œŠ¢ȬŠȬ‘˜–Ž –ž–œ ‘ŠŸŽ Š ‘Š› ’–Ž ꐞ›’— ˜ž ‘˜  ˜

™›’˜›’’œŽ’–Žǯ–ŽŠ—ǰ’–Ž–Š—ŠŽ–Ž—’œŠ‹’Œ‘—˜–ŠĴŽ› ‘˜¢˜žŠ›Žǰ¢˜ž”—˜ ǰ

and I think actually staying at home, taking care of the house, raising the kids, all the

ŠŽ›ȬœŒ‘˜˜• ŠŒ’Ÿ’’Žœǰ –ŽŠ—ǰ ‘ŠȂœ Š ž••Ȭ’–Ž “˜‹ǯ— ‘Ž— ‹¢ ‘Ž ’–Ž ¢˜ž ‘ŠŸŽ

any “me” time, you’re sleeping, and then you wake up and it’s all that all over again.

I commend mums who stay home and take care of the house and take care of the kids,

‹ŽŒŠžœŽȱȱ‘’—”ȱ‘ŠȂœȱ—ŽŸŽ›ȬŽ—’—ǯǯǯȱȂœȱ›ŽŠȱ‹ŽŒŠžœŽȱ¢˜žȱ˜ȱŽȱ˜ȱœŽŽȱŽŸŽ›¢ȱ•’Ĵ•Žǰ@

•‹Š Šœ”œ

˜—˜› Ÿ’Š ŠŒŽ’–Ž ’ œ‘ŽȂœ œ’•• ŽŽ•’— œ’Œ”

and the eight-year-old answers, “Yes, I am,” throwing in

a dramatic but not-very-gastro-related faux cough for

ŽěŽŒǯǼȂœ—Šžž›Š’˜—Š¢ǰŠ— ‘’•Ž‘Ž›Žœ˜‘ŽŒ›Ž 

are in denial trying to ignore the political shitstorm erupting

Š›˜ž—‘Ž–ǰ•‹Šœ™Ž—œ‘Ž‹ŽĴŽ›™Š›˜‘Ž–˜›—’—’—

the makeup chair watching the proceedings on an iPad. She

was up late last night editing how-to beauty videos for The



˜—Žœ˜–™Š—¢ǰ‘Ž‹žœ’—ŽœœœŽ••’—Š–’•¢ŽœœŽ—’Š•œ‘Š

œ‘Ž Œ˜Ȭ˜ž—Ž’— ŘŖŗŗǰ Š—œ‘ŽȂœ’›Žǰ ‹ž•‹ŠȂœ —˜ ˜—Ž

to cower away from life – even when it gets as real as this.

This is no ordinary cover shoot anyway. In business terms,

‘Ž

˜—Žœ˜–™Š—¢’œŒ˜—œ’Ž›ŽŠȃž—’Œ˜›—Ȅǻ’ŽǰŠœŠ›Ȭž™

ŸŠ•žŽ Š –˜›Ž ‘Š— Š ‹’••’˜— ˜••Š›œ ˜›ǰ ’— ‘Ž 

˜—Žœ

˜–™Š—¢Ȃœ ŒŠœŽǰ Š Œ˜ž™•Ž ˜ ‹’••’˜— ˜••Š›œǼ Š—ǰ •’”Ž Š—¢

Ž—›Ž™›Ž—Žž›ǰ•‹Š—ŽŽœ˜œ™Ž—Š—’—˜›’—ŠŽŠ–˜ž—˜

’–Ž ‹Ž ŽŽ— ŽĴ’— ‘Ž› ‘Š’› Š— –Š”Žž™ ˜—Ž Š— ‹Ž’—

styled by theELLEfashion team running her company via

her phone, doing what has become – more than acting – her

Š¢ “˜‹ǯ —¢˜—Ž Ž•œŽǰ  ’‘ Š•• ‘Š ˜’— ˜—ǰ  ˜ž• ‘ŠŸŽ

‹žŒ”•Ž ž—Ž› ‘Ž œ›Š’—ǯ ž —˜•‹Šǯ ŸŽ—  ’‘ ‘Ž ˜œ

against us, she’s the consummate professional, shivering and

sipping her herbal concoction between shots, and, when we

ꗊ••¢’ŸŽ‘Ž›Š‹›ŽŠ”ǰŠ”’—’–Ž˜ž˜Œž›•ž™˜—Šœ˜Š

with ELLE to talk business, motherhood and the not-

always-glamorous realities of having it all.

JUSTINE: THE HONEST COMPANY IS DOING SO WELL. HOW DO YOU

JUGGLEBEINGBOTHANACTRESSANDABUSINESSWOMAN,ASWELL

ASYOURROLEASAMOTHERTOHONORANDFIVE-YEAR-OLDHAVEN?

JESSICA: ˜—Ȃ ‘’—” “ž•Ž Š—¢ ˜ ’ ŸŽ›¢  Ž••ǰ ˜ ‹Ž

honest. I always feellike something’s being compromised.

But my kids are my priority and I do feel like having happy

kids allows me to be present in other parts of my life. If they

weren’t happy and healthy, then I don’t think I’d have the

“My kids are my priorityAND I DO FEEL

LIKE HAVING HAPPY KIDS ALLOWS ME TO

be present IN OTHER PARTS OF MY LIFE”