Humankind Candles

Recap of this past market:

- I was really in my head. I’m not usually in my head but today was objectively hard. Had difficult customers. 

- Someone asked me why I didn’t do the scents side by side instead of stacked ontop inside my jar. I had to turn it sideways and explain to them that it was impossible to pour a candle like that, also if both scents were side by side they’d still only get 1? 

- One of the other vendors at the market told me she only made $30 after 6 hours of work 😭 I felt so bad for her. And you know what she used her $30 on? A /humankind candle! That was so sweet of her. Usually I give vendors 10% off but she was so lovely I gave her 15% off. 

- I lent my vendor neighbour change. At first I was a bit hesitant because I didn’t know him, but he surprised me with this wonderful drawing of me and my employee.

🕯️They/them. Scaled cos from 0-$300k in arr, 7-35 employees, 0-100k users. Now I make beautiful, functional, and ethically made candles at humankind.place

These stories are so sweet. I went to a little local market two night ago and bought mostly to support someone’s dedication and effort. It is so important to give small businesses a chance at success 🙏🙏🙏

500 $degen

Estonian documentary and fine art photographer



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