Glamour Cocktail & Magic Mocktail: A Venus-inspired butterfly pea flower drink recipe
Infuse some magic into your sipping experience with this Venus-inspired, butterfly pea flower-infused glamour cocktail. With zero-proof options, even the nonalcoholic drinker can enjoy this cocktail glamour magic. Indulge in enchanting flavors like vanilla, rose, violet, and a sparkling white wine top—perfect ingredients for a floral Venus cocktail recipe for attraction, glamour, and love.
Besides the recipe for this tantalizing, color-changing butterfly pea cocktail, in this blog you will:
- Learn a bit about glamour magic (with expert advice from the Glam Witch, Michael Herkes).
- Uncover the magical inspiration of the ingredients behind this glam cocktail.
- Explore how you can incorporate this butterfly pea flower cocktail and mocktail recipe into some glamour magic spells and rituals of your own.
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Jump to RecipeGlamour Magic Meaning
Before we can make a magical, glamourous cocktail, we have to first understand the meaning of glamour magic! Glamour magic often involves harnessing the power of aesthetic, beauty, and style to naturally allure your desires to you, or shapeshift your energy for a desired result. Who better to ask about the subject, than The Glam Witch, Michael Herkes?
Meet the Glam Expert
Michael Herkes, also known as The Glam Witch is a Chicago-based glamour witch, genderqueer author, astrologer, tarot reader, and intuitive stylist. A prolific author of 7 titles and with 20 years of experience, Michael has written glamour magic books and witchcraft titles like The GLAM Witch, Glamcraft, and the highly anticipated Glamstrology.
“Glamour Magic is a powerful way to express yourself and get what you want through the intentional use of aesthetic and adornment, “ says Michael. “It is the art of becoming aware of how you consciously represent yourself and amplifying that vision into the world. It can involve using practical and spiritual techniques that are blended together to assist you in becoming your best self and showcasing it to the world.”
Glamour Magic and Venus
Because of the charm, attraction, and beauty nature of this work, glamour witches might work with the planet Venus in astrology to empower their glamour magic spells. “Venus is the planet associated with love, beauty, and luxury,” says Michael. “It is named after the Roman goddess Venus, also known as Aphrodite to the Greeks, and is believed to have originated from the Babylonian Ishtar.”
In the ancient beginnings of Western astrology, each day of the week was associated with a particular planet, synonymous with their deities of the time. As a result, many witches who work with love, beauty, and attraction deities like Venus, Aphrodite, Freya, and Oshun, often use Friday to boost their glamour magic spells: “Friday is associated with Venus and is a great time to practice rituals of beauty, self-care, pleasure, and love” Michael affirms. How perfect is Friday, to make this glamorous Venus cocktail recipe for a gals night out, or your stay at home self-care ritual?
Check Out these Glamour Magic Books by Michael Herkes
Glamour Cocktail Potion Ingredients
The Inspiration & Their Glamour Magic
What makes for a glamour magic potion? This was something I asked myself in early 2023 when Michael Herkes asked me to create a potion for their glamour magic book, Glamcraft (a limited edition hardcover). A glamour cocktail would have to be visually alluring, attractive in energy—perhaps floral and with Venus-themed ingredients. And of course, this aligned with some of Michael’s favorite ingredients: violet liqueur and butterfly pea flower-infused alcohol.
When it comes to this glamour magic and Venus cocktail, each ingredient plays an intentional role. Read below to learn about the ingredients you will need, how they contribute energetically to this glamour cocktail, and where to get them. To see exactly what ingredients I used, click the links.
Glamour Cocktail Key Ingredients:
- Vanilla Simple Syrup is the sweetener for this Venus cocktail recipe, adding in an alluring, soothing, and attractant energy. Both vanilla and sugar are associated with the planet Venus in magick, and used to invite love, sensuality, peace, and money. This super duper simple syrup recipe is in the drink down below. It just requires access to hot water, sugar, and a vanilla bean!
- Fresh Lime is the citrus that balances this glamour cocktail. Added last, it helps prompt the color change from the butterfly pea flower rum. In magick, lime used for hex-breaking, healing, and love as well. Be sure to freshly squeeze your own limes! Bought lime juice has additives for shelf stability and changes the drink recipe balance.
- Butterfly pea flower gives this recipe it’s color-changing glamour magic! Pea flower in general is associated with the planet Venus—perfect for a glamorous cocktail. With it’s color-changing abilities, this ingredient is used for transformation, love, youth, happiness and spirituality. In this drink recipe, it is infused into rum for a butterfly pea flower rum cocktail.
