Product Testing: K-Y Yours + Mine

Don't worry, this isn't going to be porno or gross. I'll try my best to be tactful and not say "pussy" on here.

So, Jorge Garcia (Hurley on "Lost") has done some product reviews on his blog http://dispatchesfromtheisland.blogspot.com/ Recently he tried those foot pads that are supposed to suck all the toxins out of your body (no good) and the miracle grass seeds that you just scatter on your lawn and lush grass grows in days (didn't work).

Well, I thought I would also provide a community service and test out a sex product with my husband and blog about it here. Yes, he'd be absolutely mortified and melt into the floor if he knew I was doing this, and that's what makes it so fun!

So K-Y recently came out with this new product called "Yours + Mine." Perhaps you saw the commercials or print ads. They claim it's the first "couple's lubricant." Inside the package there are two futuristic vials inside. One is for him, one for her. [Wait a minute, what about the gays??] When the two types "combine" [nudge, nudge, wink, wink], there is an "amazing reaction." If you believe the commercial, the reaction is so amazing that it turns a stuffy, conservative glasses-wearing couple into sated, heavy-breathing lovers.

Whenever my husband and I saw the commercial and heard about the "amazing reaction," we'd exchange confused glances and I'd whine, "But WHAT does it DO?"

YOU KNOW that you were wondering what that meant, too.

So I bought some and we tried it. We giggled and fumbled around in the dark opening the vials. We swapped so that I had the "his" and he had the "hers." You know why.

I had already taken out my contacts so I couldn't see a thing, so I asked my husband to figure out what to do next.

"Read the directions. What does it say? What do we do now?" I asked.

"Apply."

And so we did.

At first, I was like, "hmmmm, something is going on..." but ultimately what happened is the "Hers" lotion got all tingly and cold and the menthol activated and my skin felt like my mouth does when I eat an Altoids. Not the hot, sexy reaction I was hoping for.

This product normally retials for $20. But you know me - of course I bought it on sale with a manufacturer's coupon and a CVS coupon and I earned $5 Extra Care Bucks. It was something like $10 out of pocket.

Was it worth it? Not for me. I totally lost my mojo and got numb. My husband says the "His" version was "eh," nothing great, nothing problematic like mine. In th end, we pitched both in the trash.