RECOMMENDED LUBRICANT BRANDS

Lubricant is a pleasure product, not just a health product. I recommend it as the best and first sex toy because you can’t replicate the sensation otherwise, even with all the spit you can muster. Lubricant can also help reduce potential pain and discomfort from friction with penetrative vaginal and anal sex. But lubricant alone will not treat chronic pain, as many doctors suggest. Make sure you don’t get any lubricants that contain glucose or sugars (many pharmacy brands have them), as this can lead to infection and discomfort.

Turtle Island/USA:

• Water-based and unscented: Good Clean Love BioNude

• Water and silicone mix (but low enough silicone content to be compatible and safe with silicone toys): Sliquid Organics Silk

• Silicone lubricant (creates amazing glide without desensitising but not safe with silicone toys): Uberlube

‘Australia’:

• Water-based: Sliquid Sassy

• Water and silicone mix (but low enough silicone content to be compatible and safe with silicone toys): Sliquid Hybrid

• Silicone lubricant (creates amazing glide without desensitising but not safe with silicone toys): Uberlube

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