Mercury’s back in reverse and things are getting weird ... From double-booked clients and tech tantrums to emotional skincare breakdowns and ghosts of routines past (literally and metaphorically).

In this episode, we’re diving into the chaos and cosmic insight of Mercury Retrograde, Skin Witch style. I’m breaking down what this planetary backspin actually means, how it shows up in your nervous system and on your skin, and why now is the time to chill the f*ck out, not change your entire routine.

We’ll talk treatment room stories, barrier repair basics, and retrograde-safe beauty rituals. Plus, I’m serving up a mystical little Elemental Forecast for each sign group, so you can ride the waves (or fires) with more grace and way less breakouts.

🔊In this episode:

• ✨Why Mercury Retrograde scrambles your tech, tongue, and skincare

• ✨Retrograde weirdness in the treatment room

• ✨Your Skin Witch-approved Rx for skin & soul support

• An Elemental Astro Forecast for air, fire, water & earth signs

• ✨Rituals, herbs, and crystal allies to protect your glow and peace

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  🕯️ Skin Witch Reminder:
  You don’t need to fear retrograde — you just need to slow down, stay hydrated, and maybe put the retinol down for a second.

  
  

  📍 ✨ Springfield Locals — need a Retrograde Reset?
  Come melt into the Ritual Reset facial — a grounding, detoxifying skin + energy clearing experience designed to help you release all the retrograde gunk (cosmic and literal).
  🖤Reserve your ritual at LIVELYSPRINGFIELD.COM or slide into my DMs @lively_esthetics_ to snag a spot while Mercury’s still spinning.

  
  

  📲 Loved this episode?
  Share it with your favorite chaos witch, leave a review, and follow @lively_esthetics_ for more skincare magic, astrology, and seasonal ritual content.

  
  

  🎶 Music Credits

  Intro/Outro Track:
  🎵 “Pink Rhodonite” by Sarah, the Illstrumentalist — via Epidemic Sound
  Transition Track:
  🎵 “Brew” by Jobii — via Epidemic Sound

Episode 1: Shedding Skin — A Reintroduction, Ritual, and Raw Return

Welcome back, babes. And if you're new here, blessed be and buckle up.

This episode is personal. It’s raw. It’s the messy, magical reintroduction I never thought I’d record.

After the loss of my brother, I stepped away from everything—podcasting, social media, marketing... all of it. But what felt like disappearing was really a deep season of shedding. Not just grief, but outdated expectations, polished personas, and beauty industry BS that never truly aligned.

In this first episode of Witchcraft & Wrinkle Cream, we talk about:

• 🌟Why I deleted my old podcast (RIP The Lively Esthetician) and started fresh

• 🌟How grief cracked me open and helped me come home to my witchy self

• 🌟The symbolism of shedding skin—emotionally, spiritually, and literally

• 🌟A guided Skin Witch ritual to help you release what no longer fits

• 🌟Why change is sacred, softness is strength, and glowing isn’t about being perfect

Plus, I pull a tarot/oracle card at the end to ground our collective transformation.

✨ Whether you’re in full bloom or still in your molting phase, you’re exactly where you’re meant to be.

Let’s stay connected:
Instagram →@lively_esthetics-
Website → livelyspringfield.com
Tag me or DM me what you’re shedding this season 🖤

Music:

Intro/Outro - Pink Rhodonite by Sarah, the Illsrumentalist [Epidemic Sound]Transitions - "Brew" by Jobii [Epidemic Sound]