The mysterious word lubricant in some people causes a nervous giggle, for some sheer misunderstanding, and someone smiles sweetly from pleasant memories.
Lubricants - what is it?
At its core, a lubricant is a lubricant that avoids discomfort, excess friction, irritation during any sexual contact. Thus, it helps to cause especially vivid emotions, burning desire and incredible excitement in both partners who know the art of love.
For more efficient and widespread use, manufacturers offer various lubricants. How to choose, reviews, characteristics - each couple decides this individually for themselves. The choice of means to enhance pleasure, as well as for intimate hygiene is great, it remains only to decide.
Types of Lubricants
1. Exciting lubricants.
Funds with components that affect the enhancement of sexual desire in partners. Excitation occurs due to the effect on the nerve endings and activation of blood circulation.
2. Antiseptic lubricants.
Agents containing antiviral drugs. In some percent they contribute to the prevention of sexually transmitted infections. It is much easier to use a lubricant, the price of which is not so high than to treat the terrible consequences of genital infections.
3. Prolongers.
Means that contribute to a long and at the same time high-quality sexual intercourse. They act by suppressing the functions of nerve endings and the cooling effect.
4. Birth control.
Intimate products with a spermicidal base that reduce the risk of an unplanned pregnancy. It is advisable to use along with condoms for a guaranteed effect.
Also, all intimate lubricants can be divided into male, female and universal.
Lubricant for women actively moisturizes the vagina. Lubricants for men contain substances that increase potency. Universal fit both partners.
Types of Lubricants
All groups of lubricants can be divided into several main types.
1. Water.
Created on a water basis. This allows you to use them together with a condom and not be afraid of damage to the surface of the product No. 1. Water lubricants are easily washed off, neutral in terms of allergic reactions. Long playing in use.
2. Silicone.
The latest invention among the main types of lubricants. Silicone -based lubricants can also be used with condoms, plus they are great for applying to a variety of toys and sexual pleasures.
3. Fat (vegetable).
It should be used with caution, as the oil base can destroy latex and the surface of intimate toys. Despite this, they cause significant glide and benefit when used, for example, for anal sex.
When choosing lubricants in pharmacies, it is best to dwell on water or silicone based products.
What are lubricants intended for?
The main purpose of lubricants is to saturate the contacting surfaces of the body with moisture, in order to subsequently avoid strong and unpleasant friction. Based on this, you can determine which lubricants are needed, how to choose (it is better to study the reviews in advance) and what to use.
The main groups of lubricants for their intended purpose - anal, oral, vaginal.
1. Anal.
For anal sex, the use of intimate lubrication is simply necessary. She relaxes and anesthetizes. It also has a bactericidal effect and prevents mechanical or other tissue damage.
2. Oral.
Most often, these are means that have vivid taste and olfactory features. Suitable for people who disdain the natural smells and tastes of certain organs, but nevertheless oral sex is important for a couple.
3. Vaginal.
All other lubricants and lubricants, the types of which are listed above, are vaginal.
How to choose and where to buy?
It is most correct to buy lubricants, as well as other means for intimate hygiene and intimacy, in pharmacies or in specialized intimate stores.
When buying lubricants in pharmacies or sex shops, you need to pay attention to the manufacturer, the integrity of the package, the expiration date.
If there is a history of allergic reactions, diseases of the reproductive system, as well as sexually transmitted diseases, you should choose intimate drugs with special care. And it is better to consult with a specialist.
It is important to consider what the product will be used for. Do not use oral lubricant for anal sex or a fat-based lubricant for sex protected by a condom.
According to the form of release, intimate lubricants can be divided into gels, sprays, foam, wipes. Convenience and comfort of use often depend on the form.
A lubricant whose price is too low should be suspicious. Lubricants cannot be too cheap, otherwise this indicates a low quality of the raw materials from which they are made.
You can highlight the main, most popular brands of lubricants, which have long and firmly won their honorable positions in the market of goods for intimacy. Prices vary depending on the type and type of lubricant, as well as on the form of release and packaging volume.
Average prices for intimate lubricants:
- JO from 1050 to 2770 rubles.
- Pjur from 783 to 3120 rubles.
- Glide from 460 to 980 rubles.
- Durex from 206 to 649 rubles.
How to use lubricants?
Before use, it is better to know in advance what lubricants are, how to choose, reviews on the use of real customers.
Before using, preferably not directly before sexual contact, but in advance, you must familiarize yourself with the instructions.
Usually gels and lubricants are applied directly to that part of the skin surface that will come into contact with the partner’s skin. Massage lubricants and oils can be applied to the entire body. On the chest, back, buttocks, arms and legs.
After contact, the grease is removed using warm water and soap.
If unforeseen reactions occur, you must immediately remove the drug from the surface of the skin and consult a specialist.
What else are lubricants useful for?
In addition to its intended use, lubricants also have indirect beneficial properties.
Each intimate lubricant has basic and additional components.
The basis is usually taken "detergent" components.
Antiseptic substances can be additional, as well as various oils, perfumes and extracts of natural origin, which add tempting fragrant notes to the product and help relieve irritation, heal wounds and microcracks.
Vitamins are often added to lubricants; the most popular is Vitamin E.
Reviews of lubricants are varied and depend primarily on the purposes for which they are acquired. And also on the quality of the products themselves that the manufacturer offers. The only thing that users of intimate lubricants, gels and sprays clearly agree on is that these drugs are uniquely needed and useful in correctly applied dosages. In certain situations - age-related changes, physiological characteristics, game performances, some types of sex - you can not do without quality lubricants.
Having decided for yourself that lubricants are needed, how to choose, having studied user reviews, as well as having decided on the type and type of lubricant, you can safely proceed to love experiments. Give each other the highest pleasure and plunge into sexual games and entertainment with your head. Most importantly - do not forget about safety and precautionary measures even in such a passionate affair as love affairs. Using one or another intimate means, you should be careful and attentive.