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Lubricants
Let's
face it... personal lubricants make everything feel so good
and now with flavors, arousal gels and more sex is only
getting better!
However,
if you are not sure what to get it can be a bit overwhelming
to choose. Use our Lubricant
Guide to get started!
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How
To Use Lubricant
This is really personal preference, but here are our tips for
the easiest and least-messy way.
Simply
pour a small amount -- about the size of a dime -- onto your
fingers and then spread it on your toy and yourself.
Rub
your fingers over the head and down the shaft if it's a vibrator,
masturbation sleeve, erection ring or dildo. Be sure to lube
any other clitoral or anal stimulators on your toy, as well.
Rub
the lubricant onto your sex toy so that it's slick, but not
dripping. Be careful -- you don't want to rub so much that the
lubricant is absorbed in your hand, leaving the toy high and
dry!
If
you are male and using a masturbation sleeve, you'll want to
apply lube to your fingers and then slide them around the entrance
and down the inside of the sleeve. Since most sleeves have a
small hole in the other end, you probably don't want to just
pour the lube into it -- you can always add more if you need
to.
If
you or your toy become dry during use, simply add more lube.
Lubricant
Warnings
Safety Tips To Consider
Waterbased
Lubricants -
Overall
Best Selling & Good For Safe Sex
This is the most popular sex lubricant; it is very good and
friendly to latex used in diaphragms and condoms.
Dry
Up Quickly
The down side is that it can dry up quickly and may have to
be reapplied several times as opposed to other lubricants such
as silicone which stay slick for a while.
Easy
Clean Up
Since they're water-soluble, skin and mucous membranes will
absorb them. This makes cleanup a breeze: just a little warm
water and the lube will easily wash off the skin.
Silicone
Lubricants -
Use With Silicone Sex Toys
A common myth is that silicone sex toys cannot be used with
silicone-based lubricants and that silicone sex toys should
not come into contact with other silicone sex toys. However,
we have not found either of these points to be true.
As for 100% silicone sex toys, you will not find such problems
unless it is not 100% silicone. It is also fine to use silicone
lubes with condoms of just about any kind.
You have
to be sure that it is made from 100% silicone, otherwise it
may destroy the sex toy and break it down.
Who
Makes 100% Silicone Products?
We carry
a large variety of 100% silicone sex toys, here are some companies
that make them-
Do
Not Use With Jelly Sex Toys
It is the jelly toys that you will find this to be true... the
reason for this reaction is that jelly toys are not 100% silicone,
and the melting happens because they are made of lesser materials
that have additives to make them soft. Those chemical additives,
called phthalates, emit from the toys over time, and as this
happens, they make each other even softer, seen as "melting".
Do
Not Use With Cyberskin Sex Toys
Silicone
or any petroleum or oil-based lubricant will destroy CyberSkin.
Use
Them In Water & Use Soap For Easy Clean Up!
Silicone
lubricants work well in water and are great for sexual activity
in the bath tub, shower, etc. However, because they stay on
in water, you have to use soap to clean them off.
Cyberskin
Lubricants -
Only use waterbased lubricants with CyberSkin sex toys! Silicone
or any petroleum or oil-based lubricant will destroy CyberSkin.
When
Using Condoms-
Never use lubricants that contain oils, fat or greases such
as petroleum jelly (like Vaseline) baby oils or lotion, hand
or body lotions, cooking oils or oily cosmetics like cold cream.
They can seriously weaken latex causing a condom to form tin
holes and tear easily. Use only water or silicone based lubricants
both inside and outside the condom.
Nonoxynol-9
Is
a mild chemical detergent that kills sperm and has been found
to also kill some STD causing organisms. Nonoxynol
9 is a common ingredient in spermicides
and lubricant, previously thought to help reduce the risk of
HIV infection. Not only have recent studies proven this untrue,
they've also discovered that Nonoxynol 9 actually leads to infections,
which can help transmit the disease.
How ever some men and woman have a sensitivity or allergic reaction
to nonoxynol-9 that may irritate the delicate tissues of the
vagina or the male urethra. If irritation occurs, you should
discontinue use.
Massage
Oils & Oil Based Lubricants -
Oil
based sex lubricants degrade latex and as such condoms or diaphragms
become risky protectors against both unwanted pregnancy and
sexually transmitted disease. They're bad for women's vaginal
health in a variety of ways so avoid them when practicing safe
sex and partaking in vaginal sex.
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