Lucky Bastard's Friday the 13th Blues Friday the 13th is fast upon us. Often thought of as an unlucky day, people often avoid having anything at all to do with it. But if you look deeper, you'll discover that the 13th and the number 13 give us the opportunity to revert bad luck to good and turn misfortune into dumb luck.
Let Conjure Oils help get you out from under the Wheel of Fortune. You can't lose with the stuff we use!
Four Leaf Clover
The four leaves on the clover represent hope, love, faith and luck. May all four be yours!
Lucky sweet clover, lemon sugar and green fig, wisteria for hope and a drop or two of raspberry for gorgeous love
Fu Lions Guarding the Front Gate
Fu Lions are ancient Chinese figures that have been used for ages to guard the threshold of Imperial palaces, sacred tombs and the homes of the affluent. They stand guard in pairs: a male and a female with her cub. Let their eternal stone gaze watch over you and yours.
Crimson dragon's blood, Oriental black opium, daphne, sandalwood incense, oolong tea, Chinese chrysanthemum and wisteria
Guardian Angel
The belief that God has created a personal angel for each and every one of us has existed for millennia.
Thirteen vanillas, butter cream, angel food cake and layers of heavenly coconut cream
Knock on Wood
No one is certain where the tradition of "knocking on wood" when one temps fate with boastful comments comes from, but one thing is for certain -- the tradition appears everywhere throughout the world. (Wiki "knock on wood" and be amazed!) so perhaps there's something to it after all. Maybe it has roots in pre-Christian traditions where knocking on wood would implore the sympathy and protections of the tree spirits residing within.
Mahogany, Atlas cedar and black sandalwood deepened with juniper needles, sage and sweet clove
Lucky 13
Used in the hoodoo tradition, the number 13 is used to put bad luck in reverse, whether it be 13 ingredients or working on Friday the 13th itself.
A 13 ingredient mojo in a bottle: Five-finger grass, red rose, calendula blossoms, cinnamon bark, ginger root, pyrite, Indonesian patchouli, alfalfa, sweet clove and three more lucky secrets stashed within.
Lucky Horseshoe
Hung over doorways and entrances horseshoes are famous for bringing luck. Now whether the shoe is hung up or down is a matter of debate.
Cracked leather, amyris, oakmoss, spiny cactus, weathered oak, dried rose petals and fresh basil
Malocchio
Someone's jealousy got you vexed? The covetousness of others just might get you hexed!
Italian bergamot, white magnolia, white amber, blue iris and sticky honey
Rabbit's Foot
I assure you, no bunnies were harmed in the creation of this oil!
Fluffy cotton blossoms, bosc pear, sweet white musk, ginger and a soft kiss of stargazer lily
Shattered Mirror
You looking at 7 years of bad luck? You can put the pieces back together and see your true reflection.
Osmanthus, red patchouli, unholy incense, sweet almond, black currant and splinters from the mirror's frame
Snake Eyes
Busted again! Let's face it - sometimes the dice are loaded.
Candy floss, cinnamon leaf, smoked chili pepper, aged oak, tobacco and rich golden honeycomb
Spilled Salt
Tip the shaker? Don't forget to throw a pinch of salt over your shoulder!
Himalayan cedar, green tea, salt water, blue frankincense and aloe
Step on a Crack
Did you step on a crack and break your mama's back? Maybe you're breaking your own. All work and no play...
Restful red mandarin and joyful sweet pea in a fortuitous froth of oakmoss, sugar infused sandalwood and golden sweetgrass
But wait! There's MORE!
Newfangled Notions: Serialized selections with even more whimsy than the limiteds! Now featuring two series: Miss Lucina Rose and The Whore on Tour.
Miss Lucy's All Dolled Up
Just three months old and Miss Lucy already has the makings of a steampunk fashionista!
vanilla cream, pink musk, antique lace, sugared patchouli and just a hint of cherry blossom.
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The Whore on Tour - Wine Country
Her first stop finds her in French wine country where the grapes hang like jewels from the vine underneath the never ending cobalt heavens. Here she'll enjoy the summer sun heavy in the sky, the wine tastings and painting watercolor postcards of the countryside for her lovers back home.
Bronzed vanilla, bordeaux, white honey, fresh hay and herbes de Provence
Oddment Emporium: new soaps in Sweetest Strawberry, Radio Bastet, Kraken Up! and Whore of Babylon!
Mythos: 2 new scents added to the GC: Aradia and Erinyes!
Hello Everyone!Summer 2010
A celebratory Limited Edition line. Happy Birthday to CO!
A Strychnine Kiss*
I could kiss you to death!
Sparkling pomegranate wine, white patchouli, vanilla musk, pink gardenia and amber incense* thanks to the Legendary Pink Dots for the inspiration! They're one of my favorite bands and can't recommend them enough!
Achocolypse
Theobromine, the active ingredient in chocolate, is the chemical responsible for the sensation of falling in love. Too much of it is lethal. Can love, in large doses, do you in as well?
This is too much love, chocolate style. Really. White chocolate, milk chocolate, dark chocolate truffle, cocoa nibs, rich cocoa butter and a splash of vanilla bean liqueur. Don't say I didn't warn you!
Arsenic Ambrosia
Ahh... ambrosia. The immortality bestowing food enjoyed by gods and demi gods alike! Our ambrosia may not be on the menu on Mt. Olympus, but that doesn't make it any less divine - though you can probably forget the immortal part - ours has a little secret ingredient added to ensure that!
Billows of whipped cream ooze between layers of toasted coconut meat, crushed pineapple, candied walnuts, fresh mandarin orange slices and sweet tiny marshmallows and topped with a light dusting of nutmeg, cinnamon and something sinister.
