Welcome to the inaugural question in our new Babeland blog series – Ask Babeland. In Ask Babeland, real Babeland Sex Educators provide real answers to real questions that they received from customers during their shifts. If one customer has this question, chances are others do too so we’re bringing them to you!

Q: What lube do you recommend for anal play?

A: This is a great question – thank you for asking it! The ass does not self lubricate, so any time you’re going to play with it, you absolutely want to have lube. The question is, which lube is best?

For beginners, we recommend a thicker lube – something that has a honey-like consistency (in science terms, a high viscosity). The reason for this is two-fold. First, the lube is going to stay where you want it to stay – watery lubes go sliding all over the place but a gel lube will just plop right down and wait for you to spread it around.

Second, a thicker lube provides a nice cushion-y coating around whatever is going inside or onto the ass. This reduces friction and helps everything feel happier.

I recommend Maximus and Sassy Booty lube for anyone interested in anal play. If you already have Babelube on hand, it will do nicely as well.

There’s a reason the Hitachi Magic Wand is one of the most popular vibrators of all time.  It’s crazy powerful, dependable, and has given countless folks the best orgasms of their lives.  And let’s not forget that many of these folks had never even had orgasms before the Hitachi swept them off their feet!

So if you’ve ever been curious about this orgasm powerhouse, check out our new video singing the Hitachi Magic Wand‘s praises.  We’ll never stop loving the Hitachi, and it’ll never stop loving us right back.  And that, friends, is one happy marriage indeed.

This past weekend the Feminist Porn Awards were held in Toronto and gazillions (well, ok, many) of our very favorite porn stars were there and won awards! If you’ve been trying to find some good porn to watch, I’d start with the winners of these awards. They are amazing, each and every one of them.

Some personal favorites:

Most Tantalizing Trans Film: Speakeasy by Courtney Trouble

The Smutty School Teacher Award for Sex Education: Tristan Taormino

Heart-throb of the Year: April Flores

The Boundary Breaker: Jiz Lee (See Jiz’s “postcard” from the awards here)

The Visionary: Shine Louise Houston, maker of the Crash Pad Series

The Trailblazer: Tristan Taormino (again!)

Thank you to all of the winners and everyone nominated for working so hard to make thoughtful and sexy porn for us all to enjoy – we love you and our customers love you!