Video/Photo Source: Snow Miku Videoshoot ft. our lead succubus Kurai.
Bullet Points
Benefits
- Easy intense sensations that can be combined with other forms of stimulation.
- Safe when handled properly.
- A large variety of different applications and potential shapes.
- Can be combined with other kinks easily.
Downsides
- Can numb feeling, requiring extreme care.
- Freezing solid materials (glass and metal) can be very dangerous for contact frostbite.
Safety Tips
- Many different factors can affect the safety threshold for ice play, including: Raynaud’s Disease, Malnutrition or Dieting, Diabetes, Vascular Disease, Tobacco Use, and more.
- Body heat and bloodflow to the area is crucial to ensure safety. Warmup and foreplay heavily suggested, be careful with any blood flow restrictions such as restraints, stretching, or pinching of any kind.
- Take frequent and significant breaks to allow body parts to return to regular temperatures.
- Ensure that the ice is smooth, clear, and will not crack from temperature shock, and ensure that it has a moisture barrier to protect skin. The best way to achieve this is to temper the ice by putting it in water or a mouth for 10-15s. Adding oil / lubricant can also help.
- Ice insertions, especially unremovable (i.e. anal ice cube insertions) requires extreme care. For safety, ensure that the ice is small enough to fully melt within 5 minutes. Small oblong shapes, roughly the size of a standard ice cube, are best.
- Watch out for any signs of early hypothermia – teeth chattering, shivering, sleepiness, paleness, etc. More body mass makes this less of a worry.
- Avoid freezing hard materials like glass or metal. The fridge is a suggested alternative for that kind of temperature play. Silicone can be safely frozen.
- Keep a container of warm water nearby.
Get past the initial shock, and ice play may just become one of your favorite intense sensations!
Small round shapes are ideal when it comes to insertion.
Info & Advice
A variety of molds are available for ice that can change the sensations heavily.
- Thin cylinder shapes or small sphere molds are ideal for insertion.
- A water bottle can be used to easily create a dildo shape by cutting away the plastic after freezing.
- Popsicle molds can make a variety of useful shapes and often come with a handle.
- When using any kind of mold, ensure that any sharp edges are smoothed down before using.
Ice play can easily be combined with some easy forms of chemplay:
- Use ginger broth for a cold then burning sensation.
- Mix peppermint essential oil with your ice or frozen oil to make it feel extra cold without additional risk of frostbite.
- Melting ice on a bodypart being affected by peppermint oil will greatly increase its effect.
Objects (such as silicone toys) can be frozen in ice to require a partner to melt it before accessing it. Example: Freeze a dildo in a block of ice, then command a submissive to melt it by grinding on it.
We suggest you never assume that something safe for someone else will be safe for you or your partner – test the limits by increasing intensity slowly and carefully.
Distilled or pre-boiled water will make for better ice-play, as it will remain clearer and be less prone to shattering from temperature shock. We also recommend ensuring that your ice molds do not have any air bubbles. Tempered ice will also generally be clearer.
A warm spoon can be used to carve finer details into ice. A damp cloth is best to polish and smooth ice.
Body Safety
Mouth
Safe to swallow if diluted, and generally beneficial/non-harmful. If ingested, dilution or capsules are recommended as it can potentially strip your throat of mucus, or cause irritation if concentrated and forcibly inhaled. Like with all oils, avoid consuming in large quantities.
Eyes
Safe to use on eyelids, or the delicate skin around it if diluted, but not recommended all the same. Very painful, but unlikely to require professional medical attention if it gets into the orb itself. Flush for 5-15 minutes with clean water, or until the cooling/burning sensation fades. If undiluted and a large quantity (More than a few drops) is spilled into the orb, seek help while flushing with water.
Nipples
Safe.
Armpits
Safe. May irritate those with sensitive skin if undiluted.
Anus
Safe, though ideally diluted before use. May irritate the rectum if undiluted.
Vagina
Safe, though ideally diluted before use. Undiluted is not recommended, but likely fine in sane quantities.
Penis
Safe, for circumcised and uncircumcised users. May irritate those with sensitive skin if undiluted, or if gotten directly on the glans.
Urethra
If diluted, safe. Similar to swallowing. Like with all substances, avoid forcing large quantities of it directly into the hole, as it can clog it, and bring in bacteria from outside the area. As always, it is recommended to pee after any and all interactions involving a urethra.
Skin
Safe. May cause irritation if undiluted and applied on sensitive areas.
Melting ice in lewd ways can be a thoroughly entertaining ordeal.
Masochists may find the intense “pain” of ice-play to be a new frontier to pleasure.
Materials Safety
Silicone
Safe – For powered toys, avoid getting oil into crevices where the motor, buttons, or other delicate parts lay.
PVC
Unsafe, will eventually break down the toy (in months of use), and when it breaks down, harmful chemicals will be released.
Latex
Unsafe, will eventually break down the toy (in months of use), causing pieces of it to fall off.
Rubber
Unsafe, will eventually break down the toy (in months of use).
Hard Plastic (ABS)
Seemingly safe.
TPR/TPE
Unsafe, will eventually break down the toy (in months of use), causing pieces of it to fall off.
Clothes
Can cause stains (Like most oils), but is generally easily cleaned with hot water and soap. Doesn’t stain a particular color.
Conclusion
Ice play is an easy, accessible form of kink that can provide you with some of the most intense alternate sensations you can experience sexually. While you’ll have to take some precautions, for most people it is generally very safe.
Depending on the person, it can provide sensations akin to pain, or closer to pleasure. While it’s excellent for BDSM applications, you can also enjoy plenty of fun in more vanilla settings as it will make you desperate for your partner’s body heat.
Our first time doing an ice play video shoot with our lead succubus Kurai, she even made a new discovery that slightly embarrassed her.
As a naturally low body heat person, she didn’t expect to enjoy it too much… yet after beginning, she enjoyed the intense mix of sensation and pain so much that simply holding the ice onto her clit could give her powerful orgasms.
You may be surprised by how wet ice-play can get! Bring a towel.
