Vulva balm - lubricant discontinued by Sensuous Beauty - review by Jul!a

Vulva balm was designed to give you a little extra natural feeling moisture when you're feeling particularly dry, whether that be due to menopause or other hormonal shifts. I've found that it does that job very well, and can even act as a buffer along the bikini line.

It comes in a gorgeous glass jar that holds 1.25 fluid ounces of this stuff. The glass is nice and thick and will hold up to a lot of abuse. The lid screws on and off very easily, and you can take this with you just about anywhere. Both the lid and the front of the jar give you the scent. It also features entirely natural ingredients; organic sunflower oil, sweet almond il, organic violet flower infusion, beeswax, wildcrafted cocoa butter, vitamin E, and their Violet blend of pure essential oils. The jar also says that you can even use this as a lubricant.

You can get this balm in one of 3 scents; Violet Flower, Rapturous Rose, and Gypsy Jasmin. I chose the Violet Flower, and as somebody with very limited experience with anything else violet scented, I have a hard time trying to describe the scent for you. It's relatively light, with a hint of floral, and a hint of something else I really can't put my finger on. Since the scent isn't going to linger and linger, it's not the end of the world.

The consistency of this stuff is pretty neat, with the contents seeming to melt at the touch of your finger. It can take a while to get enough to be usable with that method, but if you press down a little bit, apply some pressure, you can "break through" the seal across the top and find a much softer layer underneath that really lends itself well to being applied places. You really don't need much of it when trying to give your va-jay-jay some extra moisture, although if you're trying to use it as a lubricant, you're just going to use a whole bunch up. So you should just stick with moisturizing yourself with it. Because it's oil based, if you do try it out as a lubricant, you can't use latex condoms with it, so keep that in mind.

And now the important part; how it works. Pretty well. I'm not always that well lubricated naturally, but it doesn't bother me all that often either. When it does, just a few quick swipes of this will always take care of it. We haven't tried it as a lubricant yet, but it really doesn't seem practical to do so. In the instances where I had already applied some earlier in the day, I found that it didn't seem to help or hinder what we were going for.

Even with daily use, I feel that you'll be able to hang on to this for a long time. A little bit goes a long way, so you won't need tons to get the job done.

I just love this stuff. I'm not as fond of the smell, but fortunately it doesn't hang around all that long. The main reason I bought it was actually to help "lubricate" my bikini line after shaving. Maybe it's my underwear, or maybe it's my skin, but I have a lot of problems with my bikini line feeling like it's being rubbed raw. Fairly uncomfortable to say the least. I thought that this might help out, and it has been fantastic so far. I do also enjoy it on my inner vulva, but not as much on the outer.

I don't use it all that often, maybe once a week or so. While it does make a difference for me, it's not so huge that I can't live without it either. But if major vaginal dryness has been something that plagues you from time to time, I would recommend this.