WoMRadio Holiday Showcase Contest 2

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She is sure. She is strong. She is true. She

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is brave. She is bold. She is you.

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Welcome to today's Word of Mom radio here on the

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Word of Mom Media Network. I'm your host, Dori DiCarlo,

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and you know we are here week after week show

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after show, breaking those myths that mompreneurs and businesswomen, especially

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those of us building our businesses from home, that we're

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just dabbling in between bake sales and getting our nails done,

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we're not. We are smart, we are savvy, and we

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are sharing the wisdom of women in business and in life. Today,

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we're celebrating something truly special, the women, the creativity, and

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the passion behind the Word of Mom Holiday Showcase 2026.

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Our second contest features four wonderful businesses, each bringing something

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unique to the table. We're highlighting Clearly Bibs. They're clear bibs,

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are disposable, and don't hide that fabulous outfit you have

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your child in. Krista Tranquilla Studio, where nature inspires meaningful

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jewelry and artistic creation. Love Mert. bringing colorful handcrafted accessories

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into our lives, and Mama Soul, encouraging women and families

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to feel confident while making daily sun protection a priority.

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These businesses remind us that behind every product is an idea,

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a dream, and a woman who had the courage to

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bring it to life. And that's exactly what Word of

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Mom Radio is all about. connecting, supporting, empowering, and celebrating

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women in business and in life. Our holiday showcase is

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also your chance to discover these businesses and win one

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of these four wonderful prizes. You can visit WOMradio.com forward

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slash contest dash two to participate. No purchase necessary, and

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it's completely free to enter. So settle in and join

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us as you get to meet these women who are creating, inspiring,

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and making a difference. Because at Word of Mom Radio,

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when you win, we all win. We're here now with

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Stephanie Barbudo, a mom of three and the founder of

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Clear League. the clear disposable bib for toddlers. She created

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Clearly so cute outfits could be seen and saved at

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restaurants and on the go and everywhere in between. And

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you can find them at clearlybibs.com. And I just think

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this is a great idea because when you think about it,

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every time you go to a party, stuff like that,

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and then you're covering your cute little toddler's clothes up.

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So I would love for you to tell us what

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inspired you To create this. Yeah, absolutely.

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And thank you so much, Dory, for including me on this.

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I really appreciate it. What inspired me was real experiences.

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You know, my family and I, we were going to

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Italy a few years ago. And at the time, I

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was only a mom of two. And they were, you know,

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like three and five years old at the time. And

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when we go to Italy, we love to get dressed up,

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my husband and I. And this was the first year

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we were bringing the kids. So I bought all the outfits.

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They were going to be dressed so nicely. And I'm

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thinking to myself, I bought all these clothes and we're

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going to be out to dinner and we're going to

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be all these places. I'd hate to cover them up.

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So I go on Amazon to look for a clear

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disposable bib and it didn't exist. So I go to

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Google and I type in clear disposable bib. It didn't exist.

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So it was something I decided to create myself and

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I didn't create it then. I waited a couple of

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years until I had my third baby and I'm home

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nursing him on the couch and I'm antsy and I'm

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bored and I'm not working. And I said, you know what?

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Let me entertain that idea that I had. And so

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that idea turned into a project turned into a real

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bonafide brand and here we are today.

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Stephanie we always say moms start with why yes and

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we see something that's not there and instead of just

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going oh well we create it we do it and

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i love it so what do you hear from the

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moms who are using.

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Clearly so Mostly what I, what I hear from the

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moms that first of all, they're the moms who are

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on the go moms. They are moms who are taking

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their children out to eat, out to brunch, out to dinner.

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They are the moms that are taking their families on vacations.

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So those are really the moms that are buying my

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bibs and they love them. You know, they love them.

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And I get really great feedback like, Oh my God,

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why didn't I think of that? That's, that's the feedback

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I get the most is why didn't I think of that?

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Or I'll meet a grandma that said, Oh, I wish

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I had this when my kids were little because it

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just really is a simple essential and it's a simple idea,

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but nobody thought about it before.

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And I don't know why.

