Amp Up

• Take More Control. Step into your Leading Role in a more powerful way by showing your partner that you want to take their pleasure fully into your hands. In fact, taking a new perspective on the Scene through some light role-playing may be just the way to do this! You can command your partner to stay still in their binds while you worship their body or use the tickler to bring the nerve endings in their most sensitive areas to life.

• Experiment with Temperature Play. This fun and refreshing technique can elevate your senses and bring a little unpredictability to your introduction into the world of restraint play. This technique is meant to alternate the feeling of hot and cold against the skin. Try running an ice cube or cold spoon along your partner’s skin and, after the goosebumps begin to rise, warm them back up with your heated massage stones or even a hot pack! Incorporate your wax candle and massage oil candle to add a layer of eroticism as you drip the heated liquid across your partner’s skin and then quickly cool them off with your ice wands. See how the feeling of each sensation changes when your partner is bound and focusing only on the experience of each new element.

• Positioning for Sex. Though we hope you are focusing on sensation and pleasure throughout this Scene, we know that, sometimes, the urge to take it further is too good to pass up. Explore how restraint and positioning can lead to a more deeply pleasurable sexual experience. You can experiment with positioning a restrained partner with the help of pillows. Try out different combinations of pillow firmness and quantities or roll up blankets and slide them under your partner’s lower back to raise their hips. Always make sure taking this next step is consensual with your partner and that they are never in pain from the bondage tape or positioning.

• Speak with Your Mouth and Hands. While we’re big fans of open verbal communication, we’re no strangers to the fact that the mouth and hands can communicate in other ways. The truth is, a little manual and oral play can go a long way, especially when your partner is bound up and has left their pleasure completely at your discretion.

  Use your fingers, lips, and tongue to stimulate their most sensitive parts, from their mouth, to their nipples, to their genitals. Let their words be your guide during this little ‘off-roading’ adventure and see how being bound can make oral play that much sweeter.