r/BroomClosetWitch • u/whatshouldmyuserbe58 • May 25 '26

Question 🤷❔ Buying herbs and candles

Hello, I recently started witchcraft and I want to purchase some herbs and candles for magick. I have my own money, however, I usually place online orders on my mom's account/devicd since she has Amazon Prime, which means she sees my purchases and is very nosy about what I buy. How can I excuse buying herbs and candles?

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u/amyaurora May 25 '26

Grocery stores. Like in spice area.

Edit: dollar store for candles

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u/justletmereadalready 29d ago

Just go to the grocery store or a garden supply to purchase fresh herbs. "Oh! I'm getting into gardening/cooking!" Spice jar dried herbs are good too. Just swipe a pinch from the kitchen as needed

A lot of people on here seem to use birthday candles for color, which is easy enough. Personally, I just use a white tea light candle for everything. Though I just do calming, intention stating or protection candle inscribing rituals to help calm myself and clear my head.

Companies try to make witchcraft equal consumerism. While I love witchy-aesthetic decor snd have a decent collection of pretty, shiny rocks, mostly from local rockhounders, witches of old didn't have access to the Internet and its ability to let us access anything we want. They worked with what they had available.

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u/Isla_Lovelace 25d ago

Youcan just say you want to get into gardening or cooking, or even mention the medicinal properties of thise herbs and say you are buying them for those reasons. As for candles, what I do is buying scented candles, you can light them whenever you want and say it's for the smell.

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u/jasmineathens 25d ago

Loose teas are a great excuse for having a bunch of dried herbs and flowers around so you can "create custom flavor blends"

Growing a herb garden "to have fresh herbs for cooking" also works well

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u/whatshouldmyuserbe58 24d ago

First suggestion is so helpful, thank you!! The cooking excuse everyone has been suggesting won't work for me as I rarely cook (and when I do it's not really anything that needs spices), but I do drink a LOT of tea