Cyanide Crumpets & Nightshade Jam
Fresh from the oven! Perfect for a picnic followed by a dirt nap.
Toasted crumpets slathered in almond butter and seeded blackberry and nightshade berry jam.
Ella's Demons
A lysergic leap done the rabbit hole. This one is a morpher! If you could see it, it would leave trails of multicolored light.
Dirty hippie patchouli with swirls of psychedelic cinnamon, orange blossom, tonka, sweet fig and black currant.
Ethernity
Inhale deeply and go under slowly... At last, sweet oblivion!
gossamer oleander, pale sandalwood, amber musk, honey grapefruit, dried poppy flowers and a single white rose.
Man's Ruin
Doesn't matter if it's booze, sex, drugs, rock n' roll, fast cars, faster women, gambling or, well, you name it! All we can say is that this one is trouble!
Cracked leather, bourbon whiskey, honeyed tobacco and the lingering scent of danger and her perfume.
O Caffeine!
You can sleep when you're dead!
A butter cream vanilla cupcake drizzled with caramel sauce and served with espresso and a devilish grin.
Opium Tea
Opium has a reputation for being the poison of choice for poets, artists and dreamers. Let its warm haze wash over you with this soporific mix.
Black opium, narcotic musk, aged vanilla tea resin, Tangiers myrrh and curls of sweet, white floral smoke.
Venomenon
Fact: In the Victorian era poisoning was the method most preferred by gentlewomen to commit most heinous acts of murder.
Sugared Victorian tea rose, candied violet petals and sweet pink strawberry tea with cream obscure a dark heart of subtle red peppercorn and blackest amber.
Hello Everyone!All Around the Mulberry Bush
All around the mulberry bush
The monkey chased the weasel.
The monkey thought 'twas all in fun.
Pop! goes the weasel.
A penny for a spool of thread,
A penny for a needle.
That's the way the money goes.
Pop! goes the weasel.
Up and down the City Road,
In and out of the Eagle,
That's the way the money goes.
Pop! goes the weasel.
Half a pound of tuppenney rice,
Half a pound of treacle,
Mix it up and make it nice,
Pop! goes the weasel.
juicy ripe mulberries, toasted rice and a trace of treacle warmed with fig and a light dusting of nutmeg and clove
Curly Locks
Curly Locks, Curly Locks,
Will you be mine?
You shall not wash dishes,
Nor feed the swine,
But sit on a cushion
And sew a fine seam,
And sup upon strawberries,
Sugar, and cream.
raw sugar and vanilla bourbon extract are whipped into sweet cream clouds and served on fresh strawberry-filled tarts
Hey Diddle Diddle
Hey, diddle, diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.
crystallized ginger, Indian sandalwood, black amber, vanilla resin and coconut milk.
The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Itsy Bitsy spider climbed up the water spout
Down came the rain and washed the spider out
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain
Now Itsy Bitsy spider went up the spout again
Night Queen, lily of the valley, rain musk and ozone
Little Miss Muffet
Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet
Eating her curds and whey,
Along came a spider,
Who sat down beside her
And frightened Miss Muffet away
steel cut oats, Conjure Oils' Apothecary Raw Honey, whole milk, succulent black raspberry and orange blossoms
Mary Mary Quite Contrary
Mary Mary quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells and cockle shells
And pretty maids all in a row.
red patchouli, mandarin orange, frankincense, vanilla blossom, tobacco leaf, brown sugar and pink peppercorns
Ring Around the Rosy
Ring around the rosy
A pocketful of posies
"Ashes, Ashes"
We all fall down!
black rose incense, night blooming cereus, sweet pea, teakwood and orris root
Star Light, Star Bright
Star Light Star bright,
The first star I see tonight,
I wish I may, I wish I might,
Have the wish I wish tonight.
stargazer lily, sugar cane, black amber, red patchouli, butter cream and black tea
The Owl and the Pussycat
The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat,
They took some honey, and plenty of money,
Wrapped up in a five pound note.
The Owl looked up to the stars above,
And sang to a small guitar,
"O lovely Pussy! O Pussy, my love,
What a beautiful Pussy you are, you are, you are,
What a beautiful Pussy you are."
Pussy said to the Owl "You elegant fowl,
How charmingly sweet you sing.
O let us be married, too long we have tarried;
But what shall we do for a ring?"
They sailed away, for a year and a day,
To the land where the Bong-tree grows,
And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood
With a ring at the end of his nose, his nose, his nose,
With a ring at the end of his nose.
"Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling your ring?"
Said the Piggy, "I will"
So they took it away, and were married next day
By the Turkey who lives on the hill.
They dined on mince, and slices of quince,
Which they ate with a runcible spoon.
And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand.
They danced by the light of the moon, the moon, the moon,
They danced by the light of the moon.
honey rose, quince fruit, sparkling bergamot, sweet myrrh, a dark, calm sea and luminous moonlight musk
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are?
Up above the world so high , like a diamond in the sky
When the blazing sun is gone, when he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light, twinkle, twinkle all the night.
Then the traveler in the dark, thanks you for your tiny spark,
He could not see which way to go, if you did not twinkle so.
In the dark blue sky you keep, and often through my curtains peep,
For you never shut your eye, 'till the sun is in the sky.
As your bright and tiny spark lights the traveler in the dark,
Though I know not what you are - twinkle, twinkle little star
valencia orange, golden frankincense, white amber, white grapefruit, opalescent musk and a shower of glowing sandalwood stars drifting in deep labdanum and oud ocean
What Are Little Girls Made Of?
What are little girls made of?
Sugar and spice,
And everything nice,
That's what little girls are made of.
steamed milk, chai spice, vanilla bean infused simple syrup and a sprinkling of powdered honey
