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For those among us that think Halloween is in fact the most magical time of year and not Christmas , it's time to rejoice, as the spooky season is right around the corner.

The approach of October means that shops are gearing up to get out their Halloween-themed stock, with some starting on the fun a little early.

One such store has recently revealed a new Halloween product for 2018, but it hasn't gone down very well with shoppers on social media.

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French beauty chain Sephora are selling a 'Starter kit for witches' which contains a pack of tarot cards, a sage stick, a rose quartz crystal and a selection of perfumes.

And while some Sephora fans have gone wild for the product, others are furious and have even gone as far as to accuse the brand of cultural appropriation.

Twitter users shared their outrage over the brand capitalising on the Wiccan religion .

One said: "Sephora is selling witch kits to white girls who see it as a trend when in reality witchcraft was started by Africans and native americans. It seriously just makes me sad how people are using other people’s religions / cultures as a bandwagon to sell for Halloween."

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Another commented: "Great! These will be bought by people who watched AHS once and called themselves witches while people who have studied the craft and actually know their s*** close up their Sephora accounts. Sad!"

A third wrote: "How hard is it for people to grasp. Wicca is a legitimate religion like Christianity. It's not a joke so I don't get why Sephora thinks that a Witches Starter Kit is remotely okay to sell? Where's the Christian Starter Kit or the Jewish Starter Kit?"

Even singer SZA jumped on the bandwagon and warned people not to buy the kit.

She said: "This whole over the counter tarot cards x Sephora starter witch kit dangerous es hell and very headass .. don’t do magic at the mall kids."

However not everyone saw a problem with the product, some people thought the uproar was "fake".

"The outrage about white capitalism and Sephora selling witch kits with White Sage is actually kind of funny because the internet has BEEN heavily saturated with white girls selling 'witchy' items, including sage. Now that Sephora jumped in, everyone’s fake angry," commented one person.

Another posted: "I don’t understand girls, how are you gunna be mad @ Sephora for selling witch kits when you’re selling the same stuff on your ~spooky~ etsy shop?"

"The witches making a stink about the Sephora kit on twitter aren't actually mad about the appropriation of a thing that has roots in many different cultures anyway but are actually mad that something they like is getting popular and they'll be "like other girls" again," said a third.

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Wicca, also known as Pagan Witchcraft, is a religious movement that dates back to the early 20th century.

It's origins stem from pre-Christian religious traditions, folklore, folk witchcraft and ritual magic.

The terms wicca and witchcraft are often used interchangeably, but it's important to acknowledge that some Pagan traditions are not considered wiccan.

Those who follow the religion worship one goddess and god and respect the divine in nature.