A Zesty Enterprise Indeed!

I got to see the lovely Grace (I haven't seen her for like a year. or more!) at the BlogHer holiday party this year and LO! She offered to have some Zestra sent to me to try out and to review. Fun times.

I'm 35, have a 2 year old and take an SSRI. As usual I am having some conflicting emotions. Let me list them for you: 1. Hey, people! Stop trying to make money off my sex life! 2. Whoa, cool. I am glad someone is thinking anout women's sexual satisfaction. 3. I'm glad to see that someone is spending money on clinical trials of women's sex toys/products, making it mainstream and acceptable to talk about women's sexual satisfaction and making these products available to us.

4. Every time I think about this product I think of it as Olzestra. Like some combo of zesty and Olestra. So very much not what I want to be thinking about, EW! 

5. Damn! I am SO GLAD that this is not packaged in pink packaging!

There is one huge glaring problem with this product that I'll just get out of the way. It is oil based and there for not compatible with latex condoms. *blink* Really? Why must this be? After having a kid I never went back on birth control because I just felt icky about it and I'm really not brave enough to use the rhythm method and thusly use latex (my partners choice) condoms. Yeah, I know I could buy some polyurethane condoms, and probably will, but Vim's condom of choice is latex.

I snuck up on my partner, Vim, on New Year's Eve with a maniacal glint in my eye and waved a small Zestra packet in his face and saying, "Hey you up for some fun genital burning New Year's Eve sex?!" How could he say no?

I'm not into the smell, taste or name of this product and I was sad that it was not compatible with my birth control method of choice and it's a tad expensive. But definitely fun!

I've used heat up sex products before and was not wowed by them. Zestra went an extra step being both tingly and heated up. The product description is pretty accurate, after about 10 minutes you get the full zestyness. It's like that minty Altoids feeling but for your vajayjay. It was a pretty awesome tingly but also a bit like a mosquito bite you can't stop scratching (or in this case... er...hmmm... never mind). I enjoyed it and so did my partner and I will most likely purchase some even though the price tag is high. 4-5 dollars PER PACKET! COME ON! Guys get viagra though their insurance and condoms are cheap. Give a girl a break. I suggest they start putting this in pump dispensing bottles. Maybe that is a cheaper packaging solution.

You know when this product would be great to use? Those times when you WANT to WANT to have sex but are also feeling cranky or tired. When I feel that way I often think about how sex would make me feel way better, it's energizing! Applying some oil from this little packet is like that little extra push making it easier to do thing awesome for yourself.

I recommend trying this product. On the Zestra site you can order a trial 2 pack for just the price of postage.

Full Disclosure: This is an unpaid review. Reviewers were each given several sample packets of Zestra for testing purposes. No other compensation was received.