Personal Lubricants - Read the Label

Been to the Supermarket lately?  When you turn over the personal lubricant bottles to read what they contain it is enough to put you off slip, slop and sliding over your partner for life!!  They are full of parabens, glycols, sodium benzoate and glycerine and are in fact really questionable when it comes to your health.  This is your vagina we are talking about.

Personal lubricants play a very necessary part in the enjoyment of sexual activity.  Water based personal lubricants are perfectly safe to use with condoms, even when inserting medication, as well as

Think about it, do you really think oil based lubricants or silicone lubricants (that need soap and water to come off ) are healthy daily options?  Also another word of caution, baby oils, vaseline and cooking oils are NOT options to be used as personal lubricants.  What happens is the lubricant coats the cells and therefore the cells can not breathe.  The natural flora and fauna within the vaginal canal are unable to do their job, because they are blocked from doing so.  Also note this IT IS IMPORTANT.  It is best practise to  never use a silicone lubricant with a silicone sex toy. It is also likely they will weaken latex and cause a condom to break.  Silicone lubricants can be used with elastomer and vinyl, ABS plastics (with polyuerathane coatings)  however they do have this "coating" effect so you would need to really ensure you cleaned your sex toy thoroughly afterwards.

It is safest to stay with water based personal lubricants.

Intimate Organics have three very good (and safe) personal lubricants.  There is the water based HYDRA, the waterbased MELT which is a warming lubricant and does not contain menthol, which is a known irritant for many women, the DEFENSE, an anti-bacterial water based personal lubricant.  Are you wondering what the ingedient is that makes it anti-bacterial.  Well, it is guava bark which has been blended with sea kelp.  The Intimate Organic range of lubricants also boasts SOOTHE the first anti-bacterial anal lubricant!  Again, I need to point out that there is no chemical or ingredient used to numb the sphincter. When synthetic compounds such as benzocaine or Lidocaine are used, they can cause tearing due to the anaesthetic affects on the body.    Intimate Organic personal lubricants are made with certified organic extracts  and are known to be safe to ingest and are latex condom friendly.

Astroglide Natural is glycerin- and alcohol-free.  It is a great personal lubricant that having an Alcohol-free formula is less likely to cause irritation. It is free from glycerin, flavourings, hormones,alcohol and fragrance. It has been produced from plant derived products. It is good to know that “going green” with a botanical formula made of plant extracts makes for a soft consistency that isn't sticky, is a really healthy option.

So next time you randomly go to purchase a bottle of personal lubricant off a supermarket shelf, in a chemist, or in an Adult shop, give some thought to what you are buying. Often vaginal dryness is exacerbated by using chemically loaded products. Natural water based personal lubricants are your safest option and if there are some organic extracts thrown in for good measure then you owe it to yourself, to shop safe, play safe and lube it up... safely!