N.D: What is ‘Intimate Pleasures’ and what inspired you to start this business?   I was inspired to start my business Intimate Pleasures Desires of the Heart after having shopped for several friends who never had the courage to venture into a sex shop whilst abroad and select what they wanted. So they’d say, Madam Butterfly you know you have no shame, when next you’re in London please pick up these items for me. Often times, ...  [Read more]

“It’s not very often one gets to decide what their dick will look like”. With this chuckle-inducing thought and a half smile playing at my lips, I pulled open the unimposing glass doors of Babeland and stepped in. I was on a mission, to find a harness and dildo combination that was simple and straightforward enough for first time (girl-on-girl) use. In spite of the shop’s unfortunate ‘playboy-mansion-esque’ name, my first ...  [Read more]

We walk into “The Love Shack” and we’re welcomed by a be-tattoed “biker looking” woman who wants to know if there is anything in particular we’re looking for. I am with my co-contributor on this blog (we have also decided to do a double post on our sex toy shopping experience). I am not looking for anything in particular, I just want to see what else there is in the sex toy world. I ask if she stocks the Screaming O which a reader of ...  [Read more]

One of the commenter’s on a previous post wanted to know our thoughts on anal sex, pornography and sex toys. I can’t speak for Abena so as usual I shall speak for myself.Anal Sex – I have tried it once and I’m not a big fan. I may even go so far to say never again. Saying that, I don’t think the real issue was the act itself but the emotional context in which the act took place. At the time I was in the dying stages of a relationship ...  [Read more]