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So I'm really happy that we were able to fill

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that gap in the market because it really is a

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cool product.

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It really is. And here I am as a grandmother now,

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as a Mimi, and I'm thinking to myself, wow, this

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has also got to be really great if they're painting

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and things like that just again. at a party that

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you're doing something, but you don't want to ruin the outfit.

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It really is just so much fun. So what is

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our winner? The lucky person who wins? Yeah.

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So we actually have two, they're going to get to,

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we have a 25 pack and a 10 pack.

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And these are our bibs.

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They come in these cute little pouches are so sweet

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and compact. You could throw them in a diaper bag.

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You could, I just keep them in my purse. Cause

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I don't carry a diaper bag anymore, but.

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These are the bibs.

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And just to show you, because I really want to

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show the clarity because you can say they're clear, but

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they really are clear.

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This is the bib, right?

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It has a little tab that you peel. It's just

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a little easy, clear adhesive tab. And then they are

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for six months to five years. But really, I put

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this on my eight-year-old little boy sometimes, and he doesn't

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mind because it's invisible. But if you look at Adore,

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it really is clear. You can't see anything. And so

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for the moms who are taking their kids out and

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they're snapping pictures, You really could see their outfit.

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I am blown away. I really, truly am. Stephanie, what

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a really fantastic idea. And even looking, I'm looking at

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the size of it. You're an adult.

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It fits me.

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Yeah, you can wear it.

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It actually works.

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I know. Wow.

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You know, again, moms start with why. And what a

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great way to preserve an outfit that you get to see.

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And I love that it's just compact and You can

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pop it in your bag and take it with you everywhere.

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So I said your website earlier, but let everybody know

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how they can find you.

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It's very simply, it's clearlybibs.com. And we're also on Instagram

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and Facebook at clearlybibs.

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Our URL for the contest is womradio.com forward slash contest

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dash two, the number two. So that is what you're

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going to want to go to, to try to win

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a double pack of Clearly from clearlybibs.com. Stephanie, thanks so

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much for being part of the Word of Mom Radio

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Holiday Showcase 2026. Thank you, Dori.

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You're welcome.

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Bye for now. Bye-bye now. We're here now with Krista

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Tranquilla from Krista Tranquilla Studio. She shares handmade nature-inspired jewelry

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from the Lake Taco area. in Northern California. Krista uses

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original artwork to roller print designs into sterling with pieces

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inspired by mountains, night skies, and other quiet moments from

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the outdoor world. She started this business over 10 years

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ago when she left a corporate desk job for the

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handmade life. And you can view her work at kristatranquilla.com

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Welcome and we're so excited to have you be part

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of the Word of Mom Radio Holiday Showcase.

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Thank you.

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Please tell us about your jewelry line and really how

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you make this.

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Well, it all starts from an idea. And usually it

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ends up being a piece of artwork or words. And

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I turn those into printing plates. And then I use

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this thing called a rolling mill to print the designs

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onto the metal. And after that, I cut shape, format

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into jewelry. And the question I get asked most often

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is like, what is roller printing? And the easiest parallel

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that most people have experienced is when you've gone into

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a museum or a tourist destination, you pay a quarter

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to put a penny into a machine and it reprints

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a new pattern on the penny. I'm doing the same thing,

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but it's me with my hands rolling the machine and

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it's my artwork instead of like a Chicago hot dog.

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Wow.

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That's so interesting. How did you come about being, being

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able to do this?

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Um, well, it's a traditional like metalsmithing technique. I like

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most jewelers that have studied for years, know how to

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do this. Uh, but for me personally, how I came

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about doing this is, um, When I first started making jewelry,

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I was doing maps, like topography maps, and it started

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becoming like everybody wanted their own tiny piece of a

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topography map. So I was making all these custom like

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map type jewelry. The issue was I was using this

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technique that didn't last very well. And so my demographic

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wore their jewelry real hard. So I was getting lots

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of calls and complaints or just to redo it. So

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I was sitting there one night. We used to have

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a hot tub way back when. We have this beautiful

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view in our backyard, like lovely treed lot and whatnot.

