Sabrina’s Secrets: The Witchiest Magazine of the 00s

Before there were influencers selling “mystery drops” and TikTok tarot readers, there was one true source of tween mystical wisdom:

Sabrina’s Secrets Magazine.

Late 90s/early 00s, Sabrina the Teenage Witch ruled after-school TV. And somehow, we were blessed with a magazine that promised her actual secrets. Woolworths checkout suddenly felt like a gateway to the Other Realm — complete with polybag packaging and glitter chaos.

The Freebies

This was peak free gift era, and Sabrina’s Secrets did not hold back. We’re talking:

Sparkly lip glosses that smelt like sugar and regret.
Glitter pens that leaked all over your school bag.
Plastic “magical” rings and keychains that broke in a week.
The sheer thrill of ripping open the polybag before you’d even left the shop.

Was the quality questionable? Always. Did it matter? Absolutely not.

The Content

Inside, you’d find a chaotic mix of tween witchcraft and glossy girl mag energy:

Spells and “mystical tips” that basically said: “Write your crush’s name three times and he’ll fancy you.”
Quizzes to reveal your witch type (spoiler: you were always a chaos witch).
Posters of Melissa Joan Hart looking iconic with Salem the cat.
Agony aunt columns that went HARD on the drama of “my best friend isn’t speaking to me.”

It was part comic, part spellbook, part glitter explosion.

Why It Hit So Hard

Sabrina felt like a sparkly, slightly rebellious big sister who totally “got” you. The magazine turned Woolies checkouts into treasure hunts. And for a moment, you believed the glitter pen you got free could actually cast spells.

🌟 Daisy’s Corner 🌟

Oh babes, those “magic spells” were basically glitter-coated fanfiction. Write his name three times? Please. If it were that easy, Westlife would’ve been camped outside my door in 2002. Still, 10/10 for the lip gloss — nothing says mystic power like sticky strawberry lips. Icon behaviour.

Outro

No Instagram drop will ever top the thrill of a dodgy free glitter pen and a glossy poster of Sabrina. Sabrina’s Secrets was girlhood, witchcraft, and Woolworths all rolled into one — and honestly, it was magic.