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So we're here with the Comadre Marcela Gomez and her mom,
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Margarita la la fa la Mera Mera and their candles from Oco
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They're my favorite, they're my favorite candles of all time.
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Can you tell us how you,
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how you got into candle making?
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Well, I'm actually a nurse turn candle make.
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Yeah, I turned candle maker.
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This is a form of therapy because anybody who's in health care
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knows it's serious and I needed something to turn it off and
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I learned how to make candles.
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And I never ever thought that I would end up having a
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candle shop. I didn't intend for it to happen.
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It just happened. What inspired you though?
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Because these are very unique candles.
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Really? Yes. It started as a joke like,
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hey, why don't you make a Horchata candle or why don't
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you make this type of candle?
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And there was nothing like this on the market besides the traditional
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vela. When I started.
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As a matter of fact,
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people will make fun of me.
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I remember in the comments.
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Yes, I remember I have a Pinata candle.
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And someone said, what is the smell like cardboard and glue
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mom kept pushing me.
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She says, why don't you try to sell a candle?
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And, and the rest is history.
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You know Nique Dijo de de la Bueno.
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Porque. No, Novia Candela Latinas.
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Ie era como una la preas in Presario and Latinas.
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And I love the like the candle.
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the scents. Can you tell us about your favorite scents?
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They're all my favorite.
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I mean they're all like my kids.
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Each one, each one I have to think of the
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the aroma or bring it.
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I have to bring it to life.
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So they're all like my kids.
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But one of my favorites is Patron to be right now is
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Patron. Why is that?
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because my mom and I had fun bringing it to life
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like designing it. This is my mom.
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The aroma is me and,
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and I played with it and,
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I love the fact that she's not a yes person.
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She'll tell me. Oh no,
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still no Rico Ao Mojado.
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And yo you need someone to tell you no,
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the truth. And but this one turned out nice.
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This one dude, Questa Loca.
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So let me see if it really smells like it.
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Oh My Comadre. How did you do this magic?
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Like I do not understand how someone can make a candle that
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smells like sopa Maruchan like legit.
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This smells like the freaking sopa.
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When you take it out of my,
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show them the spices though.
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In the noodle, there's literally spices in the noodles and the
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noodles are not noodles.
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They're wax. This is crazy.
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How do you make these smells happen?
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And how long does it take?
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I think I'm a horrible cook.
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And candle making is very simple.
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It's like cooking. You melt the wax and you need a
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wick. But what makes you different is the mixing of the
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oils and I don't know,
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I have a very good sense of smell and,
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and I can mix them and I think that's my secret
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and I'm having fun with it.
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The moment I stop having fun with it,
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And you said this was therapy.
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A Margarita? How hard was it to see both of your
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family members fighting cancer?
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Because I know you had breast cancer,
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Marcela. And I know your dad had cancer,
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check your boobs guys,
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check them because that's what saved my life.
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They caught it at stage one.
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that was the key to me being in remission.
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But my mom had it the hardest because my dad was stage
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four. he had stage four cancer and we both had cancer
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during COVID which was we go to chemo together.
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Yes, we had the same nurse.
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I was getting chemo dad was getting immunotherapy.
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Dad is fine. We're both in remission.
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So but mom here Lafita that,
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that was hard for you.
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See Tapa Cuatro Leo quil de Tres says me de vida Pero
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porque la ultima palabra ias a gra miso and the man Mas
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Mia. I hope my brother is watching that.
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Thank you so much for joining us in margaritas.
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And where can people buy your candles?
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Two places? Let's hear it.
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So if you're not California or near Downey,
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you can purchase these candles or tons of other candles at
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O Comadre candles.com. And then I have a little shop.
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So that is I just celebrated a year at that shop
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and just come by and say hello and I always have
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two chairs there in case it's a safe place.
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If you just need a hug or you need to talk or
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you need to talk about cancer.
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Comando. Yeah, we're there,
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we're there. We're there for not called O Comadre candles for
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anything, right? It's a whole community of Comadres.
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You don't have to buy just coming to visit and we're so
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and you guys can follow her on ok,
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Comadre candles on Instagram and tiktok.
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But thank you so much,
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Thanks for having us and and allowing us to share my candles
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my babies. Thank you.
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