10 Black-Owned Sex Toy and Health Brands
By: Casey Harding-Brown
Whether you’re looking for sexually healing crystals, counseling on how to take your sex life to the next level, or just some good ol’ fashion sex toys and accompaniments, these ten, black-owned companies got you covered!
1. Good Juu Juu has sexual healing crystals to keep you grounded, healthy, and sultry!
2. Feel More is an Oakland bases sex toy store that has all the stimulating essentials!
https://www.instagram.com/feelmoreadult/
3. Bedroom Kandi covers all the bases by allowing you to shop, host your own safe and sexy parties, or join her team as a business partner! I can think of worse jobs than selling sex toys ;)
https://www.instagram.com/bedroomkandi/
4. B Condom is the one and ONLY black-owned condom business! Staying safe is always key to great sex.
5. The Honey Pot Company is the 1st plant-based feminine care system on the market. Keep chemicals away from your kitty!
The Honey Pot Company (Website)
The Honey Pot Company (Instagram)
6. After realizing there was a lack of education surrounding adult products, Temmy, CEO of iCandi, started her business and continues to focus on the social responsibility of sexual health education and products that are safe for the body.
7. Ardently has toys for everything and everyone and their blogs are educational and destigmatizing, which I love.
8. Along with selling sex toys, Sex on the Table (SOTT) hosts educational seminars, advocate for women’s sexual rights as well as host a bi-weekly podcast called “Sex on the Table”, aimed at creating a blueprint for healthy millennial relationships.
9. If you’re looking to spice things up with your boy-toy then look at Girl + Boy Intimate Wellness’s toys. They have you covered whether you’re solo, looking for a present for your man, or looking to have some fun together.
Girl + Boy Intimate Wellness (Website)
Girl + Boy Intimate Wellness (Instagram)
10. Organic Loven focuses on eco-friendly, body-safe sex toys. But that’s not all they do! Get one of their subscription boxes for the well rounded sexual experience or sign up for one of their adults-only getaways. Sex on the beach just took on a whole new meaning!
Ever since coming off my hormonal birth control, my monthly pre-period craving has become the world renowned classic, otherwise known as gelato, helado, or ice cream. I’m declaring this a safe space for what I am about to say (or should I say write) next is definitely controversial; Until recently, ice cream was never top of my list. To clarify, I am not a psychopath. If ice cream cake was presented at a birthday party, I would be excited about the upgrade from your standard yellow cake with chocolate frosting. If I found myself in Italy, you bet I was seeking out dulce de leche gelato. My dad routinely ended his night with a generous bowl of some sort of chocolate, coffee, nut combo before falling asleep with his head on my mom’s lap, no later than 9:30pm. It was readily available and normalized as an everyday treat, yet for whatever reason it wasn't my go to. I didn’t have anything against it per say, it just never called to me. Until recently that is. And ever since my hormones came back to their normal selves, I have been a mad woman on the hunt for the best ice cream in Denver.
Yes, yes it may officially be fall but with temperatures hovering in the 80’s all week, I say ice cream season is still in full swing. Also, who doesn’t like ice cream year round? Why should we confine such a delectable dessert to one season?! Plus many places now offer seasonal flavors such as pumpkin chocolate chip. Whatever the weather may be, I hope you enjoy indulging in these woman owned ice cream shops as much as I did.