Sex Lubes: Personal Lubricant and Lubrication for Anal and Vaginal Sex
Post date: 2008-10-01 17:51:22
Sex lubes and personal lubricants for vaginal and anal lubrication free reviews by IntimateAssociates.com. We offer these reviews of lubes and personal lubricants in hopes that it's useful for general public awareness.
Even though it is fun, foreplay isn't just for fun; it also has an important purpose. All that kissing and touching gets a woman warmed up so her juices are flowing. If you aren't sexually aroused, sex can be painful. The friction can be irritating and unpleasant, which is the opposite of how you're supposed to feel when getting it on.
Sometimes, if you aren't naturally wet, you may need a little help from a tube. But don't be sheepish, because personal lubricants are one of the best inventions ever made. I've rounded up some good ones to try, all of which are water- or silicone-based, so they're compatible with condoms. To see my picks,
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Need Personal Lubricant or Sex Lubes for Anal or Vaginal Sex?
I get a variety of
telephone calls
and email messages regarding personal vaginal and Anal lubes or
lubricants and often times I find
that because of the significant number on the market that deciding what
is
best for ones self is an overwhelming task. I also have found
those
who don't use a lubricant or lubes because of some misguided myth or
perception
about it being attached to your sexuality and performance are just in
need of a little education about personal vaginal lubricants.
Well, in my
opinion, personal anal lubricants can enhance any sexual experience, as
well
relieve females vaginal area's who might be dealing a variety of health
and physical
ageing issues, the
trick is finding what is right for you. We have found in testing
and by price that Liquid Sin Sex lubes are by far the best personal
lubricants on the market just as good as Eros lubrication used for
vaginal or anal sex but it's 1/2 the price.
- For a woman your menstrual cycle, especially during ovulation will reduce the natural amount of your own internal lubes.
- For women, our estrogen levels
change, particularily during postpartum estrogen is low and thus
it is difficult to produce your own internal lubrication.
- For women, menopause can be a major internal lubrication drop off factor.
- If you had any type of surgery on the uterous, this
can also decrease your internal ability to produce natural lubes for
both anal and vaginal sex.
- For men, although they have the
luxury of creating their own lubrication (pre-cum) sometimes it is
helpful to have a little more slippery assistance.
- For men who enjoy anal play, there
is a small amount of internal lubes comming from that end of the body,
so a personal sex lubes are a much better option over cooking oil.
I
know you can go to any grocery store or drug store these days and find
the main brands on the shelf. I even found K-Y at Costco for a
brief period. Even though the brand is familar, that doesn't
necessarily mean it is right for you or anyone else. Have you ever taken the
time to read the lable on the back, many of the words, such as
Glycerin, Carboxymethyl Hydroxyethylcellulose,
Proplene Gycol, Mrthylparaben and Dimethicone. Half of
these I couldn't even pronounce let along figure out the chemical
compound. Additionally, every adult site that has an article on
lubricants just gives a brief overview of the chemcials inside by
group, but doesn't actually take the time to discuss what they
are or how these lubes affect one's body. I'm not a chemist, but
just like reading food products, I
want to know what is going in my body first and specificatlly when it
comes to lubes for vaginal sex or lubrication for anal
sex.
First
of all two major types: Water-Base and Silicon. Many articles
discuss the difference on this, however, my number one rule, you can't
digest Silicon, so I suggest not using Silcon lubricants for internal
purposes, such as oral or vaginal intimacy.
As
far as water-based, these are typically recommended by health care
personnels and I also have to suggest to stick with them. There
are several very goods ones on the market and a few "all
natural". However, we'll get back to that.
So here is a run down of these types of ingredients starting with the main ingredients:
Water - Good old distilled or purified H20.
Glycerin - chemical definition: Glycerin, also well known as glycerine and glycerol, and less commonly as 1,2,3-propanetriol, 1,2,3-trihydroxypropane, glyceritol, and glycyl alcohol is a colorless, odorless, water absorbing, and sweet-tasting thick liquid. It dilutes very well with water.
Glycerin is a sugar alcohol (also known as a polyol, polyhydric alcohol, or polyalcohol
that is a hydrogenated form of carbohydrate (chemcial compound of
hydrogen, oxegen and carbon atoms), which has been reduced to a
hydroxyl group (organic compound subsitute).
