Hey there, beautiful people. Welcome to Fanta, the podcast for all those complex and

complicated conversations about the gray areas in our lives. I am entertainment journalist

editor off the rest times to Trayvow Anderson. And I am getting ready to clock out for the

last time this year, Jared Hill. It is a great day on Fanta. I'm excited to be bringing

y'all something and buy black in just a moment. But we're gonna be getting into a conversational

little bit later about morality clauses, something we've kind of touched on here a little

bit earlier this year, but we're really gonna dig into a little bit more. But first, all holiday

season long we have been giving you all of these great options for places that you can buy

black, buy queer, buy black woman, buy, you know, whatever it is that we're giving you.

And this week is no different. I'm actually really excited this week because the guess

that we are bringing you is a friend of mine. And I've actually been part of like the development

process on some of the products and they are actually in my home. So I'm very, very excited

to bring you inspired room. Inspired room is a black owned vegan and cruelty free candle

brand that exists to inspire self care and wellness. Their mission is to deliver custom curated

sense inspired by nature, memories, and travel using the best ingredients at accessible

prices. It is created by my girl, Michelle A. Williams, Michelle A. Welcome to Fantai.

Thank you. Thank you for having me. Absolutely. So, okay, M. Spired is M, the letter M as

in Michelle A. Spired room. Tell us like how did this get started for you? How did this

begin? Well, it actually started for me in 2020 just like everybody else in the pandemic

picking up hobbies. And I have loved candles forever. And I mean, I was buying, you know, from

the hiring candles to the bath and body works. Just I was always a lover of home fragrance. And so

December 2020, I bought a candle making kit and I made my first candles ever. I made some

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