The K-Y Yours and Mine lubricant has received a lot of attention over the past year or so. I think most of us have seen the commercials where the couples are talking about a boring thing and then we see the fireworks and then a quick cut back to the couple in a post-orgasmic haze. Sounds fantastic, right? Wrong.

The lubricant is actually two separate lubricants in bottle that remind me of test tubes. One is designed for the female anatomy and is to be applied to her genitals ,and the other bottle is designed for the male anatomy and is to be applied to his genitals. The blue bottle is for "him", and the purple bottle is for "her."

The first problem we had with this product was in the packaging. The cardboard box that the bottles came in was fine and discarded quickly. But, I said the bottles resembled test tubes, and they are connected by a black band holding the two of them together. The way the tubes are shaped it cannot stand on its own, which is fine, but removing each of the little test tubes from the band is near impossible. I finally just gave up trying to pull the tube out for application and turned them around to just apply the lubricant while everything was all attached. It isn't a huge issue, but it is a big aggravating, especially in the heat of the moment. Also after use I found that even though I sealed the tops we still had a leakage problem with the "his" bottle continually. I resorted to using some tape which stopped the leak, but also made it difficult to use the bottle the next time.

This is a water-based lubricant, so it would be fine for play with any type of toy, for condom use, or for application on most parts of the body. We did not try using this anally, so I can't comment on its effectiveness. It's safe for use with a condom, but it's designed for you both to feel sensations from the contrasting lubricants so a condom would defeat that. I would recommend only using this with a partner with whom you feel safe practicing unprotected sex. The "his" sensation should be warming and the "her" sensation should be cooling. There is menthol in the cooling lubricant, and it irritated my wife, as some people are sensitive to menthol, and also the sugars that make up the majority of the ingredients on the "his" lubricant. This lead to the sensations that the lubricants generated to being bad and not pleasurable at all. We used this product 5 times and twice after play she developed a yeast infection, her first two in several years. While probably not directly related to the K-Y, I think it is a little more than coincidence.

I was really excited about this product and had very high hopes. After the fifth attempt where we weren't enjoying it and had to stop and reapply a different lubricant we decided to discard the rest.

I still don't like this. Some people do, and that's great, but not us. Not worth the steep price to me. I'm sorry it didn't work for us, I was hoping for better.