#the green witch
Samhain altar, 31 october 2020
Recently I have been really stressful and in the near future I need a little personal time. You know just me, a good book, a cup of tea and some self care.
In one of Arin Murphy-Hiscock’s book called ‘The Witch’s Book of Self-Care’ I found some good recipes which I’m gonne try as soon as possible!
Vanilla Cookie Sugar Scrub
This lovely scrub will make your skin so smooth and glowing! Plus it has amazing smell.
You need:
- ¼ cup coconut oil
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extrac
- 4-ounce glass jar or plastic storage container with lid
- Additional: to make it smell more amazing, you can add a pinch of ground cinnamon or giner and allspice!
- Additional: I gonna try to add some pumpkin spice to the scrub to make it smell like autumn!
How to do it:
- Mix all the ingredients together in a small jar.
- To use, massage onto skin
- After rinse with warm water
- Pat dry.
Relaxing Bath Oil
‘This is a lovely, all-purpose blend for relaxing in the bath. It’s good before bed, or when you need to unwind after a tense day at work.‘
You need:
- Rose quartz stone ( Make sure the stone is small enough to fit in the bottle you intend to use.)
- 1 cup carrier oil of you choice
- Bottle with lid
- 5 drops lavender essential oil
- 5 drops lavender essential oil
- 3 drops frankincense essential oil
- 2 drops sandalwood essential oil
- White candle and candleholder
- Matches or lighter
- Label and pen or marker
How to do it:
- Cleanse the stone
- Pour the carrier oil into the bottle. Add the essential oils. Cap the bottle and gently shake to blend the oils.
- Pour the carrier oil into the bottle. Add the essential oils. Cap the bottle and gently shake to blend the oils.
- Let the candle burn down. Label the bottle
- Allow the oil to rest at least a week, if possible, to develop before using.
- To use, add 2–4 tablespoons to your bath and swish your hands around to help disperse the oil in the water.
Magical Body Butter Blend: Serenity
As you can see this blend contains jasmine, rose and lavender oil to create a blend that attracts balance and peace.The blue candle and amethyst, jade, and moonstone also work to underline peace and to calm stress.
You need:
- 1 recipe Body Butter
- 4 drops jasmine essential oil
- 4 drops rose essential oil
- 2 drops lavender essential oil
- Pale blue candle and candleholder
- Matches or lighter
- Amethyst stone
- Jade stone
- Moonstone
How to do it:
- Prepare the Body Butter as per the previous recipe, adding the jasmine, rose, and lavender oils where essential oils are indicated in the recipe.
- When the Magical Body Butter is finished and placed in the container, bring it to your work space. Set the candle in the center of the work space, place the container of butter in front of it, and arrange the three stones in a semicircle in front of the container.
- Light the pale blue candle, and say: Spirits of serenity, I invite you here. Lend to this butter your peace, your calm. May I be blessed by you each time I use it. .
- Touch the amethyst and say, “Amethyst, I invoke your calm. Lend it to this butter.”
- Touch the jade and say, “Jade, I invoke your tranquility. Lend it to this butter.” 6. Touch the moonstone and say, “Moonstone, I invoke your peace. Lend it to this butter.”
- Sit at your work space with your eyes closed, breathing deeply, sensing the calm around you. When you feel it is right, you may extinguish the candle and leave, or allow the candle to burn down completely to continue to charge the butter.
Herbal Tea Hair Rinse
Just as an addiction I added my herbal hair rinse to this list because for me it works really well. My hair is less greasy plus I love the smell of my hair after this rinse.
You need:
- 1 tablespoon of Chamomile tea
- 1 tablespoon of Green tea
- 1 tablespoon of Jasmine tea
- 1 tablespoon of Peppermint tea
- 1 tablespoon of Lavender tea
- 1 tablespoon of Rooibos tea
- Additional: One of them drawed my attention to rosemary which can be a good addition to this recipe! So if you would like to add rosemary as well in my opinion 1 tablespoon of it will be enough.
How to do it:
- Brew a strong tea out of the herbs. (Because I have long hair I usually make 1 liter of strong brew.)
- Let it sit and cool to roome temperature.
- After washing your hair and putting your regular balming your hair, slowly pour the brew through your hair and massage your scalp.
- You can rinse with water your hair after the herbal rinse, but personally I love leaving out this step because water makes the good herbal tea smell go away.
Herbal tea for relaxation
As I mentioned before there is no relaxation without a good cup of your favorite tea. Here I mention some tea which is excellent for reliving stress and soothing both your body and mind.
Calming teas:
- Chamomile:used for antianxiety, relaxation
- Green Tea: helps combat anxiety and stress, keeps you alert yet calm enough without making you feel drowsy
- Lavender:relaxation, good for addressing emotional stress
- Lemon Balm:soothe headaches, calm anxiety, and treat insomnia
- Lemon Verbena:promotes restful sleep, works as an antiinflammatory, improves digestion, calms nerves, eases stress, functions as an antioxidant
- Passion Flower:combats anxiety, panic, insomnia, and depression, calms nerve pain, help balance mood
- Peppermint: reduce stress and relieves you from anxiety,
- Rose tea: helps remedy stress and anxiety, calming effect
- Skullcap:treat anxiety, headaches, and insomnia, promotes relaxation
- Vervain: possesses an antianxiety, relaxant, sedative effect, strong antioxidant, it packs a lot of vitamin C
