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You Won’t Get Burned

Kits can be a lot of fun, especially when they have a variety of items.  I’m always looking for fun items, and the Playing With Fire Kit from GoodVibes.com has everything you’ll need for a hot night of play.

The Playing With Fire Kit comes with items separately packaged (and all are available separately).  The kit contains a Red Hot Bullet Vibe (and 2 AA batteries so you can get going right away), an Ignite Me Massage Candle in Pomegranate Mint, Please Warming Gel, and the erotic anthology Playing With Fire (Taboo Erotica) edited by Alison Tyler. Continue reading

Warm Oil For Cold Nights

Sometimes I like to have a nice, relaxing, romantic evening, complete with massage, incense and candles. I don’t have a lot of massage candles, but I have tried a few, and I’ve found them to be a great way to set the mood as well as provide a warm oil massage, one that both my husband and I enjoy. The new Lelo candles looked different than the ones I had used before, and the scent combinations sounded appealing, so I was happy to get one from Vibrator.com to review this month.

The Lelo Flickering Touch Massage Candle comes nicely packaged in a black box with a green circle that wraps around the sides (although the circle looks white in the picture, it actually isn’t). The back of the box has instructions in several languages. Inside the box is the candle and a small warning booklet.

The candle is in a pretty container. It’s a dark, deep blue, almost black glass, with Lelo and the scent imprinted in silver. It’s topped with a silver lid with a plastic knob. The knob matches the color of the circle on the box and relates to the fragrance of the candle.  On top of the candle is a foam disk that protects the candle during shipment.

The Lelo Candle comes in three scents: Vanilla and Crème de Cacao, Pomegranate and Black Pepper, and Snow Pear and Cedarwood. I chose the Snow Pear and Cedarwood.  I expected a somewhat fruity scent, but it isn’t, really. It’s fresh, with just a hint of pear, and reminds me of an outdoors meadow. It’s not flowery at all, but clean and mild. When burning, the scent fills the room but is not overpowering.

Lelo Flickering Touch Massage Candle is soy-based, and contains soy wax, shea butter, apricot kernel oil, and perfume. It burns fairly slowly. After about 30 minutes, enough of the wax will be melted into an oil and be ready to use. Once the flame is put out, a 30 second wait lets the oil cool slightly, and then it is ready to be poured into your hands or on to an awaiting back. The oil is meant for external use only, and should not be used as a sexual lubricant or with sex toys.

After use, replacing the cap keeps the top of the candle clean. Before using again, the wick should be trimmed to 1/4″ before lighting it.

So, Did It Work? I really liked this candle. The color of the container is nice, and you can see the flame flicker through it. As the oil gets lower, the flame is more visible through the container and creates a nice ambiance. While it would have been easier to pour with a spout or a corner, it wasn’t too bad and didn’t make a lot of mess. The oil was easy to wipe off the outside of the container.

While the scent is not what I was expecting, I like how light it is. My husband loves that it doesn’t smell too flowery, and he likes how it smells on both his skin and mine.

The oil is light, and it will soak right in if your skin is very dry. If your skin is not too dry/normal, the oil lasts a while while you work on rubbing it into your partner’s back. We used both our hands and massage stones, and the oil performed well. Once the oil rubbed in, it left our skin with a light scent and made our skin soft and smooth, but not greasy.

I’ll be looking to try out the other scents for this candle soon. Thank you to Vibrator.com for sending this to me to review! If you’d like to try out the Lelo Flickering Light Massage Candle, you can pick yours up at Vibrator.com . And don’t forget, you can follow Vibrator.com on Twitter and on Facebook as well!

This product was provided to me for free in exchange for an unbiased review. This review is in compliance with the FTC guidelines.

Massage, Anyone?

I love massages, and don’t get them nearly enough. My husband enjoys them as well. We’ve tried a few massage candles and have enjoyed the the oil being in a candle, warming up before being rubbed into back muscles. I’m always looking for new scents and was happy to receive the Delight Massage Candle from Babeland to review.

This massage candle comes packaged in a cardboard canister. The lid lifts off about halfway down, and the package can be reused for storing the candle if desired. Product information is on the back.

I received the Mango Vanilla massage candle. When unlit it smells mostly like vanilla, with the barest hint of mango. When lit, you can smell the mango a bit more, but it’s still pretty muted. I would have liked the scents to be a bit more mixed, but it does smell nice, and the scent is not overpowering. The scent does a good job of filling the room.

The candle is 2 1/2″ tall and 2 1/2″ wide, and in a clear glass container with a bit of an hourglass shape to it. The candle contains 3 oz of oil, which contains soy wax, shea butter, and fragrance. The container also comes with a box of Babeland matches, so you can get to using your candle right away.

Once lit, the candle should burn for 30 to 40 minutes to melt enough oil for use. Then simply blow out the candle and pour the oil onto the skin from the holder. It’s warm, but not too hot or uncomfortable to use right away. The oil is thin, but not greasy, and you can smell the mango more at this point. The oil absorbs nicely into the skin, and leaves the skin soft, smooth, and lightly scented.

The candle burns down in the center, so if the sides haven’t melted you’ll want to gently push the softened oil down to keep the candle more level.

So, Is It Worth It? Yes! This is a relatively inexpensive massage candle, and I really liked the smell and feel of the oil. It absorbed nicely and I loved how it made my skin feel. My husband didn’t mind the scent – he found it much nicer than floral. The only thing I wish this had was some sort of pour spout on the glass. I didn’t have trouble pouring it out, but it tended to drip a bit over the side of the candle.

Thank you to Babeland for sending this massage candle to me for free to review! If you’d like to try a sensual massage with one of these candles, you can get yours at Babeland by clicking here.

This product was provided to me free of charge by Babeland in exchange for an unbiased review. This review is in compliance with the FTC guidelines.