Find Your Perfect Sex Toy

Posted by Sarahbear on July 8, 2010

I was recently contacted by MyPleasure.com about working with them. They had an interesting new website feature that has been designed with the help of Dr. Gardos, their resident sex educator, to help whittle down the overwhelming number of choices available on their site.

My job?

I was to choose two products from their selection of safe sex toys. One with the aid of their expert shopping tool and a comparable product I wanted, on my own. The two products I selected were both manufactured by JimmyJane  and used for sensual massage. Through the shopping tool I selected the Afterglow Massage Candle. It was actually listed as an option for a bridal gift, and I’ve been married for over 8 years. I was playing around with the tool for a while though, switching up my options until I finally found something I thought I hadn’t already tried.

All the JimmyJane products I’ve tried this far have arrived in sophisticated, simple packaging and the products themselves were very high quality. The Afterglow candle is no different. I can certainly see why this was under the selection of bridal gifts, because it looks so elegant it would be perfect for such an occasion.

So what about the candle itself? Well, I opened the box and discovered a small booklet with instructions(in about 6 different languages) on how to use the candle, the ingredients, and a few pictures of their most popular products. There was a simple application brush, featuring the JimmyJane logo, the glass candle and a small box of matches. I have purchased a few different brands of massage candles in the past and none of them came with matches. This earns them extra points in my book because not everyone owns a lighter. It’s nice to not have to run out and pick anything up (be it batteries, matches or whatever) in order to be able to use a new product.

I chose the bourbon scented candle. It smells sort of masculine, like a sweet musk. The description of the scent on the box says “Smoky and oaken, with a caramel finish.” It pretty much nails it. It’s perfumed enough to smell pleasant while burning and leave a light fragrance behind after your massage. The candle needs to burn for about 20-30 minutes for a full body massage. The candle should last for about 42 hours of burning or several massages. I’ve barely made a dent and I’ve used it for two full body massages.

It spread easily over the skin, leaving a soft, silky feeling. It felt a bit sticky and oily afterwards, but it absorbed after several minutes. I haven’t used the brush yet because I’ve read that it clumps up with the oil and isn’t any good after one use. We prefer pouring it anyhow. Massage candles are great for a warm, relaxing rub down.

The product I chose on my own was the JimmyJane Beyond Euphoric massage lotion. It comes in a simple, plastic 4 oz bottle. The lotion has a very light feel to it when rubbed onto the skin. It’s also kind of refreshing and tingly. I’m not sure which ingredients cause this, probably the citrus oil. It smells like there’s some ginger in it, but I can’t find it in the list of ingredients. It doesn’t work so well for massage because it absorbs very quickly into the skin, leaving no real lubrication for it. The friction from trying to rub dry skin makes it somewhat uncomfortable. The cooling sensation was pretty interesting though.

In comparison? I enjoyed both products for different reasons. I love getting massages, either way. The candle’s warm, thick oil seem more suitable for a cold night, while the Euphoric lotion’s cooling sensation is incredibly refreshing on a hot, summer night. Both can be used with the JimmyJane ceramic Contour stones and for massages. You’ll just want to use a lighter touch with the lotion and save the deep tissue massage for the candle. The simplistic and sophisticated packaging make these excellent gift choices, and everything matches too so they’d be awesome for a gift basket.

The Find Your Perfect Sex Toy expert shopping tool was easy to use. You select the answers to a few simple questions, narrowing down what sort of products you’re interested in with some of the best matches the site has. If you’re new to the idea of purchasing sex toys and sensual products, this can be a great tool to help get you started.  If you already have an idea of what you’re looking for, MyPleasure.com is a clean and easy to navigate website. You can use it for just shopping or do a little browsing through some of their educational guides or sex toy Q&A pages.

If you’re interested in either the Afterglow candle (available in several different scents) or the Beyond Euphoric lotion, both are available at MyPleasure.com. If you’d like to try out the expert shopping tool, you can find it here. If you just want to browse some of their safe sex toys and find something on your own, you can do that too. Either way, I’m sure you’ll find visiting MyPleasure.com will actually be your pleasure.

Thanks so much MyPleasure.com for sending me these items to review!

FTC Statement: These products were provided to me free of charge in exchange for my unbiased opinion.