Want to win a Nobessence Romp?
Jan 5th
Head over to Hey Epiphora to see the different ways you can enter. The contest ends on January 16th, so make sure you get entered in time!
Review: Tantus Ripple Small
Dec 31st
When I saw the small Tantus Ripple was a free product of the week on Naughty and Discreet, I knew I had to have it. I’m more advanced in anal play and also don’t like thrusting, but my boyfriend has quite the reluctant ass, so I needed the smallest thing I could get that wasn’t the same size as my finger. The Ripple was obviously the perfect choice.
I got the Ripple in the mail in a very timely manner, for which I truly applaud Naughty and Discreet – my mail usually doesn’t come that fast, ever. I showed the Ripple to the boyfriend and his first response was, “Oh god, bumps.” He was really scared that they were going to hurt, but I insisted that it was small enough that it would be just fine.
The Ripple itself only goes up to 1” diameter at its widest point while the starting point of the Ripple is about the size of my pinky finger (I wear a ring size 5, if that helps you visualize). The Ripple is made of 100% silicone and is from Tantus, so you know it will be a quality product. Tantus silicone is usually towards the firm end of the silicone spectrum, which is why many people (myself included) love it. However, because the Ripple is so small in diameter, the silicone is rather squishy. You will have to grip it in a couple of places to get it to glide into your ass at first, since just pushing from the base will only cause it to double over.
<obviously necessary “Hi, Tantus. I love you” rave>
For those of you not acquainted with the awesomeness that is Tantus, I’ll provide you with the most biased introduction ever. Yes, biased. I love them and I can’t hide it, so why bother trying?
Tantus is a small company based in California that makes 100% silicone toys and also has a small line of aluminum toys called Alumina, which I would love to get my hands on. I have only 3 Tantus toys so far and I couldn’t me more impressed. Their silicone has an awesome firm quality that I have grown to love, but it also has enough give to be comfortable. Even though other companies are said to have more “life-like” silicone, to me Tantus has the same firmness as a hard cock. I know this can be argued, so I’ll leave it to you to find out by buying something awesome from them.
Tantus also has an awesome woman president who is easily contacted on Facebook and Twitter to answer questions. She’s incredibly friendly and wonderful.
</obviously necessary “Hi, Tantus. I love you” rave>
Overall, my partner really liked the Ripple as an ass toy. While he said it’s definitely not as stimulating to his prostate as other toys we’ve tried, it does have a more manageable size for him so he can relax knowing that it’s not going to hurt. We only got it inserted up to the last bump, but hey, where’s the fun if you can instantly shove anything in your ass that you desire? Okay, yeah, that would be fun. I lied. But it’s not like that for everyone and that’s okay.
As far as cleaning the Ripple, I’m sure you know the drill, but if you don’t I’ll lay it out for you again. I really recommend sanitizing ass toys between uses every time. You can do this by boiling it for a few minutes, putting it in the top rack of your dishwasher with no soap for a cycle or you can wipe it down with a 1 part bleach, 9 parts water solution.
Overall, if you have a scared ass, or someone you know does, do yourself a favor and buy the Tantus Ripple – it’s unintimidating and is a great introduction to anal play. You can get your own over at Naughty and Discreet.
Blogging from a café in Philadelphia and a new domain name
Dec 28th
So we all know I’ve been more than a little absent as of late from the blogosphere. There are actually quite a few reasons for that. First off, I had final exams which almost killed me – consequently I got the worst grades of my life. I really hope next semester holds better cards for me. Secondly, I’ve just finished up the process of going off of my anti-depressants and therefore have been having giant moodswings. Seriously, you wouldn’t want to be around me now. My boyfriend has noticed this and is kind of keeping his distance as to not get on my nerves. He even said last night when we go to the Cartier store he would buy me something to cheer me up – then we both joked that he’ll buy me a brochure for $10 or something.
Also, I have a new domain I’ve been fiddling with. This post is going to be cross-posted over to my new domain and after this post I’ll be leaving my Wordpress.com hosting for good. My layout definitely is not complete or even finalized as half of the themes I’ve been trying out have something broken in them and won’t work, but it’ll get there. Just look at the content and not the layout for a while, will you? I’ll get it looking sexy eventually with the assistance of the lovely and awesome Epiphora.