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winter and there was Orion peeking between the trees. And

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I'm like, I need to get that onto jewelry. And

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I need to make it something that will last. So

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after a little bit of research, I love to research.

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So like I fell in love with roller printing and

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it's really worked well for me to take these ideas

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and put them imprint them into metal.

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Krista where does your inspiration come from I mean Orion

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such a wonderful thing.

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For me it's just usually like when I step out

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my door just getting outside you know that one was

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I was sitting in a hot tub exhausted after working

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a ton but uh but like the everyday it's the

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everyday stuff really it's just about um getting out for

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a walk. And most of the good stuff happens when

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I'm walking my dog, like whether it's around our local

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pond or on a hike, it's just like taking the

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time to like appreciate the little things. And then all

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these ideas just start coming after that.

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What is one lucky winner going to win from Krista

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Tranquilla's studio?

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The piece that I'm offering up for the giveaway is

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called the everything's going to be okay necklace. Not quite

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as nature inspired as the rest of my line is,

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But it's so giftable and it's re-giftable. And it's just

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such like a positive, like hope spreading message, you know,

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like take a breath, go outside, get yourself grounded and

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then start tackling the hard things. So I just think

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it's like a relevant gift for right now. And I

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thought it'd be a real fun one to put out there.

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I think it's a very relevant gift in today's climate.

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It really is. So let everybody know how they can

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reach out to you, please.

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Well, you can find me on my website, which is www.KristaTranquila.com.

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That's two L's. And I'm also on Instagram. Krista Tranquila

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is my handle, but just my website's the best way

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to get hold of me.

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And for this, it is WOMradio.com forward slash contest dash two,

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the number two. You have your chance. to win the

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Everything is Gonna Be Okay necklace from Krista Tranquilla Studio.

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Thank you so much for being part of our Holiday

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Showcase 2026, Krista.

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Thanks so much for having me.

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My pleasure. Talk to you soon. We're here with Melissa Mickelson.

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She is an artist and the founder behind Love Mert,

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an independent California-based design brand rooted in original artwork, unexpected

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color and beautiful materials. With a background in art, fashion,

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and mixed media, Melissa launched Love Mert in 2001 as

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a creative outlet for her one-of-a-kind designs. Today, her signature

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hand-marbled pieces are carried by more than 500 retailers worldwide,

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including Free People and the New York Times Wirecutter Store.

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Her work continues to evolve across accessories, wellness, and objects

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for everyday living, always guided by an instinctive love of art, design,

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and making things a little more interesting. So I love this, Melissa.

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Tell us a little about Love Mert and what kind

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of products you're creating.

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Well, I've been doing this for a long time. 2001,

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as you mentioned, it's evolved over the years, but I

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always started with all sorts of colorful fabrics and trims

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and things and always love to mix and match and

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make things really interesting and different and kind of trendless.

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and reuse and repurposing. So I started repurposing things like

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leather and denim and other vintage fabrics. And then I

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wanted to make my own fabrics. So then I started

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screen printing a few things, but it wasn't that interesting

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to me. So all of a sudden, one day I

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had the idea to start marbling fabrics and seeing what

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I could do with that. So marbling is painting on

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water and I lay my fabrics on a tray of

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water after I've dribbled paint and moved it all around.

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Every time I pull a piece of fabric off the

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water bath, I'm just happy every time I see it

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come off. And they're always completely one of a kind.

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I recreate different patterns and colors and that sort of thing,

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but they're always kind of same, same, but different, but

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one of a kind. So then I started making products

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from those. And one of my Most popular products right

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now is the I Love Pillow, which is a weighted

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relaxation eye pillow in a heart shape with flaxseed and

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lavender that you can warm or chill and just take

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a moment for yourself.

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Oh, lovely. And I love lavender and flaxseed. What a,

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I'm smelling it in my brain.

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It's such a nice, it's like an earthy smell. And

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then the lavender, of course, has all the aromatherapy benefits

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to it. The flaxseed is amazing because it holds the

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warmth really well. It also holds cold really well. So

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if you have like a headache or puffy eyes or

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something like that, it's just really soothing.

