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The Realm Conquers at the AltPorn Awards!

Being nominated among the ranks of some very stiff competition, we’re thrilled to announce we won “Best Sex Toy” from the 2019 AltPorn Awards! The combination of the “Drago” sword handle and “Draken” dildo lock-on set took home the trophy that now sits proudly in our office.

The Realm collection features the sword-shaped Drago Lock On socket handle along with four dildo attachments, including the fantasy blue Draken dildo which can also be used with a strap-on harness. Made of smooth, body-safe silicone, The Realm collection dildos contain no fragrances, phthalates, paraffins or wax, and are available in three different sizes in a realistic Mocha flesh tone, as well as the blue dragon skin Draken.

AltPorn celebrates the best in alt erotica, porn, counterculture, and subculture. Their awards this year honored the best of the “creatively offbeat” in the adult industry. Blush Marketing Director, Ducky DooLittle commented, “Winning the Best Sex Toy award from AltPorn is a huge honor! It’s a unique group of people who appreciate a collection like The Realm. Our office is full of comic-book-loving, movie-fanatical, fantasy-inspired humans. The Realm sword handle and dildo attachments have certainly helped us find our tribe. We can confidently say AltPorn stars and fans are among them.”

The love of The Realm collection has been strong from entertainers and cosplayers alike since its debut in early 2019. Customers are encouraged to get in touch with retailers to check for product availability of The Realm.

Blush Wins Pleasure Products Company of the Year

XBIZ Award logo

Blush Novelties is honored with a 2019 XBIZ Award for Pleasure Product Company of the Year (Sex Toys). Held January 17, 2019, the XBIZ Awards an annual comprehensive showcase of outstanding achievements across the adult industry.

“We are absolutely honored,” says Blush Marketing Director and Resident Sex Educator Ducky DooLittle. “Thank you to our friends and fellow professionals, for recognizing our efforts to create beautiful pleasure products that truly meet the needs of consumers. We are also grateful for the monumental support of XBIZ. We look forward to another amazing year with our partners and cannot wait to share what we have in store for 2019.”

The 17th annual XBIZ Awards was held Thursday evening at the spectacular Westin Bonaventure in downtown Los Angeles. The highly esteemed awards ceremony is a star-studded affair, celebrating the top performers, companies, technology, and products in the adult entertainment industry.

Blush Novelties is a company committed to ethics at every level, from manufacturing to retail. By operating its own factory, quality control is kept tight and held to a high standard. More importantly, Blush’s factories operate completely different from other overseas factories. “We make over 95% of the products we sell,” explains Blush Novelties’ Chief Operating Officer, Eric Lee. “We find it very difficult to trust another factory to care about our customers and the end user as much as we do. Our thought process is not about cutting corners, it’s about how we can make a better product. We do this because we can and take pride in all of our creations.” Blush’s elite, ethically-minded status in global pleasure products manufacturing has also lent Blush to offer its reputation and adherence to product quality through private labeling and OEM projects for other companies.

In addition, the company offers a free monthly online class series, Blush U, which DooLittle curates and hosts. In addition to product-specific information, DooLittle delivers pleasure-based sex education and sales tips to help retail partners serve and interact better with their customers on the sales floor.

For more information, visit blushnovelties.com; the site is a wholesale-only site. Consumers may purchase Blush Novelties’ products at retailers around the world.

Blush Fundraising Campaign to Benefit Homeless LGBTQ Youth

New York, NY – June 4, 2018 – Blush has embarked on a campaign to fundraise and empower homeless LGBTQ youth.

Statistics show that 40% of homeless youth identify as LGBTQ, with 68% of those young people citing family rejection as the major contributing factor to their homelessness.

Established in 2002, the Ali Forney Center has grown to become the largest agency dedicated to LGBTQ homeless youths in the country—assisting nearly 1,400 youths per year through a 24-hour Drop-In Center in New York City. The center provides over 70,000 meals annually, medical and mental health services through an on-site clinic, and a scattered site housing program.

The organization’s namesake, Ali Forney, was a gender-nonconforming teen who fled his home at 13. He entered the foster care system where he was bounced around to several homes, sadly experiencing beatings and abuse. Ali ended up living on the streets at the age of 15. Despite his hard circumstances, Ali was dedicated to helping other young people and publicly advocated for the safety of homeless LGBT youth. Tragically, in December of 1997, Ali was murdered in Harlem—shot in the head and left for dead.

