I have been practicing, teaching, and involved in my Pagan community for over 15 years. I have the job I've dreamed of since I was 12 years old,which is an amazing and rare blessing! I hope to open a brick and mortar shop next summer to better serve my local and Pagan community by offering classes and rituals to the public.

 

I am most well known for my oil formulas. As a child, there was something so charming and mysterious about those little glass bottles of majik, and I wanted to learn how to use and make that majik. I know hundreds of formulas, many by heart, which makes those recipes all the more special to me. I spiritually, and physically clean my kitchen each day before I start my work.

 

My oils are what my family refers to as "set" oils. I begin with a large jar, large enough to hold several months of oil refills, in a grapeseed or coconut oil base. These jars are then filled with all the required herbs, resins, stones, curios, and essential and perfume oils to create the recipe. Vitamin E is added to prevent the oils from going rancid while "setting". This step is often neglected with ritual oils. The oil is allowed to set for at least 2 weeks, sometimes up to a year, before distributing into 2 fluid ounce glass bottles.

 

Each bottle of oil is filled and created when you order it-I don't believe in mass producing oils just to let them sit and become nonviable and dusty-plus I don't have the room for that anyway;)

 

My bottles are then labeled with individually created, hand-cut and glued labels.

Why do I take so much time to make the labels this way? I HATE sticker labels! Often you just throw the the bottle away because you can't get the gunk off! What a waste! I hate wasting! My labels will come right off with a little warm water, then come up with your own uses! I love each and every bottle of oil I create. I think they are delightful!

 

You won't find any fancy packaging here. I'm all about putting work into the product not the fancy labels on the items. I'm used to "back door" service-a client comes to my back door, tells me what they need and I put it in a bag and hand it to them. They run a tab and pay at the end of the month with groceries or whatever skills they can trade. Fancy packaging is for big-box stores if you ask me, and big-box I am not. Most of my items come in plain zip bags. That fancy packaging or label doesn't make the product work any better, it just drives your costs up.

 

Why don't I use coloured bottles on all of my oils? Coloured bottles, such as amber or cobalt, really are best for oils if you don't have a preservative or know how to take care of them. The dark glass slows light sources from breaking down the ingredients, causing them to be less viable. Hopefully, you are actually USING my oils, not just admiring them sitting on your altar;) If you use them within 6-12 months, the oils will have great potency. Plus, with the addition of my vitamin E as preservative, I do not need the coloured glass. Keep your oils in a cool, dark place, such as a cupboard away from the stove, if possible.

Another point that is important to my clients is that they can SEE what's in my oils-they can see the herbs and that the recipe is authentic. I find some suppliers hide their formulas behind coloured glass bottles so you can't see what, if anything, is inside. This is the same reason I keep my labels concise and uniform- so the label doesn't cover the natural beauty of my product. Don't be fooled by pseudo-mystical, popular labels; that Indian on the label doesn't make that oil any more powerful;)

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  • JoinedJanuary 2008
  • OccupationSpiritual Worker, Sole Proprietor of Conjured Cardea
  • Current cityKalamazoo
  • CountryUnited States

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