Sexuality Happens

I like stars. I like them a lot. I have stars as part of one of my tattoos. I have stars all over my room from my childhood (my current room is more of the red, black, and leopard print theme). I doodle stars all over pieces of paper. I like getting little gold, silver, red, blue, etc star stickers. Stars rock my world.

So imagine how excited I felt when I got a box in the mail with not one, but TWO starry sex toys. Not just starry toys, but kinky toys. With stars. Um…score.

First, we have the “shining star crop.” I didn’t think I’d like this toy very much, honestly. Crops, schmops.  They’ve seemed pretty boring to me in the past. I mean, there isn’t too much to hit with, they’re kind of floppy…and seriously, they remind me of horses…and not the pony play kind. I was excited for this beautiful golden star on the edge of a long stick, but not really for it as a crop.

Until I started using it. The bendiness of the crop itself is near perfect…it’s bendy and bouncy, and really bloody fun to hit people with.  It’s fairly easy to aim with (which is good for a crop n00b like myself), and the gold side provides a slightly softer hit, while the black side of the star is a bit stingier.  I felt almost like a magical fairy godmother weilding my oh so pretty star crop, and when I brought it with me to a local TNG (the next generation – 18-35) play party, I was told I looked like Glenda the Good Witch’s evil sister. I laughed a bit manicially.  I really like this crop, and went around cropping multiple people with it.

Including Q.  Before a night last week, Q had never had a crop or a paddle used on her. And lucky her, she had me use both of them on her in one night…right before a four plane flight to New York. I’m so nice, aren’t I?  Clearly, I liked the crop. However, Q preferred the paddle. I’m not sure if she actually liked the paddle itself, being a paddle n00b (yes, I have said n00b twice in this post so far…well, three times now), or if she just liked it better than the crop.

The star paddle?

Well, it too was starry. With three stars. That are cut outs (supposedly, if you hit someone the right way, it will leave little starry marks on them in the midst of a red ass). It’s a two flap paddle – the front part has the cutouts, and then the middle is made of red paper, and the back flap is solid leather.

I thought I’d like this paddle, because I like paddles a lot…both spanking with them, and getting spanked by paddles.  However, I thought this paddle was kind of “meh.” Firstly, the paper was just a poor choice. While the rest of the paddle can be wiped down or spritzed for cleaning purposes, you can’t do jack or shit with the paper. In fact, a local Domme I know who has this paddle has removed the paper so she can actually clean it. I wish the red paper had instead been red leather, because I obviously like the black/red look, but not the paper. Also, it just didn’t feel right in my hands. It wasn’t quite the right shape, and it wasn’t weighted quite right

Also, I wanted to try to leave the star marks, but as I said, Q is a spanking n00b (that’s four), and I was so nice, and kind, and gave her a good warm up…ergo, her butt was already a pink red, and even if I had hit her harder with the paddle (which I didn’t, as she’s not into tons of pain), the stars wouldn’t have showed. I have other paddles I like better, therefore, this one just gets a “meh” out of me.  My cats have already claimed it as a new toy, and I’m not gonna fight them for it.

Overall, I highly recommend the VERY affordable and super fun star crop with FIVE STARS…no irony intended.  The star paddle I give three stars. Which is kind of ironic, as it has three stars on it.

-Essin’ Em