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And the LELO for the Best Self-Love Haiku Goes To…

Thank you for all your inspired entries in our Self Love Haiku Contest. Rabbit imagery seemed to be a big theme, which makes sense considering the prize up for grabs is a Rabbit-style vibe (one that’s waterproof, body-safe, powerful and quiet). And there were a lot of hilarious haikus that tickled our funny bones (which […]

Toys
Top 10 Haikus About Self-Love (A Contest!)

***THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED*** We guess we should really title this post “Top 10 Haikus About Self Love That Em and Lo Just Came Up With.” We figured it’s a Friday, so what better time to celebrate the wonders of onanism!  In honor of this joyous occasion, we’d like to give away one INA 2 […]

News
5 Reasons Why More Sex Helps Your Career

LELO created this fun infographic (included below), which could be more simply titled “5 Reasons Why More Sex Helps Your LIFE.” A few thoughts on each point: Honestly, in this recession, we think most people would take the raise over the sex (including us). Yes! Sex beats shopping every time. (Or at least it should.) Wait: Married […]

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Kegel Contest Winner & Honorable Mentions!

We’re pleased to announce the winner of a beautiful new set of Lelo Luna Beads, the number one best-selling Kegel accessory in the world three years running: Mark Luczak! (Or should we say, his new wife is the winner of the Luna Beads!) Mark may be one of our very own Wise Guys, but just […]

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The O Awards, the Oscars of Sex Toys

AVN’s Novelty Expo (ANE) is coming to the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas this September 10th through the 12th, where manufacturers and retailers of sex accessories come together (probably in more ways than one — after all, this is Vegas and these are sex toys we’re talking about) to promote and pick up new products. Hopefully […]

Confessions
Comment of the Week: Getting Pegged Is a Pleasure

Terra Firma Harness from GoodVibes.com In response to the confession “I Want to Do My Boyfriend with a Strap-on,” we seem to get a lot of guys mistaking this website for Penthouse Forum and posting letters which inelegantly discuss the graphic details of giving and receiving anal sex — almost always on the weekends, for some reason. […]

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KEGEL WEEK: “Fifty Shades of Grey” Spikes Sales of LELO’s Luna Beads

  “Trust me?” he asks softly. I nod. He holds out his hand, and in his palm are two round, shiny, silver balls, linked with a thick black thread. “These are new,” he says emphatically. I look questioningly up at him. “I am going to put these inside of you, and then I’m going to […]

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50 Shades of Play: A Guide to the Toys in “Fifty Shades of Grey”

Say what you will about the literary merit of E.L. James’s Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy, but you can’t deny the sexual curiosity they’ve ignited, the sexual knowledge they’ve imparted and the sexual delight they’ve given, where most readers are concerned. The result has been a boon for the sex toy industry, thanks to all […]

Dear Em & Lo
Dear Em & Lo: Toys Terrify My Boyfriend

Tor 2 Couple’s Ring by Lelo Dear Em & Lo, I can climax really easily during masturbation, but I have never climaxed with my boyfriend. I really want to try out a toy during sex, as I think it will help, but every time I bring up the topic with my boyfriend he gets defensive […]

Toys
Win in a LELO Couple’s Toy!

***THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED*** In honor of the launch of Lelo’s new upgraded line of SenseMotion™ Insignia toys, they’re offering EMandLO.com readers a chance to win either a Tiani 2 couple’s massager 2 (worth $159) or an Oden 2 couple’s ring (worth $179)! All you have to do sometime between now and the end of the day on Friday, June 29th, is this: […]

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Quite Possibly the Best Sex Toys Ever Invented (For Reals)

(Cue the opening music to “2001: A Space Odyssey”:) In the beginning, LELO created the first 24-karat gold sex toy. Next, LELO created the first eco-friendly lithium polymer rechargeable batteries for bedside accessories. Then, LELO created the first wireless massagers whose vibrations are created through movements of the remote. And now? Behold! The SenseMotion™ Insignia 2 line! Seriously, our friends (whom we’re now […]

Toys
Buy a Sex Toy, Plant a Tree

If you forgot to celebrate Earth Day this past Sunday, Black Label is giving you until May 31st — from now until then, this online sex toy retailer with a fabulous no-phthalates policy (which stocks only items from our favorite quality manufacturers, like Lelo, Fun Factory, and We-Vibe) says they’re committing to planting a tree for every rechargeable […]

Toys
Where Luxury and Technology Meet: the Duet Sex Toy

There’s a new kid in the luxury vibrator town: The Duet by Crave, a clitoral stimulator created by an industrial designer and an engineer. They submitted the Duet for pre-release funding on the international design funding platform CKIE in August 2011, where they raised $104,000 from over 950 backers – 694% of the original target. And […]

Toys
The Pocket Rocket — Literally

Retro Pocket Rocket by Big Teaze Toys Pocket rocket vibrators have been around forever — since before sex toys got all fancy and high tech and, you know, effective. But there’s a reason the pocket rocket-style vibe has stood the test of time — it’s small and unassuming, but not so small that you wonder […]

How To
10 Holiday Wish List Ideas

It’s that time of year again! When we struggle to find great, unique, interesting, compelling, and, yes, practical gifts for our loved ones, especially our romantically loved ones. Slippers are great, but sex toys are better. As long as you make quality, beauty and safety your main priorities, you can’t go wrong with a pleasure object (unless […]

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Enter Our Haiku Contest, Win an Oden from Lelo!

*READ OUR UPDATED CONTEST POST, WITH NEW RULES, A NEW DEADLINE AND AN EXTRA PRIZE HERE!* We’ve teamed up with our friends at Lelo to give away a brand new, luxury, wireless remote-controlled, vibrating couples’ ring: the Oden. This is a $179 sex toy, people! The Oden is part of Lelo’s new Insignia line of […]