Challenge #5 
Enchanting Herbs – Herbal Witch
I finally made a Calm Balm that I’ve been meaning to do for months! The recipe is from The Green Witch’s Guide to Herbal Magic.
I used chamomile that I harvested last summer, local lavender and lemon verbena that I purchased. I’m hoping to grow them all for the next time I make it. As it’s a waning moon, I used the intention of dissolving anxiety and reducing stress.
I loved these colours as I ground the herbs and infused them with my intentions:
It was a longer process than I expected, especially as the melting point of the wax I used was higher than I expected (I used candelilla wax instead of beeswax to make it vegan). My point being that I was interrupted a lot by my family 
so next time I will a better job of casting a protection circle around my work space. Here is my balm finished and cooling:
