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Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silicone Lubes

Pink love gel The future of sex is silicone, and the future of sex is now. (And, no, this has nothing to do with fake ta-tas.) Yesterday we covered silicone toys, today it’s silicone lube. It feels and works just like oil — i.e., it’s waterproof (bring on the shower nozzle!), a little goes a […]

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Most Useless iPhone App Ever Claims to Rate Your Sex Life

Maybe we’re just jealous because we’re still trying to come up with an iPhone application that will make us millions while we sleep (why oh why did we not come up with iFart first?), but we think that the new Passion iPhone app that scores your boinks has about as much to do with good […]

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Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silicone Toys

Silicone “Theta” from Tantus Silicone is an inorganic polymer. Or, better put, the safest soft material for anything you’re going to insert in your bod — no contest. Here’s the long list explaining why: There are no pores to harbor bad bacteria, you can put it in your dishwasher, you can sterilize it by boiling […]

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"TheyFit" Condoms — First Come, First Served

part of the measuring instructions for TheyFit condoms TheyFit Condoms were the first sized-to-fit condoms available a few years back. (Before ordering, you actually needed to use their Fit Kit™ to measure “the Johnson in question.”) It was a revolutionary idea, but then they mysteriously disappeared from the market. Now they’re back at Condomania for […]

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Let's Play a Game: Sexy, Sick or Stupid?

from Babeland’s Hello Kitty Vibrator Contest Here’s a round-up of some new sex-related swag available. We’ll let you decide which category each falls into: Babelandand Goodvibes are now carrying the old Hello Kitty “neck massager.” (Babeland’s also holding an adorable — or adorably twisted — Hello Kitty Vibe Photo Contest through September of this year.) […]

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News from the Lab: Three Cheers for Elastomer!

photo by Alejandro Hernandez In case you hadn’t noticed, we tend to rant and rave a lot about what you shouldn’t put in your body. And we’re not just talking about taking unwrapped candy from strangers. No, we’re talking about sex toys, too. As consumers, we’re responsible for educating ourselves about what we stick where […]

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One of the Best Foreplay Tools Ever

The turn-of-the-century enthusiasm over the Tingler may have faded, but don’t forget this ridiculous-looking repurposed kitchen whisker for pre-sex relaxation and nerve-stimulation. In fact, experiencing the Tingler is the closest you can get to sheer ecstasy without taking MDMH or having an orgasm. This cheap metal scalp-massaging tool is so simple — but then most […]

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Knocked-Up and Nerdy?

T from Thinkgeek Then this is the shirt for you! Thinkgeek is pushing this $23 T with the following promotional copy that’s so geeky even we’re not sure what most of it means… Read the rest of this post on SUNfiltered

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Cruelty-Free, Lactose-Intolerant Condoms

Glyde Condoms Being a vegan is hard sometimes: going out to restaurants with friends makes you as high maintenance as Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally; stand-up comedy is usually not a career option; and finding a condom made without animal by-products like milk protein is damn near impossible. Thank goodness for Glyde Condoms, […]

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Dept of Corrections: That Blows!

The Blowguard We recently received a promo email in our inbox with the subject line “Critics Love the Blowguard!” The Blowguard is a “revolutionary” new product “designed by a dentist!” that’s supposed to assist you in giving the best blowjob ever. It’s basically a silicone mouth guard with a little chamber where you can stick […]

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Sex Sells…Anything

Pubic hair dinner plate by Ana Mir This collection of 32 unnecessarily naughty products proves that any product you can possibly think of can be made X-rated. We understand the market for gimmicky bachelor and bachelorette party favors, but sexy stained glass and cookie jars? Now that’s just plain wrong. Is nothing sacred anymore? And […]

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Kill Your Toxic Vibe Today

Little Chromas by Jimmyjane In honor of Earth Day, high-end sex toy creator Jimmyjane is asking you to kill your toxic vibe: post of photo or a description on their Facebook page by next Wed, April 29th, of what they’re calling a “decommissioning ceremony” of any crap sex toy you may have (i.e. it’s a […]

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Don't Be Caught Dead Reading That

Clever Covers You read the New York Times weekend edition cover to cover; you spice up cocktail party conversation by quoting Proust and Kant; you adore obscure indie shorts on SundanceChannel.com. You’re an intellectual who never shies away from metaphysical debates or multi-syllabic words. BUT…you’ve got a deep dark secret: you’re addicted to trashy romance […]

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Tantus Is a Titan Among Sex Toys

Delta Vibrator from Tantus We’re big proponents of high quality sex toys made from body-safe materials, which is why we’ve always been big fans of Tantus — they’re a relatively small American manufacturer of 100% medical grade silicone toys. They recently sent out this training video to their retailers in order to help sales people […]

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Screw the Chocolates, Get Me a Jimmyjane

Are you betting that your boyfriend is going to remember Valentine’s Day on Saturday morning and get you a last-minute, heart-shaped box of very unfair-trade chocolates from the mall? Then we recommend “accidentally” leaving this blog entry open on his laptop to steer him in the right direction. Or are you betting that your girlfriend […]

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Purple Is the New Green

Tantus has always been one of our favorite sex toy manufacturers. They’re a small company with a big vision: make quality toys actually meant for use (i.e. not novelties) that are safe for your bod. (Get the whole spiel in the informational video on every product page, if you can stand that nice woman’s unfortunate […]