1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:01,840 Speaker 1: Pay your bills in a minute one or two point seven. 2 00:00:01,880 --> 00:00:08,039 Speaker 1: Kiss FM Secrets with you hustle. All right, that is this. 3 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:12,240 Speaker 1: That's a cute time for our hometown hustler spotlighting local businesses. 4 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:14,239 Speaker 1: People are just saying, you know what, I'm gone for 5 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:17,160 Speaker 1: my passion. I'm gonna try and make a living out 6 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 1: of doing what I love to do, not what I 7 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:22,000 Speaker 1: thought I had to do. And I gotta give you credit. 8 00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:23,960 Speaker 1: So many people we've met just said I'm not going 9 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,159 Speaker 1: to do my nine to five. I'm gonna go for it. 10 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:27,880 Speaker 1: They take the risk and it kind of works out. 11 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 1: We're just here to give you a little love on 12 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:33,480 Speaker 1: the air and support. Marcella Gomez is our hometown house 13 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 1: for today in Downey. She does oh Comadre Candles. Marcella, 14 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 1: good morning, Thank you for being our hometown hustler. Good morning, 15 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:45,279 Speaker 1: Thank you for having me. This is the coolest I've 16 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:48,919 Speaker 1: never heard of this. You create candles at oh Comadre, 17 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 1: candles that spark childhood nostalgia based on their names and 18 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 1: their aromas. Tell us more about what that means. I 19 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 1: want Mike handles to evoke emotion, memory, comfort, or even laster. 20 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: I mean Laster is good therapy. It is, indeed, And 21 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:13,040 Speaker 1: you were doing this as a hobby back um, now, 22 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:17,199 Speaker 1: and what were you doing for work? Then? I'm still 23 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 1: a nurse. I'm not a practicing nurse, but anybody in 24 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:23,319 Speaker 1: health care can tell you that you need an outlet, 25 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: and candle making became an outlet for me, not knowing 26 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 1: that it will lead into a journey of selling candles. 27 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 1: And what are the sense that people find nostalgic? We 28 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 1: have our little hot chocolate, which is like our Lia 29 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:41,200 Speaker 1: hot chocolate. We have conca, which is a sweetbread. We 30 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 1: have of candles that have Patawa, the peppino Awa, the 31 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 1: san dilla. I can go on and on and on. 32 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 1: Here's the thing. I can smell those aromas now and 33 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 1: it will make did your stomach growl when you smell 34 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 1: your candles? I'll the time. I got it. I got it. 35 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 1: So you got a wide array of fun and nostalgic 36 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 1: candles to choose from. What's the best seller? What do 37 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 1: people love the most? Or chatter is very popular? Also 38 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 1: it's funny. I would go between like the chutro, but 39 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 1: then for some reason, like the vix. I know it 40 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 1: seems weird, but like when I was a kid like 41 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 1: and I would get sick. My mom would always just 42 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 1: put vix on my chest for like everything, and it 43 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: would cure me or make me feel like I was. 44 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 1: I felt better. I can smell the vix now, you 45 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 1: know what you can now might even feel good, like 46 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 1: if you are sick. Does it help if you like 47 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:45,799 Speaker 1: the candle and you are kind to feel it like 48 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:50,079 Speaker 1: a remedy. I think it's absolutely I'm a nurse and 49 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 1: I still applied. It wasn't in the medical book, but 50 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 1: it just makes me feel Goodmandre Candles got so popular 51 00:02:57,120 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 1: there and down they got a storefront in Downing, so 52 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: check them out. You go on Instagram at oh Come 53 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 1: Adrek Candles. Marcella Gomez, our hometown hustler this morning, thank you, 54 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 1: and I'm sure you worked very hard over the last 55 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 1: few years nursing and before that too, So thank you 56 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 1: so much, Marcella, Thank you. I appreciate you guys giving 57 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 1: me the opportunity to share my little journey. Of course, 58 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 1: we really are inspired by it. Thank you, Thank you. 59 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 1: I'm telling you, every time I see something like this 60 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 1: makes me think about the day. Open my olive oil 61 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:33,240 Speaker 1: shop and we can interview you from hometown hustler. I'm 62 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 1: excited to try it. I can't wait to have you 63 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 1: as a guest. I'll call him come in here. I'll 64 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 1: come right in back in a minute. Pandabilton, Riverside County,