Want more magical butterfly pea flower recipes? Check out my Blue Moon Visions recipe, or Elle’s Alchemy
- I used Rose liqueur for the cocktail version, and dried rose for the nonalcoholic. Another Venus-ruled ingredient for some cocktail glamour, rose is used for love, spirituality, healing, and overall furthers the alluring energy of this Venus cocktail recipe for attraction.
- I used Violet liqueur, or dried violet (optional) for the nonalcoholic butterfly pea flower drink recipe,–another Venus-associated ingredient. Among the first flowers to greet the coming of spring, Violet is associated with hope, healing, fairies, peace, wishes, love, and luck, and protection.
Main Alcohol(s) for this Glamorous Cocktail Recipe
- What makes for a glam cocktail, better than sparkling white wine? In this butterfly pea flower cocktail recipe, we will be using a dry sparkling white wine, such as Prosecco or brut champagne. In spiritual practices, bubbles in liquid are often associated with spirits. With its carbonation and the fact that is made from grapes with the skins removed, I love to use sparkling wine for spiritual elevation. Grapes themselves are associated with the moon, abundance, fertility, and mental powers in Magick.
- White rum makes the base of this butterfly pea cocktail recipe. Made from sugarcane (again, a Venus-associated plant in magic), it adds energy of love, positivity, and abundance.
Zero-Proof Substitutes for a Glam Mocktail
I’m still exploring the world of zero-proof substitutes, so I am not familiar with every option at this time. But I did test out a few, and have options for those who want to enjoy some zero-proof cocktail glamour! Here is what I used, and what you need to know about them for this butterfly pea flower drink.
- Dealcoholized brut champagne makes a great replacement the alcohol sparkling white wine. It also maintains the ingredient integrity and flavor amazingly well!
- For a rum substitute, I used Seedlip Spice. It’s not quite an exact substitute, but I appreciate the spice it brings to this butterfly pea flower recipe.
- Instead of rose liqueur and violet liqueur, we will be making a rose and violet tea. But if you can’t get your hands on dried violet, don’t sweat it!
Tools to Make A Glamour Cocktail
Check out my tools blog here if you want to learn more about the magical potential of each tool and my full recommendations.
Tools-wise, you’ll need:
- jars to infuse the butterfly pea flower rum or Seedlip, vanilla simple syrup, or tea for the mocktail version
- A shaker
- jigger
- citrus juicer (for fresh citrus juice)
- strainer
For quality, I recommend A Bar Above. They also have a copper (rose-gold colored) and gold shaker set, which is perfect for making this glam, Venus cocktail in style.
How to use this Glamour Cocktail:
Imbued with magic, attuned to the planet Venus, with attractant and loving energies, here are intentions that align to this glam cocktail:
- Love & Friendship, Connection. With the love associations of this butterfly pea flower rum cocktail, this is a great recipe for connection, and perfect for Spring magic or Venus transits! Share a glass of this Venus cocktail to compliment the energy of connection, whether it be with a romantic partner or friend.
- Attracting. Flowers and the planet Venus are often used for charm and attraction—like drawing bees to a flower. With the floral ingredients of this glamour cocktail and its Venus alignment, this is a perfect sip to accompany intentions of attraction. As you sip, think upon what you are drawing towards you, whether romantic, financial, abundance, or something specific.
- Glamour Magic. One facet of glamor magic is shapeshifting your energy to match your intentions. As you add lime to change the color of this butterfly pea flower rum cocktail, envision what aesthetic illusion you are casting.
Check out the glamorous cocktail and mocktail recipes down below. Plus, find tips on how to make it magically further down!
Glamour Magic Potion Cocktail
Equipment
- 1 Jigger
Ingredients
Glamour Cocktail
- 1 ounce butterfly pea flower infused white rum instructions below
- 3/4 ounce freshly squeezed lime add last for minor color change
- 1/2 ounce vanilla simple syrup instructions below
- 1/4 ounce rose liqueur
- 1/4 ounce creme de violette
- 1.5 ounce sparkling white wine
Butterfly Pea Flower Rum Infusion
- 1 tbsp butterfly pea flower
- 1/2-3/4 cup white rum
Vanilla Simple Syrup
- 1 inch piece vanilla bean sliced/cut open
- 1/2 cup hot water
- 1/2 cup sugar
Instructions
Glamour Cocktail & Magic Mocktail
- In mixing tin, add infused white rum, vanilla, rose and violet liqueur and ice. Add lime, unless you want a slight color change at the very end.
- Shake and strain into coupe or champagne glass. Top with dry sparkling white wine.
- If you haven't already, add in fresh lime for slight color change (dilution and sparkling wine sub might lessen the color change). Stir with intention and garnish with edible flower or citrus twist.
