Cecile

The holiday season is a hectic time of year for most of us, and it's easy to let sex and intimacy slip.

Cecile, Jess and Sammi – aka the Lovehoney elves – are here to help, with 8 ways to make your holidays even sexier.

Curious about butt plugs? Want to know what they feel like and why people use them? You've come to the right place.

Your butthole is packed with sensitive nerve endings that can feel incredible when stimulated. But how do you get to them when they're tucked away in your butt? Of course, a finger or a willing partner's penis can help you out, but there is another, super-pleasurable option if you're keen for a little butt fun.

Enter the trusty butt plug: an intrepid little toy that's shaped to fit your body and more than happy to help you explore the pleasures that lie beyond your backdoor.

Butt plugs come in different shapes, sizes and materials, so which one's best for you will depend on your experience, anatomy and what kind of sensations you're after.

With the right prep and progression, a butt plug can offer a new, and potentially more intense, way to orgasm.

Read on to find out how...

The term 'self-care' has become a bit of a buzzword over the last few years.

And while the term clearly means lots of different things to different people (a quick scroll through Instagram posts tagged #selfcare brings up 12 skin care adverts, a lot of gym selfies and a Kermit the Frog meme) at their core is a pretty simple idea:

Actively taking control of your personal wellbeing.

From using mindfulness techniques to help you focus on the moment to Marie Kondo-ing your bedroom, everyone can introduce a little bit of self-care into their sex lives, too.

Here's how...

Remember when we shared our 101 Funniest Sex Toy Searches with you back in March?

Well, now that October 31st is creeping closer and closer, we thought we'd do a Halloween version.

There have been over 600,000 unique terms typed into the search box on our website in the past year.

And some of them are a little... strange.

"Handcoffins"? Sorry, we don't sell those (and we're a bit frightened)!

Here are 54 of the scariest searches we found.

Happy Halloween!

What do you love most about your body?

Whether it's your bum, your boobs or your thighbrows (come again?) we've got sexy lingerie to help you show your favourite bits off.

Pick-up lines. Do you love them or hate them?

Someone sidling up to you at the bar and 'breaking the ice' by pretending to be a penguin and smashing an ice cube might not exactly do it for you...

But a so-bad-it's-good line from someone you like?

Total hearts-eyes!

To celebrate World Emoji Day, we've given some of our fave cheeky, cheesy (and not at all sleazy) pick-up lines an emoji makeover.

Fifty Shades of Grey was the global erotica phenomenon that launched author E L James to international heights.

The adventures of Anastasia and Christian Grey had audiences gripping their seats and getting hot under the collar for years, and even spawned 3 blockbuster movies starring Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson.

To celebrate the release of E L James' newest erotic offering, The Mister, we asked you to indulge in some Red Room-inspired revelry of your own (with the help of a few sexy toys and accessories from our official Fifty Shades range), then tell us all about it.

And it turns out you had plenty to say! Here are a few highlights from your thwack-by-thwack accounts.

If you have a clitoris, then chances are you'll have been flicking your on/off switch ever since you discovered its magical powers.

If it ain't broke don't fix it, right? Wrong.

Deeper orgasms - the ones you can experience through stimulation of your internal erogenous zones - unfold more slowly, building to an overwhelming and intense peak, and last much longer. Some women even experience multiple orgasms as a result.

Using a sex toy to explore these hidden hot spots can help you find new ways to pleasure yourself, as well as different techniques and angles to try during sex.

From beautiful glass wands to lifelike schlongs of all shapes and sizes, we've got the dildo to help you find your ultimate inner orgasm.