{"id":998,"date":"2018-09-07T19:32:44","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T19:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bettybutch.com\/?p=998"},"modified":"2023-07-30T17:05:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T17:05:27","slug":"review-avant-pride-p3-beauty-silicone-dildo-by-blush-novelties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bettybutch.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/07\/review-avant-pride-p3-beauty-silicone-dildo-by-blush-novelties\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Avant Pride P3 Beauty Silicone Dildo by Blush Novelties"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve said it before and I\u2019ll say it again and again: Blush Novelties must be utilizing some kind of silicone magic to produce dildos with such clean stripes. The Avant Pride P3 Beauty Silicone Dildo<\/a> sports the colors of the (now retired<\/a>) lesbian pride flag. Each block of color is as vibrant and self-contained as the last. It\u2019s beautiful.<\/p>\n

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I came out as a lesbian in 2005, when I was just fifteen. There wasn\u2019t a widely recognized lesbian-specific pride flag at the time, and by the time the largely pink-striped flag emerged a few years ago (originally pitched for lipstick lesbians specifically, but repurposed and popularized by the broader lesbian community on Tumblr) I had already begun identifying as queer in safe\/online spaces. \u201cQueer\u201d better suits the nuances of my sexuality and my gender identity.<\/p>\n

(EDIT: In the years since publishing this review, this flag has been retired in favor of the more inclusive sunset lesbian flag<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

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It delights me to see a dildo in lesbian pride flag colors in Blush Novelties\u2019 Avant Pride line, especially one that\u2019s beginner-friendly and harness compatible. When I visited a small sex shop in Kansas as a young queer person, I was put off by how aggressively heteronormative the space and its stock was. Even toys traditionally associated with queer sex were marketed exclusively<\/em> to straight couples. The Avant Pride P3 Beauty Silicone Dildo<\/a> \u2013 while functionally useful for just about anyone who enjoys penetration \u2013 is undeniably lesbian<\/em>, and it would have meant the world to me to see it on the shelves when I was young.<\/p>\n

So when it came time to pick a review toy from SheVibe<\/a>, I was adamant about reviewing the Avant Pride P3 Beauty Silicone Dildo, and SheVibe was kind enough to accommodate me. (Thanks, SheVibe, for getting it into my greedy gay paws!)<\/p>\n

Because the Avant Beauty Dildo is made from silicone, it\u2019s body-safe and can be washed with a mild soap and water (or sterilized via boiling it or cleaning it in a 10% bleach solution.) Its suction cup makes it anal-safe (as you need a flared base for anal toys to keep your body from pulling it in) and strap-on harness<\/a> compatible.<\/p>\n

The Avant Beauty is an endearingly small<\/em> dildo, just 5.5 inches long and 1.25 inches in width. I called it beginner-friendly<\/em> two paragraphs ago, but it\u2019s also just plain me<\/em>-friendly. Penetration is pretty much always painful for me and larger insertables are an impossibility \u2013 soft, small, and somewhat pliable dildos like the Avant Pride Beauty provide a more comfortable fuck for my body.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s precisely what the Beauty Dildo is: comfortable. Mostly. Unlike the Temptasia Reina<\/a> (another Blush offering in the gentler size category), the Avant Beauty<\/a>\u2019s head is smaller<\/em> than its shaft, and that makes initial penetration much easier. It does get slightly thicker towards the base, but the transition is gradual and the tapering is subtle enough to go virtually unnoticed in use.<\/p>\n

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The Avant Pride P3 Beauty<\/a>\u2019s silicone is velvety to the touch. I can\u2019t be vaginally penetrated without ample amounts of lube, but I imagine even those without my physical complications would best enjoy the Avant Beauty Dildo with some non-silicone lube<\/a> to make it really glide. The veined texturing along its surface is somewhat apparent when rubbing it against yourself (a favorite pastime of my partner\u2019s) but in penetration, it\u2019s imperceptible.<\/p>\n

This dildo is flexible, but doesn\u2019t yield to bending as easily as the thicker Reina or the funky-shaped P2<\/a> (its more g\/p-spot focused sibling from the Pride line) because it\u2019s stubby. It also doesn\u2019t have as much squish as I was expecting (or any at all really), as its body is firmer than flesh. I was hoping the silicone would be more squeezeable, but alas! My partner Buster doesn\u2019t experience pain from penetration and said they found it quite nice to clench, so perhaps my lamentations are based more on my body\u2019s peculiarities.<\/p>\n

