by William Dean
(02/02/05)
It's time to get your heart-on again. No matter your lifestyle, gender, or relationship situation, Valentine's Day is a time for showing your love. Even if it's the love of just you!
Whether you've got a longtime significant partner, lover of the month, casual fuck buddy, or just someone you've had your eye on, Cupid can shoot his dart along with your special (and lustful) message in the form of a present. It doesn't have to be something expensive. It's the thought that counts and your thought should say, "I'm thinking about you in a sexy way."
For those in a Hallmark card relationship, you already know where to shop and what for: cuddly teddy bears seem to be replaced by (hot and sexy?) monkeys with big hearts and Botox smiles this year. But delving deeper into the more erotically-inclined V-Day shoppers' desires leads us down that rosy path that can slip into shadowy places and sensual tryst hangouts.
If your intended Valentine's Day activities lean toward the gourmet delights of skin with enhancements, hustle your bad self over to Toys in Babeland.
Yum!
I can personally recommend (yes, a sex toy reviewer's life is tough, but someone has to do it!) three delectable offerings, fit for kings, queens, rogues, and sluts with an appetite for the lickable.
On a tight budget, but wanting more than the same old Whitman heart-shaped sampler? For about what you'd pay for that same-old-same-old lame heart box of stale chocolate, you can present Mr. or Ms. Right Now with a healthy-sized jar of Lickit and Luvitt Chocolate Supreme Love Cream. Rich Belgian chocolate to spread, smear, lick, and lust over is just one flavor, though. Licket and Luvitt also comes in Raspberry and Mocha (who needs Starbucks!).
If you really want to cover a lover with sweetness (not to mention wowing them with a tastefully romantic little box), upscale your V-Day gift to The Lover's Paintbox. Show off your penchant for becoming a passionate Picasso, a lusty Toulouse-Lautrec, or a lascivious Leonardo with three jars of creamy White Chocolate, Milk Chocolate, and Dark Chocolate. The set includes a sumptuously soft paint brush for those lips, those nips, those other lips, that free-standing erection, and more.
If you'd rather go wild with colors other than black, white, and brown chocolate, fear not, creative sensualist. Babeland also has an inexpensive set of edible Fingerpaints for Lovers. Red, yellow, green, and blue tasty body paint can open up whole new vistas in your passionate couplings. Paint, smudge, and daub erotic masterpieces on each other, then rub, taste, and lick until clean again. It's like a DIY Etch-a-Sketch palette-to-palate for the curves, niches, protrusions, and naughty places on your lover's menu.
Getting Knotty, er, Naughty
On the other hand, if you and/or your lover prefer a less messy alternative and like to keep things tidy and tightly tied, imagine your V-Day boy or girl as you present them with a new private-label bondage rope from Babeland. Twenty-five feet of solid-core, soft, flexible, tie-me-up gift wrapping in V-Day red, Goth black, or virginal white could be just the not-so-subtle hint you or your lover have been wanting to drop, but couldn't quite say out loud. A gift of rope gets the message across loud and clear. Tie me up, tie you down, have it your way with safe bondage play (each rope comes with a set of bondage safety tips and suggestions).
Are you the subtle type? Are body paint and bondage rope just a little over the top for you? Not a problem, dear, shy reader. You can be subtle as you like and still say "There's lust in my heart" with one of the niftiest little vibrators that I've seen. Nestled in a sleek corporate gray presentation case, the VibraPen functions as a real ballpoint pen, BUT it also houses a hidden pressure-sensitive vibrator that's just right for reaching love buttons.
Subtle, but stylish Valentiners might want to gift a beloved with gear sporting the Babeland logo to proudly proclaim "We love the toys that love us back." Muscle tees, spaghetti-strap tees, sleeved tees in a variety of colors in clingy 100% combed cotton to show off curves, muscles, and nipples. You can also get Babeland lube and condoms for brand-conscious accessorizing.
Big Blowout
Okay, so you're a high roller. When it comes to getting down, getting it on, getting some, money is no object. You're holding tickets for a two-fer getaway to some snow-clad chalet or clothes-optional beach resort for V-Day, but what to pack? Keep your luggage light, but don't forget to have that handy Mile High Kit from Babeland for you and your ski bunny or sand-and-surf stud. This 5" X 8" X 3" kit has everything neatly tucked in to make some memorable music together. A mini-tickler, a wireless bullet vibe, condoms, lube, cock ring, blindfold -- check and double check! -- also included is a small make-up mirror, cleansing cloths, breath mints, and even a multi-lingual "Do Not Disturb" sign. You don't have to be a boy scout to "Be Prepared." With the Mile High Kit, you're good to go -- anytime, anywhere.
If the day-to-day is just too hectic right now to even think about making a decision, I feel your pain. The folks at Babeland do, too, apparently, because they have six ready-made Valentine's Day Gift Kits for you to just point, click, order, and breathe a sigh of relief or a gasp of anticipation over. Whatever your style or lifestyle, one of these will be perfect. From the Bound for Pleasure to the Aphrodisiac Kit, from the Paradise Found to the Peace and Pleasure, from the Lover’s Paintbox to the Mile High Kit, you can make this Valentine's Day special, sensual, and erotic as you wanna' be. Give Cupid a hand this February 14. And you know just where to put it, right?