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It sounds really soothing. So- What is the lucky person

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who wins products from Love Mert going to receive?

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The winner will receive a little pouch that's marbled canvas

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with a nine inch zipper. And it's a great little

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pouch to keep all your toiletries and things in with

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a matching eye pillow to go with it.

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What a lucky winner. I love that. Let everybody know

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how they can find Love Mert.

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You can find me on my website, lovemert.com. That's L-O-V-E-M-E-R-T.com

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or lovemert on Instagram. Those are the best ways to

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find me.

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I have to ask, what do you hear from the

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people that are using your I Love Pillow, which sounds

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so wonderful?

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So the I Love Pillow, I refer to it as

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my hero product because it really is something I make

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all day long and send them all over the place

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to lots of retailers and individuals. Most people I hear

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from say they absolutely just love their eye pillow and

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use it every night or they've always suffered sorts of

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migraines and this and that. And it's the only thing

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that really feels like a relief to them. But the

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other thing that I love about them is that a

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lot of people get them as a gift. And when

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they get them as a gift, they immediately turn around

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and start buying more to gift to all of the

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other people they care for in their lives.

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That's awesome. It's a wonderful thing because especially as moms

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to be able to take that little bit of time

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Just do something for you. Self-care is not selfish. And

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I love that no patterns are ever going to be

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alike when you're doing that marbling. That's got to be

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so exciting.

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It's a really fun thing to make. And I've been

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making them for several years now and I'm still not

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bored of it. I just, I love shipping them all over.

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I love the response. I love painting the fabric. I'm

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just really happy with what I'm doing right now.

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It's exciting. And for those of you out there wanting

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to win one, go to WOMradio.com forward slash contest dash two. Melissa,

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thanks so much for being part of the Word of

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Mom Radio Holiday Showcase 2026. Thanks for having me. My pleasure.

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Bye for now. Bye-bye. We're here with Ariel Moody, CEO

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and co-founder of Mama Soul. a luxury 100% mineral sun

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care brand founded by two moms and a leading ophthalmologist.

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With over 20 years of beauty industry experience, Ariel created

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Mama Soul after struggling to find a mineral sunscreen that

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felt as good as her favorite sun care. Today, Mama

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Soul is redefining daily sun protection with silicone-free multitasking formulas

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that that combine mineral SPF with skin-loving ingredients. You can

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find Mama Soul in over 100 luxury spas and resorts, Bloomingdale's, QVC,

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and soon on Ulta.com. And I can honestly attest and

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say to you, what a fabulous product line Mama Soul

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is because I've been using it since the first time

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Ariel was on our show. So I am thrilled to

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have you as part of our holiday showcase, Ariel. And

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I'd love for you to let people know really what

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inspired you to create Mama Soul and your mission and

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why it's so personal to you.

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Well, first of all, thank you for having me, Dori.

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And yeah, so I'm Ariel, everybody. I am, like you said,

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the CEO and co-founder of Mama Soul. It's a 100%

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mineral sun care brand that I developed when I was

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five months pregnant with my first son. And I started

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researching ingredients to avoid when you're pregnant and nursing, which

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so many women do. And I found that sunscreen was

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highly toxic, a lot.

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Of them at least.

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And one of the ingredients really scared me and was

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found in breast milk. It's called oxybenzone. There's been studies

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backing that up. And oxybenzone at the time, which is

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when I did my research in 2017, was destroying coral reefs,

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ending up in breast milk, causing hormone disruption. And so-

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And it was about 90% of sunscreens on the market.

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And so I have, like you said, over 20 years

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of beauty industry experience. And so I know what goes

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into making a great formula. And I know what people want.

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I luckily had great connections and hired a chemist and

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created on my own. And we launched in 2023. And

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within a year, we were in over a hundred high-end

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spas and resorts, including 15 different four seasons, Fairmont, All

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Bears Montage, very trustworthy hotels and estheticians were backing us up.

