There wasn't a fancy motor, a soft realistic texture, or a technologically advanced button pad; it was just a simple glass dildo with a rose on the end.  My solo sex life has been graciously inundated with all sorts of new gadgets that I could never get tired of, but lately, I have wanted to take a break and explore a toy that didn't require batteries to be charged or multiple cords to be untangled. What transpired when I used this for the first time was a beautiful example of self-exploration.

I turned the lights down low and proceeded to romance myself. All too often, I've let rabbit vibrators or clitoral stimulators do the work for me, and this time I had to go back to the basics in order to find out how to please myself.

I put a candle on my bedside table and lit it, causing a warm glow to dance across my sheets. I undressed before my mirrors and watched the flame flicker behind me, pulsing as if with my own anticipation. I moved to the bed with my new dildo in hand, laid down, and parted my thighs.

The glass was heavy and cold as I positioned it against my wet lips. I moved the pronounced head up and down my lips, only letting  the tip slip inside. The more I caressed myself, the more I wanted it inside of me. With one quick thrust, I pushed the dildo into my flesh, and had the head aligned with my g-spot.

With slow, longing thrusts, I moved it back and forth, able to feel the head drag across the ripples of my pussy walls. I repeatedly pulled it all the way out just to be able to push it back in and feel the cold glass penetrate me once again.

It didn't stay cold; it took a few minutes, but it warmed up a little with my body temperature, as if trying to mimic my heightened sense of sexual arousal. When I was finally ready to submit to throwing myself over the edge, I held the dildo steadily inside of me, and with two fingers of my right hand, I rubbed my clitoris in a circular motion.

It only took a moment, and I felt myself climbing, my want rising. In an instant, I dove into a free fall. This dildo gave way to a moment of absolute silence, as if a symphony had played their finale and that one solitary note that gives the audience a sense of resolve ceased to be heard.

For a moment, I lay in bed, thinking on what had just transpired before returning back to my fast paced life. I let all my stresses fade away as my body melted into the sheets. That one orgasm was what I had hoped to feel and was worth the effort involved to make it so. While I hope to experience new sexual gears with all the bells and whistles, this dildo made masturbation an intimate experience that was mine and mine alone to enjoy.

Glass scores a 10 on Eden's safety list of materials. It is one of the BEST sex toy materials out there. While it doesn't have any properties of other materials that try to mimic the feeling of skin, it stands alone as being an uber slick and solid material. Pyrex Glass is clean, sturdy, and compatible with all types of lubricant. It can retain heat as well as cold to help aid the adventures of couples that enjoy temperature play. If it's dropped chances are it will not break, however if it were to break it would not shatter or splinter into tiny pieces but instead would break in half or into large pieces making clean up that much easier. It can be sterilized by boiling it on the stove, throwing it in the dishwasher or using a solution of 10% bleach. Because of the fact that it is not porous it can easily be shared between partners, however, it's advisable that you wash [and sterilize] it before and after sharing it with a partner. As well as being able to surviving the high temperatures of a boiling pot it will survive the cold temperatures of a frosty freezer. If you're considering going green this year and saving your money and the environment from toys that consume endless batteries then give glass a try. It's a completely new and different experience to those new to these particular types of sex toys. I would also like to add one more time that this is the FIRST toy I've ever had an internal orgasm with, glass toys are pretty damn amazing!