Ice Play 101: Our Guide to Using Cooling Toys & Techniques in the Bedroom
In South Africa, March is often the hottest month on the calendar. And when the temperatures are high, your desire to get even more hot and sweaty in the bedroom can be at an all-time low. Not cool! 
There are, however, some creative ways to turn this problem into pleasure. One of them is to bring ice play into your sexy sessions. The other is to use toys and treats that have a cooling effect to keep coitus cool all month long.
Ice, ice baby
There are benefits to using ice – which is considered entry-level BDSM – during foreplay and lovemaking that go beyond just regulating your body heat. The cold sensations stimulate the body’s neuroreceptors and can also constrict the blood vessels of an area or erogenous zone which heightens nerve sensitivity, making the experience, and the buildup, even more physically thrilling. Sex toys that are made from materials that are naturally cold, as well as extras and essentials that contain cooling ingredients, are popular for the same reason.
Ice cubes can be made in all sorts of shapes and sizes to suit you or your partner’s
preferences. After checking that they won’t stick to the skin but rather glide and melt with ease, these can be held on or gently rubbed over sensitive areas of the body. Bonus points if the recipient is blindfolded – the anticipation will amp up the excitement!
Chill out
You don’t have to let the hot weather get in the way of your fun because there are plenty of products to help you keep your cool during steamy sex sessions.
An essential for every bedside drawer is lube and there are variants that deliver a pleasant cooling effect, such as EasyToys EasyGlide Cooling Water-Based Lubricant, Splash Tingle Mint Water-Based Lube and Intimate Touch Cooling Touch Water-Based Lubricant.
Once that has got you feeling fresh, you can move on to the toys. The Fifty Shades Pinch Adjustable Nipple Clamps; are a metal bondage must-have, as are cool metal anal plugs, such as the bejewelled Wooomy Tralalo Rose Gold Metal Anal Plug and the fluffy-tailed FeelzToys Bunny Tails Metal Butt Plug. Another material that will deliver cool sensations is the Fifty Shades of Grey Drive Me Crazy Glass Massage Wand. Keep all of them in the fridge before using so that they are *extra* chilled!
For those with vulvas, there are many toys available. If you are worried about getting hot and bothered, choose ones that are waterproof so you can take them with you into the shower, bath or even the pool, such as the Svakom Ava Neo Interactive Thrusting Vibrator or the Romp Free Clitoral Suction Vibrator. The Wooomy Oasis 8 Inch Realistic Jelly Dildo is designed with a handy suction cup to stick on the bathroom tiles for handsfree solo sex. 
If you have a penis, there are just as many options. The Tenga Snow Crystal Egg
Masturbator contains cooling gel for on-the-go temperature play. There are also
loads of waterproof options, such as the plusOne Vibrating Cock Ring that will give you all the right sensations in all the right places, please your prostate with the Lelo Bruno Vibrating Prostate Massager or stroke yourself to satisfaction with the plusOne Personal Stroker. 
Now, no matter how hot the weather is, you can look forward to a chilled-out climax by exploring our "Cool List" and embracing the hotness by mastering how to Keep It Cool in the Streets and Between the Sheets This Summer.
