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Phallophile Reviews - The Luxe Explore Silicone Butt Plug
Written by Phallophile Reviews
It’s hard not to like a body-safe toy made of silky-smooth silicone when it sells for only $10.
The Blush Novelties Luxe Explore Butt Plug has some great features, for sure. Most notably, its silicone has the same “smooth satin finish” that I loved on my Luxe Purity 2 dildo (review here). But, as someone who’s relatively new to (comfortable) anal play, I found that the Explore plug had one big downside. That downside was its big leap up in size between the top bulb and the bigger bottom one.Blush Luxe Explore butt plug
The Luxe Explore’s body reminds me of a bowling pin—one with a very large lower half. The top bulb is under 3″ girth (less than 1″ diameter), so very beginner-friendly. It’s like an anal bead in that my sphincters pull it in, then close around it and don’t want to let it go. The feeling is pleasant…but then I need to insert the other almost three inches of the plug!
Even though the Luxe Explore is made of a fairly firm silicone, the bit between the small and large bulbs folds over on itself when you try to push the plug in by the T-bar base. Grip higher up, because otherwise, there’s no way this plug is getting inside your butt.
Then, of course, comes the larger bulb. Mine measures right at 4.25″ around, so about 1.35″ diameter. This isn’t a big size overall—it’s a bit under what I’d consider “medium” girth—but I found that its roundness made it harder to get in and keep in than a similarly sized dildo. There’s a reason that the majority of butt plugs have a gradual taper: to give your anal canal a chance to open up more slowly. If your butt is on the tighter/less experienced side like mine is, you’ll need to do some warming up with a dildo or a tapered plug before trying to insert the Explore plug. That way the jump up in size won’t be such a stretch.
So the Luxe Explore turned out to be true to its name, in one sense: my fingers thoroughly explored the area around my asshole before I could get the larger bulb’s roundness to get in, and stay in, without popping out! But I’m not quite sure that’s what Blush Novelties had in mind when they chose the name “Explore.”