Oh, yeah, and I’m in Philadelphia! My partner has job interviews (he’s in one right now) so I’m relaxing in a café nearby the place where his first interview is taking place. The only bad thing? I totally forgot to order decaf coffee so I’m all shaky. I’m going to have to opt to not finish out the cup.
Anyway, I have a lot of things planned for this new domain, so plan to be reading regular updates instead of sporadic reviews and blurbs like I was doing during my days at Wordpress.com hosting. When I get back into Indiana I have a whole line-up of awesome reviews coming at you – specifically the Jollie dildo (the one that looks like a sci-fi raygun), Tristan Plug, Eroscillator, Astro vibe, Liberator throe and a couple other fun things. I’m also looking to start a few weekly features and am currently looking for ideas. If you have an idea of a feature you’d like to read – anything at all – you can suggest it to me at hello.saraid [at] gmail [dot] com. I’ll be more than happy to take your suggestions into account, actually, I need them, so have at it!
Finally, I hope you all had a great holiday (whichever you celebrate – be it Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanzaa or Festivus). I’m really looking forward to the New Year coming and connecting with more people through my blogging. I’ll see you all sooner rather than later. Stay awesome and leave me as many suggestions as you can think of for weekly features!
P.S. If you’re in the Philly area, the café I’m blogging from is called the Naked Chocolate Café. They don’t have soymilk, which bums me out, but they do have some pretty outstanding coffee and it has a nice atmosphere. I would definitely recommend it.
Review: Tantus Goddess
Dec 20th
Picking a toy for my first review for Vibrator.com was a hard choice. There are so many good things out there. But, I decided to stay to something tried and true – Tantus silicone. I ended up getting the Tantus Goddess for review and I will say I’m not disappointed.
For those of you that haven’t heard of Tantus, then you’re missing out. Tantus makes only 100% premium silicone toys and they manufacture right here in the United States. They hand-pour every single toy and lovingly etch the name “Tantus” by hand on the base. Each toy is unique because no toy will have the exact same marble pattern from when the silicone was poured or the exact same etching on the base. To top that off, Tantus silicone is some of the best out there. It’s not matte and velvety like some, but it’s slick and firm which is how a nice silicone should be. It has just enough give to be comfortable while it’s firm enough to hold its shape.
The Tantus Goddess is one of the many amazing vibrators that Tantus offers. Tantus vibrators are made up of a 100% silicone dildo which has an opening in the base to insert a bullet vibrator. Tantus sends a moderately strong silver bullet for this purpose, but if you happen to have a favorite bullet vibrator that you’d rather use in the base (RO-80MM, anyone?) then it should fit as long as it’s not thicker than a standard silver bullet.
The Goddess is also harness-compatible because of the flared base. However, the flare is small, so you will need to find an appropriate sized o-ring in order to use the Goddess securely in the harness of your choice. Also because of the flare the Goddess can be used anally. If you plan to use it anally make sure you’re comfortable with texture in your anal toys since the Goddess is completely full of it. This is definitely not a toy to be used anally by someone who is new to anal play.
Since I’m not too advanced in anal play and don’t want texture anally, I only used this toy vaginally. Vaginally the Goddess shines. The texture can be felt on every inch of the toy. And I. love. texture. If you’re a fellow texture lover, or even texture whore like some – this toy is going to become one of your best friends. However, if you’re not sure if you like texture this would be a great halfway point. It’s not the Tantus Silk, but it’s also not as textured as something like the Tantus Echo.
When you want to clean the Goddess just wipe down the bullet with a toy wipe or a little soap and warm water on a cloth. To clean the dildo itself, you can either wash it with mild soap and water, boil it on the stove or run it through the dishwasher without soap in the top rack.
I usually prefer to remove the bullet and use it on my clit while using the Goddess as a dildo, but this is because internal vibrations I’ve found don’t really do much for me. I much prefer a nice, steady thrusting motion and pressure applied to my g-spot. What I’m getting at is no matter if you like vibration internally or not, need clit stimulation or not, whatever you may need – the Tantus Goddess can probably provide it.
Want to look for more awesome Tantus vibrators? Head over to the vibrating dildos section on Vibrator.com.
