Comments on: Lubricants, Demystified! Part 2- Water Based Lubricants

By: red

red — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:13:40 +0000

Oh It’s in desperate need of some cleanup, but thank you very much! I love that people find it informative.

By: Epiphora

Epiphora — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:29:36 +0000

This is so insanely awesome.

By: The Red Sneaker Diaries » Lubricants, Demystified! Part 3 - Silicone Lubricants

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:11:04 +0000

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By: red

red — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 19:20:05 +0000

Thanks Tanya, but I would like to clarify a mistake you’re making. “natural” and “organic” are very imprecise terms in the food, drug and cosmetic industry. Something gets to be natural if it is derived froma natural source – but allllll sorts of in lab modifications can be made on the natural source product before it gets mixed into whatever. There is no difference between a “natural” chemical and the chemical itself; there are exactly the same, they only differ with respect to where they came from. If I showed you a bottle of “natural” caffeine” and a bottle of synthetic caffeine, you would not be able to tell me which one was which, even if you could run a million diagnostic tests on them.

Plant extracts are considered “natural” but they too come from a lab. And the reason plant extracts work as cosmetics or drugs is that they have “chemicals” in them. The exact same chemicals could be made in a lab. And organic just means that no pestacides were used on the plant materials PRE harvesting. Again, it still needs to be extracted, in a lab, and put into the final product (in this case, lube), again, in a lab.

So, for example, the lubes on the page you posted all contain a selection of the above (food safe) preservatives. Most likely, they are derived, where possible, from a natural source. This allows the product to call itself “all natural”. This does not mean the exact same preservatives listed in a lube that is not labeled “natural” are any different at all.

It’s important to be aware of what things are, not to just blindly trust something because it is labeled as “natural” or organic. It is never worth the extra $$$$$ to buy something labeled “natural” if the exact same product exisits without the “natural” label. It’s just a marketing ploy. I know, this is my industry.

Thanks for the link, however, I am facinated by these aloe vera based lubes and think I may order one to give it a whirl.

By: Tanya

Tanya — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 05:00:01 +0000

All these chemicals freak me out. To throw out alternatives, there are all natural and organic lubes out there. You can find a bunch online, this site www.lovemenaturally.com sells a pretty good selection.

By: red

red — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 16:05:52 +0000

Nervous – yes, glycerine can cause yeast infections

By: nervous

nervous — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 06:49:01 +0000

you wouldnâ€™t have happen to know if any ingredients in lube or condoms cause yeast infections, would you?

By: cookiebush

cookiebush — Tue, 03 May 2005 23:44:55 +0000

Thank you ma’am! These posts make me wanna lube up and rub stuff together! (more than usual!)

By: JeN

JeN — Tue, 03 May 2005 23:44:32 +0000

Damn, you really do your research. Good stuff!

By: t17

t17 — Tue, 03 May 2005 23:44:13 +0000

Wow, great info. Never seen such a comprehensive study of lubes anywhere else.

Looking forward to part 3.