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Lubrication is one of the simplest and most effective ways to make intimacy more enjoyable. And even though our bodies naturally produce lubrication, it isn’t always enough. Hormonal changes, stress, medication, or simply wanting a little more glide are all good reasons to reach for lube!

A great romance novel is one of the easiest ways to reconnect with desire,  your own, or your partner's, especially when life has been busy or stressful. If a chapter (or three) leaves you a little more in the mood than expected, that's the whole point. Keep something like our Almost Naked® lubricant or a Love Oil close by, because good stories deserve a good follow-through.

In the last few weeks, we lost two women who shaped what it means to be a feminist in America. Gloria Steinem died on September 2nd, at 92. Just days before her, on August 25th, we lost Dolly Parton, at 80, after a brief battle with cancer. I've spent the days since thinking about what they each gave us, and what's left for the rest of us to do.

This year's Fall book releases have it all: genre-defining names closing out beloved series, buzzy debuts from writers to watch, witchy small towns, brooding rivals, and a few standalones that are perfect to try something completely new. Whether you're a die-hard romantasy reader or you're just dipping your toes in, there's something below headed straight for your nightstand.

This year's World Sexual Health Day theme is Every Body: a declaration that sexual health, pleasure, and care belong to everyone, without exception. From day one, our mission here at Good Clean Love has been simple: sexual health and pleasure should come with safety, care, and a healthy microbiome - not instead of it.

Not all lubricants are created equal, and reading the fine print on the bottle can tell you why. It holds one of the most important clues to how a product will actually feel and behave inside your body.

Twenty-three years ago, our founder Wendy Strgar found that every intimacy product on the shelf left her in discomfort, or worse. Research from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) would later confirm what she already knew from experience: most legacy lubricants harm women and disrupt the vaginal microbiome. But at the time, she just knew she wanted something better, and that no one was making it.

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If you're chasing a bigger, better orgasm, the secret isn't rushing to the finish line, it's slowing down before you get there. Foreplay isn't a warm-up act, but rather the main event's best-kept secret, and it's exactly where our Love Oils were made to be used. 

Desire isn't static. It moves with light, temperature, routine, and season, the same way our energy, appetite, and sleep do. Just as we eat and rest differently in January than we do in July, our libido has its own seasonal rhythm, shaped by biology as much as by mood.