If you don’t subscribe to Violet Grey, I highly recommend you do. I love the site – interviews, products, expert advice.  What’s not to love? Now, they’ve captured the first interview with Eva Mendes since giving birth to her baby girl, Esmeralda. Her friend, Cassandra Huysentruyt Grey is the founder of Violet Grey so she opened up about many things. She’s one of the most beautiful women around, and at 40 as a new mom, actress, clothing designer for New York & Co she’s managed to keep her private life very private. It’s almost unheard of in Hollywood.

My favorite quote of hers in the interview:

“In a perfect world all women would be paid as much as men whether they were in a tailored trouser or a lady dress!”

Read on Violet Grey about what she does for beauty, her new collection for New York & Co., how’s she’s adjusting to being a mom (love her honesty) and does she reveal anything about Ryan Gosling?  You’ll just have to find out!

Photos by Emma Summerton