Let me start by saying that I desperately WANTED to love Liquid Silk. The reviews I've read have been consistently and overwhelmingly positive for as long as this product has been on the market. The consistency of this lube is deliciously silky and creamy, much like the lubrication produced by one's own body, which I consider to be the ideal. And it has the staying power to back up that creamy texture with some real-world practicality (due to the minute amount of silicone found in it--don't worry! Not enough to ruin a silicone toy!)

HOWEVER--and it pains me greatly to say this of such a widely loved product--Liquid Silk caused such an alarming allergic reaction in me that the simple act of urination would cause me to shed tears for up to five days after each use.

I say "each use" because my silly ass didn't make the connection between the lube and my symptoms. You see, my symptoms were so extreme (red, bubbly, horrifying rash) that I thought I had some sort of STD (or a *gasp!* sperm allergy). It took an expensive trip to the gyno to clear up my misconception.

As a result, I (somewhat understandably, I believe) HATE this product, and steer whoever I can away from it. Gently, of course, explaining that my experience is rare, but that is was so violently awful that I would NEVER wish it upon another human being. We're talking levels of pain akin to a Urinary Tract Infection. Plus a herpes-like breakout. In my dark moments, I thought I might die. Or never put anything in my vagina again, but I feel like those are equally horrible sentences.

Imagine my delight when I discovered that the simple subtraction of this product from my life would return my sexuality (and toilet) to normalcy.

I'm glad I don't have herpes, but I'm very upset with the makers of Liquid Silk.

I understand that my experience was an extremely rare one, and admit that I don't know the actual amount of parabens actually used in this product.

But I trusted this product name, I trusted this company, and I trusted the reviews I read. That is why I'm publishing this review--so that some other poor soul like me might learn from this experience, as unusual as it might have been.