Exploring Sensation Play Toys

Imagine your partner gently caressing your body, with wet kisses, nipple suckling, and a burning throb between your legs. While pleasant, it can sometimes become predictable. Now picture this sensation delivered in a more intense and adventurous way. A feather tickling your stomach, perhaps a hot oil massage, a bit of spanking and whipping, or balls and nipple bondage, with your entire body sensually stimulated and arching with pleasure. Whether you are enhancing or restricting sensory experiences, sensational play is ultimately intense and orgasmic.

Sensation play can range from mild to extremely painful. It is integrated into BDSM as a method to instill discipline, power, control, and fear in the submissive partner. Although more common in BDSM, there are types of sensation play suitable for vanilla couples seeking to enhance their bedroom experiences. The sensations delivered and devices used will largely depend on the type of play you engage in. Sometimes restraints and gags are employed to keep the submissive partner still and quiet during play.

Get ready, Pleasures. Here's a guide to what you should keep in mind when selecting pain and sensation play sex toys.

Select Your Type of Sensation Play

There are two types of sensation play, each offering its own blend of pain and pleasure.

Sensory Modification

This includes activities like tickling, scratching, pinching, clawing, and temperature play. The intensity can range from mild and sensual to intensely painful, depending on your fantasies. To help you achieve these sensations, we've compiled a list of sex toys you might consider.

Feather Ticklers: Use these light and thrilling tools to tickle your partner into submission. For maximum effect, focus on areas like the armpits, behind the knees, nipples, and sides of the stomach. You can also gently touch the genitals.

Massage Candles: If you enjoy deep nerve massage and stimulation, massage candles are a fantastic addition to your sensation play. The warm oil will leave your body covered in goosebumps, providing both pleasure and relaxation. The unique aromas will also engage your mind.

Clamps: These include nipple and clitoral clamps. They are crafted to heighten skin sensitivity in the applied area, so that even the slightest touch is intensely perceived.

Wartenberg Pinwheels: These tools offer a prickly, stimulating sensation. Use them gently to prevent piercing the skin, unless you prefer a painful and bloody experience.

Sensory Balms: These products are designed to either heat or cool a specific area, enhancing sensitivity. They also contribute a sweet aroma to the atmosphere.

Floggers, Paddles, and Spankers: If pain excites you, these tools will provide a stinging or thudding sensation that lingers long after play. They stimulate and arouse the nerves, leading to an erotic state of pleasure. The sensation can range from mild to intense, depending on your personal preference, the force applied, and the materials used.

Violet Wands and E-Stim Devices: Increase the voltage to deliver electrifying shock therapy to your partner. These devices will tingle and shake your nervous systems with numbing sensations of pleasure. However, ensure safety when engaging in electro sex, as a simple mistake can be dangerous.

Sensory Deprivation

This technique involves limiting certain senses to enhance others. It is frequently used in BDSM to instill fear and exert control over the submissive partner. Key tools include:

Blindfolds: These are used to keep the submissive in the dark, unaware of when and where the next stimulus will occur.

Hoods: In addition to blocking vision, these are designed to depersonalize and humiliate the submissive. They psychologically prepare the individual for intense sensations and increase nerve sensitivity. Some hoods are equipped with ear pads to limit hearing.

Ball Gags: These are designed to incapacitate the mouth, limiting both speech and taste. The person wearing it might want to scream but can only twist and drool.

Vacuum Beds: Once you're inside, your entire body is deprived, and any touch or spank from the outside sends intense, thrilling sensations up your spine. This is not recommended for beginners, as it restricts breathing and poses a risk of suffocation.

Consider the Materials

Impact play sex toys are crafted from various materials, including leather, metal, glass, plastics, rubber, silicone, wood, feathers, fur, and fabrics, among others. Each material provides its own distinct texture and sensation to the experience. Materials like leather, metal, rubber, and plastics offer a stinging sensation, while wood provides a more thudding sensation. Glass and metal are ideal for temperature play. Feathers, fur, and fabrics deliver a tickling and tantalizing tease that is incredibly stimulating.

When selecting materials, it's important to consider the cleaning and sterilization procedures. Some materials can be easily cleaned with warm soapy water and an antibacterial toy cleaner, while others may require special care. Refer to your user manual to determine the appropriate cleaning method for each of your sensation play toys.

Sensory Play Precautions and Aftercare

Sensory play involves stimulating the nerves and skin, so it's crucial to engage in it safely. Always begin slowly and gradually progress to more advanced techniques and toys. Avoid pouring hot liquids on your partner's skin, as this can cause second-degree burns that are extremely painful and may take weeks to heal. When using spankers and whips, steer clear of the spine, back, kidneys, and other areas with vital organs. It's also important not to leave a person who is bound, gagged, or hooded unattended. Pay attention to their comfort and honor the safe word if it is used.

Although sensation play is one of the less intense BDSM practices, it is a physical and emotional activity that requires significant aftercare to help the participant recover.

Many bottoms often enter subspace during play. Conclude the session by slowly decreasing the stimulus and informing them of your intention to stop.

If your partner feels light-headed, emotional, in pain, cold, or vulnerable after play, offering a blanket, a comforting cuddle, or a glass of hot milk (or their favorite drink) can help them relax and return to reality.

Pleasures promote safe play. Sensational play should be thrilling and enjoyable, never distressing.