Thanks so much to the awesome people over at Vibrator.com for sending me the Tantus Goddess to review! You guys are truly wonderful!
heard of Tantus, then you’re missing out. Tantus makes only 100% premium silicone toys and they manufacture right here in the United States. They hand-pour every single toy and lovingly etch the name “Tantus” by hand on the base. Each toy is unique because no toy will have the exact same marble pattern from when the silicone was poured or the exact same etching on the base. To top that off, Tantus silicone is some of the best out there. It’s not matte and velvety like some, but it’s slick and firm which is how a nice silicone should be. It has just enough give to be comfortable while it’s firm enough to hold its shape.
The Tantus Goddess is one of the many amazing vibrators that Tantus offers. Tantus vibrators are made up of a 100% silicone dildo which has an opening in the base to insert a bullet vibrator. Tantus sends a moderately strong silver bullet for this purpose, but if you happen to have a favorite bullet vibrator that you’d rather use in the base (RO-80MM, anyone?) then it should fit as long as it’s not thicker than a standard silver bullet.
The Goddess is also harness-compatible because of the flared base. However, the flare is small, so you will need to find an appropriate sized o-ring in order to use the Goddess securely in the harness of your choice. Also because of the flare the Goddess can be used anally. If you plan to use it anally make sure you’re comfortable with texture in your anal toys since the Goddess is completely full of it. This is definitely not a toy to be used anally by someone who is new to anal play.
Since I’m not too advanced in anal play and don’t want texture anally, I only used this toy vaginally. Vaginally the Goddess shines. The texture can be felt on every inch of the toy. And I. love. texture. If you’re a fellow texture lover, or even texture whore like some – this toy is going to become one of your best friends. However, if you’re not sure if you like texture this would be a great halfway point. It’s not the Tantus Silk, but it’s also not as textured as something like the Tantus Echo.
When you want to clean the Goddess just wipe down the bullet with a toy wipe or a little soap and warm water on a cloth. To clean the dildo itself, you can either wash it with mild soap and water, boil it on the stove or run it through the dishwasher without soap in the top rack.
I usually prefer to remove the bullet and use it on my clit while using the Goddess as a dildo, but this is because internal vibrations I’ve found don’t really do much for me. I much prefer a nice, steady thrusting motion and pressure applied to my g-spot. What I’m getting at is no matter if you like vibration internally or not, need clit stimulation or not, whatever you may need – the Tantus Goddess can probably provide it.
Want to look for more awesome Tantus vibrators? Head over to the vibrating dildos section on Vibrator.com.
Thanks so much to the awesome people over at Vibrator.com for sending me the Tantus Goddess to review! You guys are truly wonderful!
Review: Reign of Tera 3
Dec 11th
Before I get into the review itself, I’d like to talk a little about the postal service. Apparently they think anything sent in a padded envelope is meant for destruction, because when my DVD arrived the packaging well torn to shreds. I would suggest that EF start sending their DVDs in a bubble envelope rather than the thick multi-layered paper ones they use. I hate plastic as much as anyone else and recycle almost everything, but if this were a DVD I really wanted and I had purchased I would be irritated that it arrived this way. The rest of the plastic pieces were floating around inside the case along with the DVD itself that had become dislodged from its place during shipping.
Now for the review – I really wish that the opening credits on Reign of Tera 3 were set up in a better manner. Since I’m not familiar with what all of the 13 actresses look like, it’s going to be near impossible for me to name who is in each scene. Also, there is not mention of the male actors in the credits. This definitely is a negative since male actors do matter to me when looking for something I’d like to watch. When looking at the small print on the front of the box you can see that the male actors are Spyder Jonez, Tommy Gunn, Scott Nails, Jack Lawrence and Jerry Alec Knight. As soon as I read the male actors I had a big “Oh fuck no.” moment since I have only heard of Tommy Gunn and Scott Nails and don’t really like either one of them. Also, as soon as the opening credits roll you can see a man who I’m sure nobody on this earth would like to see naked. I would later find out that this was Spyder Jonez, the director of the film.
For the scenes I will attempt to look up the names and match with the faces of the actresses in order to tell you who is in each scene.
In the first scene we have Jack Lawrence and who I believe to be Michelle Maylene according to IAFD. From the very first scene I determined that this movie is attempting to have a plot. The acting is bad enough that I had to look up the plot to see what was going on – apparently someone is trying to overthrow Tera’s “reign” in the “Asian Love Palace. (Yes, Asian Love Palace, I kid you not.)
