My name is Darby Davis, and I got into filmmaking because I purchased a bar of soap from another local vendor and loved it.

I started getting on YouTube and went down the rabbit hole and figured it out.

Well, Moonlight Patrick or Patrick is a doctor Who reference.

I knew whenever I was coming up with my name, but that is I needed to incorporate that somehow.

And then the moonlight part is because I've always been fascinated with the moon.

And I just.

And Pedro core is the smell of earth after rain.

So one of my favorite fragrances were smells in general.

So I figured that was a good way to name a soap business with a smell.

It's been pretty great.

It's definitely getting better.

I've made more money this year than I made last year, just in the last few months.

So I'm seeing improvements and I've gotten a lot of a lot of new vendors.

So it's definitely grown quite a bit.

I don't want a vendor that's not going to feel comfortable being in here.

So they have to understand that we are all like nature based, which you got me, whatever, you know, heathens in here.

And I want them to feel comfortable when they come in the door.

Most of them, I think most of them came.

The newer ones came to me through Facebook.

My older vendors are my best friend, a couple of farmers market vendors, people that I knew, and that was a go when I opened the shop was that I wanted my friends in here with me and I am trying to get as many of them as possible as long as their stuff goes with the theme of the shop.

So we just we just have a little it's like a family going on down here.

So typically I just welcome them in if they do meet, no matter if they leave empty handed or with something, always tell them, you know, thank you for coming in.

It was nice seeing you for somebody that I have seen a million times and I just try to welcome them without being overly annoying about it.

I don't follow them around the store or anything.

I just stand there and if they need me, I'm there.

If they if they do want to hang out, then, you know, like if there's somebody that I that enjoys being in here and comes on off and I walk around with some things, but most people I know, I let them come to me if they need help because I know how obnoxious that can be.

That's a big part in like when I'm shopping for like most of the product that I sell, like my teas and coffees and stuff, I look for eco friendly, cruelty free, all that.

So even my my three bath body vendors I have in here with me, I make sure that they are locally sourced, eco friendly and cruelty free as good for you as possible.

And that is my main goal in here, especially with my own products, is to make it as eco friendly as I can.

I right before the reason I bought that bar so was because one of my coworkers had just kind of opened my eyes like I had always been against like animal cruelty and all that stuff.

But she was like big into zero waste and do as much as you can to be is to have as little footprint as possible.

And so I was like, Well, a good place to start is with your beauty products.

And so I had started going through all my beauty stuff and now all of my beauty products are cruelty free, eco friendly, all the, all of the things my hair dyes are all vegan and all that stuff.

And so I bought the soap because I was like, Well, we might as well.

We were in there was a little shop on McGuire Street that unfortunately closed during COVID and they had like three different brands on there.

So we just picked the bar soap, took it home, and I fell in love with it instantly.

It was a plant based soap like all of mine are.

And and so I have kept everything plant based.

I do soy candles because paraffin candles are known to be toxic.

And I also do recycle program on all of my containers.

So that'll also help with the whole eco friendly things.

SOAP There is no theme with soap.

I kind of pay attention to what it's supposed to smell like, and then I kind of imagine because I've also I've been an artist, so I kind of imagine what colors I think that that would smell like.

And then I just kind of put that together and create that.

And then I try to keep the same theme every time I recreate the soap.

Sometimes it doesn't work, but for the most part, my socks have stayed the same every time I've made them.

Some of my soaps are name or have some of my soaps and candles are named after like characters from favorite shows and things.

And so I'll try to match colors from the character or from the show that I'm referencing or whatever.

So I knew it was going to be tough.

But up until recently, I didn't think about all the hurdles I would have to go over.

I've been in official business for three years.

Yeah, a little over three years.

And I honestly didn't think I could have a shop because when we sat down and talked about it, there was just no way we could afford one.

We can't afford to get a loan to get a business we can't afford.

We thought rent was going to be outrageous.

We got very lucky in this place.

The landlord is awesome.

The rent's super cheap.

It's cheaper than most houses.

That is the main reason why I'm here.

Cause I found this place on Facebook marketplace and I jumped into it as soon as I found it, knowing that I was going to need an outlet.

And it worked out very well.

And he is so understanding and it helps a lot.

Of course, I would love to expand and like I said, have a bakery attached to my shop at some point.

That is like in the future.

That's not even something I can imagine happening at the moment.

But downtown in general, I feel like I've noticed just in the last year that there's definitely a community going on here that we all try to support each other as much as we can.

When I know that I'm going to order food, I try to get it from a local place down here and close to me.

I always get coffee from the local people down here.

If I'm here because the money stays in your community and not supporting some billionaire that has a lot of money already.

So and you're helping us achieve our dreams.

I hope that I'm still doing this in 20 years.

Well, I hope that I'm doing this with employees in 20 years.

So I'm not the one doing this all the time, but I hope that I'm still making my own products and that I don't have other people doing that for me.

And I hope that I have a bigger shop and that kind of thing.

But I hope that I'm still surviving in this part of my life in 20.