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And that led us now into our retail expansion. So

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we're really excited.

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How exciting is that? Tell everybody about the different kind

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of products that Mama's Soul has.

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We have untinted and we have tinted, which is makeup, right?

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So we have untinted. It's called Facebrella. That's your SPF 30.

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This is your three in one. This is your SPF.

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It's your daily moisturizer and your skin smoothing makeup primer

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all in one. It also protects you from blue light

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from your screens and devices. And the best part, it

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does not smell like sunscreen. It smells like a subtle

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hint of lavender essential oil. And so that's a theme

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within our formulas that we really want this to be

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a wellness moment for you. We want it to feel

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like actual skin care. And one of our taglines is

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if sunscreen and a spa day had a baby. So

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that's our untinted. And then we have our tinted, which

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is our Facebrella tints. It comes in four different shades, fair, light, medium,

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and dark. I would say 90% of our customers fall

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into the light category. It's very versatile and blends on

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tons of different skin tones. And then we have our Eyebrella.

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This is one of our most innovative formulas. This was

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developed with my mom, who's one of our founders. She's

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a world-renowned eye surgeon. And this is essentially your concealer

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with SPF 45. And so what people don't realize is

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that up to 10% of skin cancer is found on

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your eyelids. So this is a really important place to

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protect your skin from the sun, even with sunglasses, because

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it does come through on the sides of your sunglasses.

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So you want to apply the concealer all the way

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around your eye on the lid as well. And then

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we have our Liprella. Those are SPF 20. And we

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call that the love child of a lip balm and

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a lip gloss. And then we have our double ended brush,

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which you can use to apply the tints and the,

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and blend out the eyebrows. And then soon we're going

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to be launching something very exciting in January. And so

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you can follow us at shop mama soul on Instagram

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and find out what that is.

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I'm very excited. And what is one lucky winner going

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to win?

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They are going to get our untinted face umbrella SPF

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30 with both shades of our lip oils. Our lip

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oils have won several awards. They've won new beauty voted

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on best tinted lip gloss with SPF and shop today

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voted it best lip gloss with SPF. So we are

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just so excited about that.

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Number one.

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And then number two, you're getting two shades. You're getting

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rise and shine. And one is like a soft petal

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pink with a rosy undertone. And one's like a coral

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toasty nude. So you can either keep both for yourself

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or give one as a stocking stuffer to somebody.

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Well, I'm going to tell you from personal experience, you

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are one lucky winner and you want to go to

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shop Mama Soul and get these products because your face

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is your calling card and protecting your skin from all

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the elements out there. Mama Soul is giving you a

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great way to do it. The URL for this is WOMradio.com.

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forward slash contest dash two, the number two. So good

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luck to some lucky winner. And Ariel, we look forward

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to speaking to you soon. Bye for now. Thank you.

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To all of you joining us today, I am excited

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that you have the opportunity to win a prize from

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these four amazing companies. Clearly Bibbs, Krista Tranquillis Studio, Love Mert,

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and Mama Soul. Good luck. And we're going to close

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out with our fabulous theme song from Smith Sisters and

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the Sunday Drivers. Till next time, this is Dori DiCarlo

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saying go out and create a marvelous you. Bye for now.

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She is sure.

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She is strong. She is true.

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She is brave.

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She is bold.

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She is you.

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She is sure. She is strong. She is true. She

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is brave.

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She is bold.

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She is you.

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Sure of herself, yes she takes care of biz. Powerful

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and strong, yes she knows who she is. Has integrity,

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woman strong and true. You know her by name, see

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this woman is you. She is sure, she is strong,

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she is true. She is brave, she is bold, she

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is you.

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She is sure. She is strong.

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She is true. She is brave, she is bold, she

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is you. Adds value and hope, has proved to be brave.

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See it's never too late, never time to behave. Reaching

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for dreams, doesn't matter the age. Believes in herself, unleashed

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from her cage. She is sure, she is strong, she

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is true. She is brave.

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She is bold.

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She is you. She is sure.

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She is strong. She is true. She is brave. She

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is bold.

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She is you.