Jack Lawrence gets sent into Tera’s office and there is no lead up to anything, just Jack starts going at it. And not in a good way like everyone’s favorite Frenchman, but in an awkward “I totally don’t want to be here, but they’re paying me to so let’s get at it” kind of way. Yeah, not hot. The girl’s facial expressions coupled with Jack’s cock never getting fully hard makes for a bummer of a scene:
The next scene is Tera Patrick and Spyder Jonez. As I said before, Spyder Jonez is not someone you would ever want to see naked. I don’t expect porn actors to look like models by any means, but when they look like a, according to my boyfriend, constipated walrus, it’s just not something I’m going to want to see. Looking past Spyder’s appearance, the scene still lacks, well, everything. It starts out with Spyder fingering Tera’s ass and making her lick it. Honestly, I’m usually fine with anal play in films, but this is just rather gross since he keeps repeatedly spitting on her ass. You can see the spit droplets in the screen shot. You can tell neither one of them wants to be doing it.
After the ass fingering is over, the ass fucking begins. I don’t hate this, but it’s not inspiring and it doesn’t really turn me on. At least it doesn’t totally turn my stomach. Spyder then starts touching Tera’s clit. Rubbing nicely isn’t quite the right phrase, he more or less pulls back her clitoral hood and pokes at her clit. This sounds ways less than pleasant to me.
Then we get the ending. . .a watery cumshot that looks more like 7-Up than come.
If you’re still not convinced, this is the film that gave birth to the name “constipated walrus.” I sadly wouldn’t recommend this scene to my worst enemy.
The next scene is what I call a gay-for-pay lesbian orgy with 9 of the girls. It starts out with them all throwing rose petals at each other and towards the camera. This basically sets the mood. The flower throwing seems to go on and on and I honestly think it would be boring even for a guy who just wants anything at all to help him get off. After the flowers it switches to boob licking – I don’t say sucking because they honestly seem scared of nipples. Include some nasty-looking double-ended dildos and some cheap panty-style strap-ons and you’ve got the scene.
The last scene is no better than the rest and doesn’t have any good highlights. Honestly, I wouldn’t wish this porn on my worst enemy. I think everyone should have the right to a well-made porn and not have to watch complete crap.
However, if something in my review made you interested in this, you can find it over at EdenFantasys by clicking the link below.
 DVD by Vivid
Cast: Lucy Thai, Nautica Thorn, Jade Hsu, Mika Tan
Dvd feature: Web site access, Chapter Selections, Interactive Menus |
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| This product was provided free of charge to the reviewer. | ||
Holiday giving wishlist
Dec 6th
- Nice, plain clothes. Think the stuff on sale from Banana Republic or Gap that has a little more style than a plain t-shirt, so it can be dressed up or dressed down. Right now my wardrobe is full of either black band t-shirts or formal dresses. I obviously need something in between especially since I’ll be starting job interviews soon. I usually wear a medium.
- Cute and simple jewelry that can be dressed up or down for multiple occasions.
- Giftcards for Amazon.com. It has everything basic that I actually need and it would be great to be able to buy things when I need them.
- Sex toy storage – I really like the smaller For Your Nymphomation cases in particular. My toy drawer is getting messy because there is so much in there and also, I’m traveling to Spain for 3 months this coming summer. I need an easy and discreet way to carry my sex toys in my bag since we only travel with a carry-on. It just needs to be big enough to fit a butt plug, a dildo, a small vibrator and that’s about it. Preferably black in color, but I’ll take what I can get, so as long as it’s not animal print I don’t really care about color.
- Honestly, anything that can help me organize would be great. I’m unorganized and hate it. I would even love advice on how to best pack a carry-on containing enough clothing for 3 months. Advice is free to give and I would love you!
- Anything off of my three separate wishlists. Of course.
- Someone to help walk me through getting my blog new hosting and making a new layout. I can’t pay someone for consulting, but I would really appreciate having someone there to help me out when I need it. I honestly don’t know much about computers and don’t want to totally fuck things up. Kind of an official blog mentor.
- Lube. Seriously. Anything paraben and glycerin free (preferably water-based) that you find good. It doesn’t have to be off my wishlist or anything. I am going through lube like crazy lately and basically, you can never have enough lube.
- Anything from Lushusa.com. I love all of their products and they make me really, really happy.
That’s all I can think of for now. I can be contacted at hello.saraid [at] gmail [dot] com. If you are in the giving spirit and any of these sound like something you can do, let me know!
