WAX PLAY, WHY NOT?

You’ve heard the term, your curiousity has been piqued, but you’ve yet to venture down that path. For those that aren’t familiar wax play is a form of edge play where one partner is considered the top, and the other the bottom. Scenes are usually played out with the top dripping wax from a lit candle, or drizzled from a ladle onto their waiting partner. As you can imagine it can make for a pretty hot scene (no pun intended), especially when paired with blindfolds, restraints, and toys. If it sounds a little out there don’t sweat it, just read on and turn that nervousness of the unknown into knowledge of what’s possible.

Wax play can be a fun, safe, and very erotic experience to share with your partner where you can enjoy a wide variety of sensations, and emotions. To get into it you’ll need a bit of basic knowledge, and the right equipment. To start with you’ll need candles. The best options for those are plain uncoloured paraffin candles, similar to the type you’ll find in an emergency kit in most camping sections. Paraffin candles will burn at a lower temperature, are more economical, and don’t contain additives or pigments that could have the potential to burn. For those adverse to paraffin wax soy candles are also a good alternative, even if they are a bit more expensive. We strongly recommend staying away from beeswax candles, due to their high burning temperature. You'll also want to be wary of coloured candles that contain pigments rather than dye. Depending on the pigment it can burn at higher temps, while dyes tend to be a bit on the mellower side.

Once you’ve got your candles all lined up you’ll need a few essentials to carry out the scene. Grab yourself a drop sheet, or tarp, mineral oil, plastic scraper, butter knife, scrubbie, towels, a damp cloth to cool down hot spots, and a small bucket of ice. Most importantly keep in mind you’re playing with fire, so it’s a good idea to keep some form of extinguisher close by too just in case.

Now that you’re all prepped let’s build the scene. Have your partner lay down on the tarp blindfolded, and restrained if you like (just be sure to remember your safe word). Once their comfortable you can use the mineral oil to rub gently onto any hairy body parts. Doing this will make the removal of the wax easier. Now turn on your favourite mix of ambient music if you so desire and light your candle. Always let your partner know what you’re doing, and keep those lines of communication open, complete with check-ins. Once lit you can start drizzling the wax slowly over your partners waiting body. The back and the chest are usually good places to start, because they tend to be a less sensitive allowing your partner time to adjust to the sensation. Be sure to rotate your candles as you apply the wax to give the candles an even burn. If you want to slightly increase the intensity to a given area drip the wax on one spot a couple of times to provide a more pronounced sensation, but keep in mind it also takes slightly longer to cool off. Now that you have things warmed up and a good base of clear paraffin applied you may feel like getting a little artsy. Now is a great time to break out the coloured candles that tend to burn at a slightly higher temperature, because you have your protective clear base their will be less contact with the skin so the intensity will be somewhat diffused.

Now that your artwork is complete you can continue to ramp up the scene with a little bit of partner play, or you can change the sensation up by beginning the clean up. If you’re thinking partner play perhaps a small vibrator, or other sensory devices will kick things up a notch. If you’re ready to begin the clean up break out a few of those ice cubes you have with your equipment and begin rubbing them over the body to cool any of the warm wax down. Not only will this provide a unique sensation on its own, but it also makes it easier for the wax to flake off. Next you can use a variety of tools to take the wax off. Try a butter knife, a plastic card, or our favourite a little scrubby. A very fine tooth comb will come in handy to for getting any wax out of the hair. If the comb pulls too much a shower with conditioner will also do a great job of getting the wax off.

With your partner free of wax you’ll both note how sensitive the skin has become. Take the time to provide the appropriate after care and love while you bring your partner back to their regular level of consciousness and feeling.
So there you have it. We hope you learned a thing, or two. If you have any additions, or questions please feel free to add them to the comment section, we’d love to hear from you. Most importantly remember to have fun, and play safe!