Sex Tips

There was a time when revealing your plastic fling to a group of mates was met with a high-pitched, "You put your penis where?" as though you'd just admitted a six-month tryst with the toaster.

No matter what your kinky preference, from a Thrust Pro Ultra to a prostate massager, for a man to soup up his sex life with a gizmo was pretty unheard of, even as recently as the start of the 21st century.

Thousands of male sex toy sales later and in the wake of making 2016 the Year of the Male Sex Toy (when Lovehoney reported a whopping 40 per cent increase in sales... you're welcome) more and more men have turned to devices as a leisurely and logical way to get off.

Penile pleasure is clearly on the up, so why is nobody talking about it down the pub? For whatever reason (from individual shyness to societal conservatism), as a society, we still find it hard to talk about sex. But we bloody well should be doing it!

Here are some reasons why men need to talk about sex toys (and sex).

Even though a lot of sex toys are marketed towards a particular gender or body part, did you know that most of them can be enjoyed by almost anyone?

In fact, if you're inventive enough (and follow basic safety rules!) there's almost no end to the ways you can use a sex toy.

To help you discover some new tools to tingle your bits, no matter which bits you have, Jess and Annabelle show you a "few" (aka 11) of their favourite toys for any body in this week's sex toy YouTube video.

Think we missed one? Or got another way to use one of the toys we've suggested? We'd love to hear it! Just add your comment at the bottom of this blog.

Dear Robin,

My housemate and I have really great chemistry. It started with a little bit of flirting on a night out, but lately it's more than that, and we've even started sending suggestive texts.

The other night we both slept in the same bed. Nothing happened, except for a bit of cuddling, but now I can't stop thinking about it.

We're both single, and I feel like maybe we should just have sex and get it over with. The thing is, we live with two other housemates. Should I just try and ignore how I'm feeling?

If you're anything like us, you have a huge collection of sex toys tucked away in your bedside table, in the back of your sock drawer, under your bed, in the bathroom cabinet, in the spare room...

Okay, maybe it's only us with sex toys stashed everywhere.

It happens! Maybe you've replaced your old faithful with the newer, more powerful model. Maybe a once-fulfilling smaller toy has been upgraded to a heftier item that once seemed too large.

Whatever the reason, if you've got a plethora of fave sex toys kicking around, you'll want to read this blog to find out how you can make some of them even better by teaming them up.

If your sex education was anything like ours, it was probably a lot of putting condoms on bananas and adding labels to grainy print-outs of the female reproductive system.

And while all that stuff is very important (particularly when it comes to practicing safe sex), there is a lot that it didn't cover - especially when it comes to the pleasure aspect.

You've probably heard that humans are one of the only species to have sex for pleasure rather than solely for reproductive purposes, along with pigs, bonoboes, and dolphins. So why do we only ever learn about the reproductive side?

Well, because we believe you can never know enough about sex, here are a few things that we think everyone should learn about the enjoyable side of getting down and dirty.

Everyone loves a good excuse to treat themselves, and what could be a better treat than a glorious orgasm wiith a luxury sex toy?

As we know, sex toys are a great way to enhance sexytime, whether you're playing alone or with a partner, does spending more money on a toy actually give you better pleasure?

This week on the Lovehoney YouTube channel, Annabelle Knight is talking about deluxe sex toys, from their benefits and why you might like to try one to which ones she recommends, no matter which bits you've got in your pantaloons.

Got a comment or a question? Pop it in the comments below!

The term 'self-care' has become a bit of a buzzword over the last few years.

And while the term clearly means lots of different things to different people (a quick scroll through Instagram posts tagged #selfcare brings up 12 skin care adverts, a lot of gym selfies and a Kermit the Frog meme) at their core is a pretty simple idea:

Actively taking control of your personal wellbeing.

From using mindfulness techniques to help you focus on the moment to Marie Kondo-ing your bedroom, everyone can introduce a little bit of self-care into their sex lives, too.

Here's how...

Learn how to use a cock ring (even if you don't have a trousersnake in your life) in this weeks sex toy video blog.

You'd be forgiven for thinking you need a cock to use a cock ring (after all, the name says it all) but did you know you can get loads of pleasure from a vibrating penis ring, even if you don't have a penis?

For solo play, they are an amazing way of jazzing up a sex toy, and transforming it into a custom rabbit vibrator, and for couple's sex, they can enhancing foreplay and fingering action like you wouldn't believe!