Supporting the efforts of the Ali Forney Center is perfectly aligned with the Blush mission stating that all bodies are beautiful, worthy and deserving of celebration and pleasure.

“We are a company that insists upon recognizing the rights of all individuals. We understand that meeting the basic needs of a human being must come before pleasure. Knowing that from a young age lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual, and pansexual youth face extraordinary obstacles means that we must go above and beyond in our efforts to care for them.” says Blush’s Resident Sex Educator Ducky DooLittle. “We are so grateful that the Ali Forney Center exists, and we are proud to fundraise for them.”

Together, with the participation of adult distributors and retailers who sell Avant Pride, Blush will donate $1 to the Ali Forney Center. The promotion take place the entire month of June 2018. 

ABOUT BLUSH: 

The Blush philosophy is that all bodies are beautiful, worthy and deserving of celebration and pleasure. Our team combines innovation and creativity to create pleasure products that fit your desires while meeting our high health and wellness standards. Price, quality and your experience are our highest priority.

ABOUT THE ALI FORNEY CENTER:

Our mission is to protect LGBTQ youths from the harms of homelessness and empower them with the tools needed to live independently.

Blush Sponsors Women To The Front II Event in Brooklyn, NY

Due to the glass ceiling that still today creates an unbalanced display of genders in art institutions, the mission of Women To The Front II is raising their voices to equalize this proportion and shatter the glass ceiling. Through art and music, they built a space to inspire and empower the upcoming female-identified generations and art appreciators. WTTF is an immersive exhibition of music, art, video and performance, celebrating and showcasing women in the arts and support women in business.

Blush was one of the major sponsors of the event because this is what we stand for. We stand for empowerment, kindness, love, and equality.

The creators, Daniela “Zoe” Croci and Terry Lovette were united in 2017 by their shared vision of a future where a woman’s success is not limited by their gender. In collaborative practice, these culture-makers are creating opportunities for women in the arts and music and supporting woman-owned business through the Women To The Front curatorial project.

The two powerful women behind this event, Terry Lovette (L) and Zoe Map (R).

(Photo by: @neesmithonzeur)

The night started with a brief introduction and a discussion with brilliant women identifying creative professionals. The panel consisted of five individuals from various creative industries. The conversation centered around personal experiences in their respective fields and changes they are part of our hope to see in the future.

The conversation was followed by performances in the main room by Terry Lovette, Ivy, LADAMA, and Sandflower Power were well-received by the attendees while some enjoyed FUEL by Amy Gardner, Premiere of “Javier Ninja, The Heir” by Zoe Map, andThe Mixtape: Stay Black , Baby by Jasmine Lynea in the viewing room. A few women-owned businesses were also present during the event.


Ivy and Terry Lovette performing a song and dance number together.

As for the Blush table, people very much enjoyed getting to feel the sample products in real life over just seeing photos on the internet. Throughout the night, Blush raffled off some goodies for them, which everybody was excited for. Everybody who came by the booth had big smiles on their faces and very much enjoyed talking about our company, products, and their experiences.

Our display along with the raffle prizes!

Our Brand Ambassador explaining the goods to gallery staff.

The Blush philosophy.

Our Avant display!

One of our raffle winners, Lila.

The event was already successful before it even began because of their mission to empower women — that they are capable of living their dream and achieving success in this world. Everybody learned a lot and had a great time that night, so there’s no wonder that there will be a next time.

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Blush Interviews Amy Boyajian, Founder of Wild Flower Sex

In this interview, Amy Boyajian, Founder of Wild Flower Sex talks about what she has learned in her career and what she seeks to create with her store. She answer our questions on why she opened up her store to why people need to be more educated on sex. Watch the full interview now!

Wild Flower is dedicated to offering the most innovative sexual wellness and adult store products in a sex positive and educational environment. We strive to create a radiant community through promoting self care, sexual well being, and an all inclusive atmosphere. Wild Flower works closely with its suppliers and brands to insure to all products are body safe and curated with pleasure in mind. All our practices are dedicated to highest of ethical stances and we promise to keep evolving with our customers needs.

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