Looking for the perfect water-based lubricant?  It’s lube week on Hello Saraid!  I’ll compare 4 different water based lubricants to find the best one for everyone.  Lube week is sponsored by the fabulous Tickle!  Stay tuned for new reviews!

I’ve been looking for the perfect water-based lubricant for what seems like forever.  So I figured having a mini-lube week here on the blog would help others out there also looking for the perfect lube.  What’s the first lube in this series sponsored by Tickle?  System JO Agape for Women.

Since this is the first review, I’ll explain the breakdown.  Since I want to cover everything possible about the lube in a concise manner, I’m going to use the following categories: ingredients, scent, taste, lasting time, good for anal, sticky factor and additional information.

Ingredients: Methyl paraben, Propylene glycol, Propyl paraben, Sodium Carboxy methyl cellulose, and purified water.

As you can see, this lube is far from natural, but it also doesn’t contain glycerin, which is great for women who get yeast infections and UTIs easily.  If you have a paraben sensitivity this is not for you as there are two kinds of parabens used.  If you’ve taken too much chemistry class, you’re probably drawing those compounds in your head – I know I am.

Scent: Agape for Women has a very, very light medical scent.  I had to put my nose into the bottle opening to detect it, so it’s not too strong.  If you normally have a problem with the scents in lubes, you won’t have any problem with this one.

Taste: While I personally wouldn’t go eating the stuff because of the high amount of parabens, but even if you would you’ll want to keep this away from your mouth.  Upon tasting a small drop I found it to be extremely bitter and leave an odd taste in my mouth.  I had to go brush my teeth after tasting it for this review.  You’ll want to make sure you save using this lube until after any oral activities are done.

Lasting Time: Agape for Women has one of the best lasting times I have encountered in a water-based lubricant.  When testing it side by side with Sliquid Silver, Silver only outlasted Agape for Women by around 5 minutes.

Good for Anal? No, it is too thin to be used anally.

Sticky Factor: One of the best things about Agape for Women?  It doesn’t ever get sticky.  It dries up before it gets sticky, so you don’t have to worry about your Liberator throe or whatever else you lay/sit on sticking to you when you get up.

Additional Information: System JO makes a wide variety of lubes, almost all of which are carried by Tickle.  So if you don’t have luck with this one, don’t let it turn you off to the entire brand.  As mentioned before, if you have a paraben sensitivity, this one isn’t for you.  I would also suggest that even if you don’t have a reaction to parabens vaginally, don’t use this one anally.  The mucus membranes in the anal canal are far more sensitive than those in the vagina, so don’t risk it.

Thanks so much to Tickle for letting me review this!  Want your own?  Click on the banner below and use the code SAVE10 to get your own.