Good Clean Reads

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!

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.

The World Cup is hot on everyone's mind, and there's a lot of soccer talk going around. While other people are arguing about offsides and extra time, we're here to point out that soccer talk and bedroom talk have more overlap than you might think. Consider this your halftime entertainment:

Whether you're into slow-burn rom-coms, morally grey fae kings, possessive mafia heroes, or hockey players with something to prove, here are ten reads guaranteed to heat up your beach bag this weekend: 

You've probably heard a lot about the gut microbiome: the idea that your digestive health depends on a thriving community of bacteria living inside you. The vagina has its own version of that community, and it's just as important.