Vanilla Simple Syrup
- Cut open vanilla bean, so that the syrup infuses faster. You can also cut it up into smaller pieces to offer more surface area.
- Pour hot water over vanilla bean in glass container. Let it steep for 5-10 minutes.
- Add in 1/2 cup sugar (measured beforehand) and stir thoroughly. It’s pretty much ready; strain as you use.
Butterfly Pea Flower Infusion
- Add flower to rum and let infuse.
- The rum should be ready to use in as little as an hour—watch for it to infuse to a deep blue to know its ready.
Glamour Potion Mocktail Version
Glamour Magick Potion Mocktail
Equipment
- 1 Jigger
Ingredients
Glamour Magic Mocktail
- 1.5 ounces butterfly pea flower infused Seedlip Spice or replacement instructions below
- 3/4 ounce freshly squeezed lime
- 3/4 ounce vanilla simple syrup instructions below
- 1/2 ounce rose and violet tea instructions below, violet optional
- 1.5 ounce dealcoholized champagne
Butterfly Pea Flower Nonalcoholic Infusion
- 1 tbsp butterfly pea flower
- 1/2 cup Seedlip Spice or other NA replacement
Vanilla Simple Syrup
- 1 inch piece vanilla bean sliced/cut open
- 1/2 cup hot water
- 1/2 cup sugar
Violet-and-Rose Tea (for Mocktail)
- 1 tbsp dried rose petals
- 1/4 tsp dried violet optional
- 1/2 cup hot water
Instructions
Glamour Magic Mocktail
- In mixing tin, add infused zero-proof replacement, vanilla, rose and violet tea replacement, and ice. Add lime, unless you want a slight color change at the very end.
- Shake and strain into coupe or champagne glass. Top with zero-proof sparkling white wine or brut champagne.
- If you haven't already, add in fresh lime for slight color change (dilution and sparkling wine sub might lessen the color change). Stir with intention and garnish with edible flower or citrus twist.
Vanilla Simple Syrup
- Cut open vanilla bean, so that the syrup infuses faster. You can also cut it up into smaller pieces to offer more surface area.
- Pour hot water over vanilla bean in glass container. Let it steep for 5-10 minutes.
- Add in 1/2 cup sugar (measured beforehand) and stir thoroughly. It’s pretty much ready; strain as you use.
Butterfly Pea Flower Infusion
- Add flower to seedlip/zero-proof infusion and let infuse.
- Seedlip or NA sub may take longer to infuse than rum—watch for that color change to a deep blue.
Violet-and-Rose Tea (for Mocktail)
- Set hot water to boil. Meanwhile, add dried flowers to glass.
- Pour hot water over flowers, and let steep for 10 minutes. You want a good color here, so that it doesn’t dilute the drink too much.
Making A Glamorous Cocktail Magically
Of course, you can enjoy the magic of this glamour cocktail and its aligned ingredients all on its own. But what’s the fun in that? Here are more ways you can infuse this glam cocktail potion recipe with even more magic:
- Flower Blessing & Attraction. Flowers are often used for attraction and blessing. When you infuse the flowers into the alcohol, tea or through the liqueurs, think on what you’re attracting or blessing. If you add an edible flower garnish, connect with the energy or spirit of the flower. Envision what you want to flower in your life.
- Sweetening magic with Vanilla & Sugar. Magickally, these ingredients are attracting in nature. As you make the vanilla simple syrup, stir clockwise with intention, drawing in desires. You can even match this recipe with a sugar bowl spell to attract, like the Venus Abundance Sugar Bowl in my book The Modern Witchcraft Book of Astrology, in the Taurus Season section.
- Breaking Bad energy with Lime. In Magick, lime is hex-breaking. When adding to this Venus cocktail for the color change, think on what you are changing or releasing. Stir in clockwise while thinking of the illusion or spell you are casting, or the new leaf you are turning.
Cheers to Venus with a Glamour Cocktail!
This floral, citrus butterfly pea cocktail is not only a visually stunning glam drink, but also one with powerful meaning. It makes a perfect accompaniment to a glamour magic spell, or even a glam cocktail party. Whether you are sipping this recipe to attune to the planet Venus and celebrate astrology, or to infuse some enchantment into your evening, I hope you’re inspired. There’s lots of ways to infuse glamour magic into what you do, even if it’s as simple as enjoying this aligned Venus recipe! You can even try your hand at making your own glamour potion by infusing these elements into your favorite cocktail, to make a recipe as unique as your personal style. Cheers!
Check out Michael’s work for more glamour magic:
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You made it to the end 🙂 Here’s a little behind-the-scenes. On the right is the first photo I took of this drink over a year ago! On the left is present day. What a difference, huh?
