Eva Mendes On Hollywood, Motherhood, And Conquering The Cleaning Aisle | Forbes Life

Eva Mendes put Hollywood on hold a decade ago to raise a family with Ryan Gosling. Now the 50-year-old actress is reemerging as a cleaning-supplies entrepreneur, and dishes on why doing dishes is her happy place.
To get to this blissful place in her life-where she spends most evenings finding happiness over the kitchen sink in her Southern California home, where she lives with 43-year-old actor Ryan Gosling and their two daughters-took years of hard work, a gene she says she got from her Cuban immigrant mother. From the time Mendes was a little girl, her mom would explain that freedom is when you make your own money.
Since performing in her last movie, 2014’s “Lost River,” Mendes has become a mother, fashion designer, children’s book author and the co-owner of a successful home cleaning goods startup, Skura Style. After taking an ownership stake in 2022, Mendes has helped Skura-which was founded in 2017 by Linda Sawyer and Alison Matz-expand its marketing reach and has even dabbled in product design. Forbes estimates the business brought in $7 million in revenue last year and is on track for $20 million in 2024.
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0:00 Introduction
0:31 “Freedom is Making Your Own Money”
1:59 Becoming an Actress
3:13 Hollywood: Expectation vs. Reality
5:14 Business Isn’t Personal
6:10 Working With Ryan Gosling
6:41 Eva’s Most Challenging Role
8:10 Taking a Break from Hollywood
10:08 Motherhood is Creativity
11:19 Joining Skura Style
14:01 The Female Founder Space
15:44 What Makes Skura Style Special
18:20 Eva’s Newest Role: Co-Owner
19:26 Eva Mendes X Skura Style Collection
22:00 What’s Next for Skura Style
23:20 Eva’s Legacy
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