Sugar
alcohol is commonly used for replacing sucrose in foodstuffs, often in
combination with high intensity artificial sweeteners to counter the
low sweetness. Some common sugar alcohols are (so look for them on the
lable):
- mannitol
- sorbitol
- xylitol
- maltitol
- lactitol
Glycerin is used in glycerin soap,
cosmetics, chemistry, and in glycerin Fog machine mist. Glycerin is
produced from dihydroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP) by the enzyme glycerol
three-phosphate dehydrogenase in the mitochondrion of the eukaryotic
cell during glycolysi. In other words, plant bio-sysnthesis product.
Basically
glycerin is a natural by-product in the soapmaking process so
"all natural soaps" will contain glycerin. In the commercial
market, glycerin was first came from the candle making industry in the
late 1800s.
Proplene Gycol is (webster's definition):A
colorless viscous hygroscopic liquid, used in antifreeze
solutions, in hydraulic fluids, and as a
solvent. Very similar and often a subsititue to Glycerin.
By itself in larger quanties, this is considered a hazardous
product. However, with futher research it is a derivative of
natural gas and under strick FDA guidelines commonly used in
a variety of consumer products and food products, including deodorants,
pharmaceuticals, moisturizing lotions, fat-free ice cream and sour
cream products.
Polymers: Individual chemcial molecules bonded together to create a polymer (compound) molecule chain.
- Carboxymethyl is used as a thicker and stablizing agent in food items such as ice cream.
- Hydroxyethylcellulose is an oil derivative also used to bind the polymer.
- Dimethicone is a substitue polymer used in silicon based lubricants. It is is clear, generally considered to be inert, non-toxic and non-flammable.
Anti-bacterial Agents & Preservatives: Perservatives
and/or anti-bacterial agents are found in most lubricants to ensure the
life of the product out does your use as well as avoid any health
hazards realated to bacteria. One very common ingredient is
Paraben. Parabens are used in a variety of pharmaceuticals, food addatives and costmetics. Their names that starts with Propyl- Methyl-, Ethyl- and Butyl- in general.
Methylbaraben, one I found most common in lubricants is a Hydroxybenzoic acid and commonly used in cosmetics as the perservative.
Other ingredients found include aloe,
grapefruit extract, and hemp to name a few. All glowing with
health conscience properities. Any one of these extra ingredients
enhances the lubricant, but the main factors are really the chemical
compound, if you have an allergic reaction to any chemcial the other
quality factors of a chemical lubricant just don't cut it.
Other options -- All Natural
Lubricants. I found three of these on the market. Nude
feels great, but is not latex safe (good if you don't have to use a
condom). Sensual Organics, which I haven't actually had the
opportunity to test yet, but look forward to it and Intimate
Infushion. So far out of the two I've tested, Nude and Intimate
Infushion both feel great. The other major important factor is
"NO CHEMCIALS" so it is unlikley to have allergy problems with any of
these unless you are sensative to a variety of natural oils or butters.
Oh--
I forgot flavored sex lubricants. Most of these are the same as
the
water-based chemcial version with a flavor extract added. Also
look for sugar in flavored lubricants. Many flavored Lubes
have switched over to artifical sweetners, but there are still some
that
use sugar. For me, Intimate Infushions provides enough flavor
without overwhelming the senses and has no sugar which makes it very
nice to use for lubrication during anal or vaginal penatration.
Finally,
the most important factors in choosing a lubricant include:
senstitivity (allegeries), flavor or flavorless, stickiness, and
longevity. Many of the chmeical compund water-based lubricants,
imparticularily the major brands become sticky quickly.
How to choose lubricant for the type of sex you plan to have, either anal or vaginal?
The
best suggestion I can give is to go to a local adult store. There
you will find numerous containers full of pillow packs of
lubricants. Buy a couple of each and try them out. When you
find a lubrication you enjoy using during anal sex, buy it and continue
your search for lubes to use for lubrication of vaginal area's.
If you would like
more information on these chemcial compounds used in Lubes, Lubricants
and Lubrications, a great source is Glycerol.
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