How's this for adding some whimsy to my summer?

While I'm over here reminiscing on Millennial Summers of Yore, remember when Evian launched the mist bottle of Evian water? That's it, it's just Evian in an aluminum mist bottle. And it was THE beach and gym bag item of the summer the year it was launched, probably somewhere in the 2017-2018 years.

Y'all, they sell that stuff for $3 an ounce. It's... water. Mineral water, yes, I have sea salt in my cabinet, too.

Here's how the trail of innovation happened...

I bought a continuous mist bottle for my hair care. I needed one, singular. Buying a single continuous mister is dumb expensive compared to buying them in sets - so I got two, 12oz, I think, one white, one black. The other was a spare.

There's a certain character in the TV show Euphoria that reminds me strongly of a coworker of mine, who was the first person I knew to discover the Evian mist. So, I was half watching a Euphoria recap (I don't actually watch the show, I just follow a fair amount of commentary YouTubers who watch the show) as I was packing my summer bag, that for some reason made me think of the Evian spray trend, and reminded me that I have an extra continuous mist bottle on hand. So, I filled it with un-boujee tap water from my personal groundwater well along with 1/4 teaspoon of Himalayan Pink Salt dissolved in hot water from the same source, and stuck it in the refrigerator. Since I'll have a cooler with me wherever now, I can toss the bottle in my bag before heading into the heat, and have a cold mist spray.

I believe I was brushing my teeth when for some reason my brain drifted to how crystal charged water was also a trend at the time.

I believe 2026 is the 20th anniversary of my attunement to Usui Reiki Master-Teacher status. Now, back in 2006, Reiki was still a closed practice. The symbols were only put to paper long enough to teach your students, before the papers were burned. There was only one manual, the one William Rand wrote, and I had to get it directly from my own teacher, who got it directly from William Rand as one of his early students. Now, I'm personally absolutely pissed that Reiki was opened to abuse by the masses, so I'm sticking to the 2006 rules when I tell you what I'm doing - as part of the Usui Mastery training, you learn to use a very specific energy gridding and storage system with clear quartz crystals. I'm using that gridding system to pump one of my smaller clear quartz points full of Reiki energy. Then, into the mist bottle to infuse my water.

I went with the black top for this mostly because I didn't want to carry around something that looked too grubby with fingerprints. If you were wondering if there was a color significance.

Now, do I also want to add a splash of holy water blessed by an Exorcist? Yeah, I have that. I'm wondering if it's overkill, or just enough for 2026 😅😅

Do keep in mind that I'm not ingesting this water, just spraying it on my skin and hair. And possibly also on people I suspect are actually demons.

"Go ahead officer, test it, it's just salt water. I have no idea why that lady combusted when the mist hit her... 😅😅"

Considering I know that the state of Reiki these days is... not good. And considering I know that clear quartz is very neutral when it comes to the energy it can hold. And considering I know I need to fundraise for clothing swap needs, as well as for my own financial needs, I'll be offering charged crystals for this purpose along with my zines wherever I set up to fundraise, if anyone else wants to make their own Whimsy Water.

I even have my recipe cards mocked up to go with the crystals already!

And I'll be back with reports on anything I notice while using it this summer.