What is in a sex toy? As a consumer, do we really know what they’re made of? Well, HolisticWisdom.com has done a ton of research and in this installment of “Sex Toy Materials,” they give you the skinny on CyberSkin. Read on!

CyberSkin™, Futurotic, Ultra-Realistic, Soft Skin
Different Names For A Similar Skin Like Material

Thermal plastic variations make up all kinds of trade marked lines such as CyberSkin™, Futurotic, Ultra-Realistic, Soft Skin and many others. Toys made from this material become warm with use and are the closest thing to skin-to-skin sensation you’ll find in a sex toy.  These products work best when used with the included powder and lubricant which has been specially formulated to work with them.  Corn starch and a soft cloth may also be used to bring the toy back to life.  (Do not use Talcum powder as talcum powder has been implicated as a possible cause of ovarian cancer.) These materials are extremely sensitive and should be cleaned with warm water and a mild soap.

CyberSkin is also more durable than latex, it can be used in many more and interesting ways, such as cock rings, eggs, and even human-looking robots!

If you decide to purchase a CyberSkin (or similar) product, it is important to stress the proper care of them. CyberSkin is VERY porous and tends to discolor and tear easily. After use, clean your toy thoroughly with a mild antibacterial soap and, as with latex, do not use alcohol-based or household cleansers as they will damage the material. Once cleaned, allow your CyberSkin product to dry and apply a light coating of either cornstarch or fine talcum powder. This will prevent discoloration and protect your toy when not in use.

Materials that are very porous, such as Cyberskin, Futurotic, Senso etc. are not really able to be fully sanitized, this if you are concerned about STDs or other cleaning issues it is recommended that a condom with water base lube be used.

One final precaution is to ONLY USE WATER BASED LUBRICANTS with CyberSkin sex toys! Silicone or any petroleum or oil-based lubricant will destroy CyberSkin.

LEO (July 23 - Aug 22)

Ah, the mighty Lion. What gift of pleasure would please the king or queen of the jungle? As Leos are creative and love to be in the limelight, find them something that meets these needs. Perhaps a gift that allows them to entertain or take charge. Also anything with stark colors with a dramatic edge will go over well.

We suggest these:

Pink Indulgence Massage Wand

Liberator Ramp

Animal Blindfold

We love lube! It’s not cheating, it’s just enhancing the sensations… But this, my dear friends, is not lube, and can sting. 1. Shampoo/Soap/Body wash. It actually dries out your skin, and can bring on yeast infections. If you are in the shower, use a silicone lube, like this one.

2. Food Oil. (Olive, grape seed, etc.) You may want to go all natural and might be like, “Grape seed does wonder for my skin, why not my secret bits?” Well, oil can hold lots of bacteria and the oil will break down condoms. Plus, you’re not saving any money. Commercial lube is generally cheaper than food oils.

3. Crisco. Similar deal to oil: It breaks down condoms. Try Boy Butter instead.

4. Baby oil. Condom, Condom, Condom! It’s just bad for the condom! (Not to mention, it gets bacteria in places where you don’t need any more and can stain fabrics.)5. Spit. Aside from potentially offending your partner, spit dries up way faster than any conventional water-based or silicone lube.

This Canadian singing duo, The Wet Spots, sings about all this naughty and erotic. In this one, regale yourself with stand-up comedy about…how long it takes to have an orgasm sometimes.

Yes, at sex.sheknows.com we love burlesque, but never did I think we’d see this burlesque acrobats in the air!! Here are two goddesses from the Velvet Hammer troupe. Enjoy!

What kind of body would you have? What fantasies would you explore? At Red Light Center, you can live out any and every fantasy. Heck, you can even go shopping for your favorite novelties in “real” stores. (Real products, 3D virtual space.) Imagine the anonymity of a chat room, but with your dream bod. Some people say it’s a great way to explore and open up, others may consider it real sex (ergo, cheating if you are coupled.) What do you think about avatar sex in a virtual reality universe?

On Denise Richard’s E! TV show “It’s Complicated,” Party Gal’s Miyoko Fujimori demonstrated some pole dance basics for the film and TV star and her friends. It was a good time had by all, and gave us some great tips on how to wow our partner with just a chair and some hot moves. Here’s a video that shows some simple, hot moves for an at home girlie show.

It’s high summer and about that time to crank up the Bob Marley and crack open the Red Stripe with your favorite rude boys. In the hot, hot heat you might want to hear the Specials, but a lesson from Rudy might hit the spot, the P-spot just right. Yes, we spend a lot of time talking about toys to please her, but the boys need some love to. Raise your hand and tell me how many of your man like a little stimulation back there?  Well, here’s one for the adventurous man who has no issues about his body, in any way. The Rude Boy, a prostate stimulator will not only hit his G-spot, but will send some good vibes to his sensitive perineum. Sometimes it’s about his pleasure, after all.

“People seem so afraid of genuine intimacy and images of sexuality. Go online and it’s full of girls in all these cookie-cutter poses, straight from porn. There’s nothing intimate or genuine about it, and that really bothers me. We live in an amazing time, where we have the choice to decide who we want to be. We have enormous freedoms, and this is what we’re choosing?”(artist Hazel Dooney, on her new exhibit Porno, now on in Melbourne, Australia)

In Australian EROS magazine, a Richard Neville recounts his dinner with a number of luminary porno peeps…and finds himself in the company of classical musicians ad braniacs. Read more here, because porn stars are people too.

Porn star PhD Party!

By Richard Neville

Preaching to the Perverted

In 1988 I helped organise Ginger Lynne’s ‘La Stupenda’ tour of Australia. She hosted the largest media conference on the steps of old Parliament House since Gough Whitlam was sacked there in 1975. Two years later, I toured the gorgeous and slightly clueless Jamie Summers through the new Parliament House. She brought down the wrath of the Speaker of the House for allowing her to work out semi-naked in the new Member’s gym. Andrew Peacock said it was ‘shocking’ that a porn star would use the same bike as him.

In 1992 it was former nurse turned doctor of ‘luurve’, Nina Hartley, and her ‘Matron of Honour’ tour of Australia. In 1994 I helped get the very savvy bondage queen, Ona Zee, to address a sell out luncheon at the National Press Club. They are the ‘old’ divas of porn — sharp and savvy like TV lawyers. They can pick a pimp at a hundred metres and spot a suited shark circling for miles. They exude charm and patience like an endless tube of tooth-whitener but will open your nuts like pistachios if you ‘have a go’. They’re human beings of high moral fibre and explosive lower chakras.

So when one of my clients recently suggested that I throw a dinner party for a visiting smooch of U.S. porn stars, I naturally expected that I would meet the latest and greatest in that long and venerable line of the great unzipped. How wrong I was. They were
not divas at all. They were PhDs!