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If you had asked me how many different types of orgasms there were when I was 19, I probably would have said “…there are different types?”.

Sadly, like many young women, the only type of orgasm I knew about back then was the kind I was habitually faking.

But then I bought my first sex toy, and started being more vocal about what I needed in bed, and, because of this, I’ve learnt that there are at least 12 distinct types of orgasms that women can have.

I’ve not had all of them yet, mind you. But to paraphrase my good friend 50 Cent, this year my plan is to get off or die trying.

If you, too, are curious about this kind of 'Dirty Dozen', then just keep reading to find out what they are, and how you can have them.

Pearls are known for being sophisticated and elegant – think Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's or that famous painting of the Girl with a Pearl Earring.

But pearls can also be super sexy. Not convinced? Check out this gorgeous Crotchless Pearl Thong.

I'd had my eye on it for a while, so after working through some body image issues, I decided to treat myself to some lingerie to improve my confidence.

I used to think that you needed a 10/10 body with no jiggly bits or cellulite to wear lingerie, but when my discreetly packaged box from Lovehoney arrived, I forgot all my inhibitions and ran upstairs to try it on.

Here's what happened when I wore my pearl panties for the first time.

If you’re looking to improve your oral presentation (and no, we don’t mean the kind that's accompanied by a PowerPoint) then this is the article for you.

We’ve got three playful positions and four insightful tips to elevate your oral sex, no matter what body parts you and your partner possess.

I love to take this world-wide day for love and affection as a reminder to check in with myself and my relationship (if I'm in one) to make sure I'm feeling good and continuously exploring parts of myself that I can share with my partner/future partners.

Of course, I turned to Lovehoney this year to find some romantic toys to explore new parts of myself and my relationship with! I needed to stick to my 2020 budget, nothing over $40.

So I filtered my price range lowest-highest and found some absolute gems!

Buckle up, there's a fair few.

Missionary sex doesn't get the credit it deserves. It gets dismissed as 'boring' and 'vanilla', when in reality it's a fundamental position in the Big Bumper Book of Bonking!

Missionary position sees one partner lie on their back, whilst the other partner lies on top, penetrating them either vaginally or anally.

We've got 6 ways to improve missionary sex here and, to save you from getting tangled up like you're playing a game of naked Twister, we've come up with a system.

We've called the partner who is lying on their back the HP ('horizontal partner') and the partner who is riding up top the TP ('top partner').

It's probably not a question that's likely to appear on University Challenge anytime soon but most people, when asked, could name a few fetishes.

Foot fetishes are usually what springs to mind, followed by activities like bondage and S&M.

But what is counts as a fetish? Well, a fetish is a type of sexual desire where gratification is linked to an object, type of clothing or part of the body.

Thanks to the awesome power of the internet, and society becoming increasingly sex-positive, we know more about kinks and fetishes than we ever have before.

That's why Lovehoney had to conduct some serious sexual research to find you these 10 Sexual Fetishes We Bet You've Never Heard Of!

Over the holiday season, I was watching plenty of Christmas films (obviously), including one of my all-time favourites, The Holiday.

This year, I noticed a line that had somehow flown under my radar throughout my adult life.

Graham (Jude Law): "How do you feel about foreplay?"

Amanda (Cameron Diaz): "I think it's overrated. Significantly overrated."

WHAT?! I spend a lot of time advocating for foreplay. I don’t think people are using it to its full potential.

I love talking about the erogenous zones of the body, why the definitions of ‘foreplay’ and ‘sex’ are a little blurry, and why differentiating between those things can be damaging for people and their sex lives.

Somehow, I never seem to talk about why people should spend more time doing it, and why it’s most definitely not overrated! So here goes: