00:00We bought some vegetables from the farmers market and we've just been looking around so the bike shop
00:06we were quite interested in and just the general sort of the clothes, the food especially. I had
00:13a cookie at the front that was the best cookie I've ever had in my entire life. I really like
00:16the fact that it's all sort of small businesses so you don't have any huge chains here everyone is
00:22you know usually they make what they sell and they're just very involved in the business
00:27so here there's just somebody who's made their own handbags or makes their own soap or something
00:34like that and it's a bit like a like an artisanal feel it just feels more real. Welcome to the ripe
00:43market you are here at this beautiful weekend market that takes place every weekend during
00:48the winter time. Welcome to Stella Luna Scents our beautiful brand it's all about handmade products
00:54candles, soy candles. We do support sustainable and environmental products so our candles are
01:01purely soy wax made with natural fragrances. We also have the incense and a sort of different
01:08products. We try as much as possible to work with small businesses as well as our providers
01:14so it's a sustainable business that we push together. It's a beautiful market here in Dubai
01:20sunny markets and we're just happy to be here. The whole thing about ripe market which I loved
01:26it a lot all this you know we're years which is happening is it's handmade so there are some stuff
01:31and it's localized most of them and you can get you know that interaction with the owner of the
01:36product itself and it's more cozy that's my feeling about it. So we created a a traditional
01:44arabic food concept and our specialty is we create the world's smallest makdous so everything
01:51we have is really in small quantities and small sizes so we have the kibbeh which is extremely
01:58tiny and small the waraq anab which is also extremely tiny and small the spinach fatayer
02:03I'll show you one here super tiny everything in Dubai is big so we wanted to do stuff that are
02:08small and delicious and very quickly you would eat them and like them. We came last year as a very
02:14small table sales were amazing work was really good and we decided to come in this year as a
02:20permanent location and I don't think we're ever going to leave. Love the the setup and the variety
02:26of activities for the entire family and interesting products and yeah it's lovely. Kombucha is
02:34especially our kombucha is mostly green tea with a little bit of black that's been naturally
02:38fermented and the fermentation adds tons of probiotics millions of probiotics to it
02:43and you know what probiotics are good for your gut health your immune system your energy levels
02:49it's all connected to that and because this is a homemade recipe there's nothing artificial no
02:54artificial flavors no sweeteners no preservatives just like you would make it at home that's how
02:58we made it we make it here because we also started at home in our own kitchen so this is our first
03:04month in white market so we started in December it went really well so we decided to extend our
03:10presence here until possibly April and what I do is it's eco-friendly and it's made out of jute
03:18if you know jute is a material that requires very less water for cultivation the plant
03:24and it's biodegradable so what I've tried to do with my brand is make it very exciting and colorful
03:29so everyone can use it so that's what it's all about I started with handbags and all the embroidery
03:35is done by Indian artisans back in India it's yeah so it's all handwork everything is handmade
03:41here then we moved into after our handbags we moved into passport covers and it really did well
03:47and another thing that we take care of is you know we don't waste anything so there's any
03:53small pieces left we actually make it more exciting and we convert it into you know
03:57home decor so yeah so this is eco-friendly and zero waste yeah once we had something to eat
04:04my son came we came before and he liked to ride on the horses so we came and fed
04:08some carrots to the horses which is really nice we had horses back home in South Africa
04:13and then we'll probably go across to the petting zoo it's really nice to see all the different
04:17animals and he really enjoys it he's two and a half so he loves to see all the animals and play
04:22with animals
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