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The shaft only has a very vague slope to it. My vagina isn\u2019t able to discern g-spot stimulation, so I\u2019m not at all disappointed with the P3 Beauty\u2019s basically straight length when masturbating (or letting my partner do the work.) The uptilt of the shaft is more noticeable when using the Avant Pride Beauty<\/a> in a strap-on harness<\/a>. It\u2019s still not especially<\/em> pronounced, but I feel like it\u2019s angled enough for some basic g-spot and prostate stimulation. My partner and I enjoy using the Avant Beauty in a harness a lot<\/em>, as its silicone suction cup is both flat and thin, which makes it rest sturdily against the wearer; and the cup isn\u2019t rigid, which would cause uncomfortable friction after awhile. And because it\u2019s so stubby, it doesn\u2019t sag or flop in the harness. With its sturdiness and tapered head, I think it would make an excellent dildo for strap-on anal too.<\/p>\n

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The Avant P3 Beauty is the first dildo I\u2019ve ever been successfully strap-on<\/a> fucked with, and it was great. Because of its unintimidating look and equally unintimidating size, I didn\u2019t think of it as a challenge to endure but rather a cute addition to an already enjoyable roll in the sheets with my partner. And that\u2019s a big deal to me, because I\u2019m a trauma survivor, and it\u2019s hard not to think of penetration objects as threats to my body. The P3 Beauty is difficult to characterize as threatening in any context, even mine.<\/p>\n

The suction cup is \u2013 in addition to being a great base for strap-on play \u2013 strong as fuck. I was able to try it briefly while recently staying somewhere with regular walls and wood flooring, and the Beauty held in place while I fumbled around and eventually discovered that I don\u2019t like riding dildos all that much because I\u2019m old and lazy and also my vag hates it. The more you know!<\/p>\n

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The anatomy of the head is far more realistic than the other Blush dildos we own, with defined glans and coronal ridging. This, combined with the unmistakable roping of veins on the shaft, makes the Avant Beauty Dildo one of the most anatomically accurate dildos in my steadily growing collection. The colors disguise it well, cementing it in the camp of penis-inspired<\/em> rather than penis-imitating<\/em>, however, so it hasn\u2019t roused any dysphoria in me… but I imagine my feelings would be different if it were in a skin tone. If realism is a trigger for you due to gender or trauma, have a closer look before you make your purchase decision.<\/p>\n

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(As an aside, though: I\u2019m pretty pleased to see a lesbian-\u201cthemed\u201d dildo even vaguely modeled after a penis, because penises aren\u2019t the opposite\/antithesis of lesbianism. There are plenty of lesbians with penises, and lesbians who love women with penises!)<\/p>\n

The Avant Pride Beauty Dildo<\/a> is not for lovers of length or girth \u2013 Buster, who sneezes like a displeased cat at anything slimmer than 1.6 inches, called it \u201ca good warm-up dildo\u201d \u2013 but for folks like me or people looking for a first time dildo on the smaller scale, it\u2019s an affordable<\/em> contender in non-gendered packaging and absolutely<\/em> worth considering. It\u2019s also versatile in usage, as it\u2019s both anal safe and harness compatible. I\u2019d especially recommend it for people looking into introductory strap-on sex<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For those of you who need a lil\u2019 somethin\u2019 more in the size department but were drawn to the Beauty Dildo\u2019s gorgeous stripes, I\u2019d suggest looking at the rest of Blush Novelties\u2019 Avant line<\/a>, which includes a number of kitschy color combos. If it\u2019s pride you\u2019re after, there are several other pieces in the Pride collection (also linked with the Avants), including butt plugs!<\/p>\n

You can purchase the Avant Pride P3 Beauty<\/a> from the sex positive superhero sex shop SheVibe, currently priced at just $40 USD.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re in the US, you can get free shipping with a $69+ USD purchase. That\u2019s perfect justification to also grab a strap-on harness<\/a> and some lube<\/a>, am I right?<\/p>\n

Thank you, SheVibe<\/a>, for sending me the Avant Pride P3 Beauty Silicone Dildo in exchange for an honest review. Affiliate links were used in this post.<\/em><\/p>\n

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