If you have been following me for a while, you know that I have a weakness for gels with a stimulating effect. That’s why I always love it when I get to review such a product. This time, EasyToys sent me the SOME Play gel. Previously, I also tested the SOME Lube from this brand.

What is SOME Play Clitoral Stimulating Gel?

Some is a brand of the Dutch company Cobeco Pharma. They have been making cosmetic, grooming and sexual wellness products such as lubricants, cosmetics and nutritional supplements for more than 25 years.

SOME stimulating gel is specially designed to make the clitoris more sensitive. By putting a small amount of the gel on the clitoris, you experience a cooling and tingling sensation. As a result, you feel more aroused and climax faster.

The gel is therefore nice if you – as a clitoris owner – have trouble going over the edge, for example, or if you just like some extra stimulation. You can also use it – as a partner of the person with the clitoris – to tease her a little with some gel and make the intimacy more intense and sensual.

In fact, SOME Play is a lubricant with added natural extracts, such as menthol, that make the skin tingle. You can apply as much of the gel as you like and find pleasurable.

Specifications

Some Play contains:

• Aqua: water, the basic ingredient
• Glycerin: This makes the gel feel slippery and jelly-like. Whether glycerin is harmful is not scientifically proven. Some say it can cause a fungal infection and others say it does not. If you are prone to vaginal yeast infections and want to be on the safe side, you might want to opt for a glycerin-free lubricant.
• Propylene Glycol: Propylene glycol is also a moisturiser, just like glycerin. It absorbs into the skin better than glycerin and it is cheaper, which is why it is widely used in cosmetics. In large quantities, it degreases and dries the skin very much. Personally, I find this a questionable ingredient.
• Alcohol Denat: Denatured alcohol. Denaturing means making it unfit for human consumption. Alcohol dries out the skin and is therefore also a questionable ingredient if you use it often or in large quantities.
• Polysorbate 20: is an emulsifier used to make active ingredients that do not mix with water miscible with water. It is found in many cosmetics. This ingredient is also questionable because there is evidence that producing it can create by-products that can cause irritations.
• Carbomer: A safe emulgator.
• Sodium Benzoate: This is a preservative (E211) and is harmless.
• Potassium Sorbate: This adjuvant inhibits the growth of mould, yeast and bacteria and is thus a preservative.
• PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil: This makes the water feel thicker. It is harmless.
• Menthyl PCA: Retains moisture in cosmetics and has a hydrating (moisturising) effect.
• Disodium EDT: This improves the shelf life of the gel. In small concentrations, it is harmless.
• Menthol: This is a natural extract of the mint plant and provides a fresh cooling effect
• CI 19140 and CI 17200: These are dyes that make the gel light orange. I am not a fan of dyes in gels and lubricants. While they are safe in cosmetics, they are also generally unnecessary.
• Aminomethyl Propanol: Ensures that the gel has the right pH.

Unboxing SOME Play gel

The manufacturer claims the packaging material is made of recycled rPET material. So the cardboard box and plastic vial would be sustainable. I can’t test that, but I’ll just assume so. Anyway, the packaging and the vial look attractive.

I said it in my review of their lubricant: the brand name ‘SOME’ strikes me as a marketing blunder first class. If you google ‘some play’, you’re basically just searching for ‘some play’. You get to all sorts of websites, but not the actual website of this brand (hellosome.com). Fortunately, the box contains a QR code that takes you to the website.

The gel comes in a small bottle with a pump. You can easily remove that pump from the lock by turning it a quarter turn. I am still not sure whether a dosage pump is good or not. The advantage of a dosage pump is that you can easily take the right amount. The disadvantage can be that sometimes some gel remains on the pump, which can dry out or spoil. Also, some pumps tend to suck some back up, which can cause it to spoil faster. Other brands swear it’s better not to use a pump. But I find it mostly convenient. Do what you want with this information….

The test drive

If you’ve read the ingredients list, you might be shocked. And I can well imagine that. Some ingredients are questionable to say the least. While I obviously don’t know the exact formulation, the concentrations of such substances are generally so small (often in tenths of percent) that they are harmless in normal use. After all, you only need a few drops. Only if you take in extremely large amounts of these ingredients can they potentially cause irritations. That really only happens if you use a lot of different cosmetic products on a daily basis, or smear gallons of this stuff on your intimate parts at once. So my advice is: use common sense, use cosmetic products on your intimate parts in moderation, and if you are hypersensitive to any of the ingredients, be safe and choose another product.

We – my partner and I – do not have hypersensitive skin and have never had a bad experience with this kind of gels. Therefore, we thought it was ‘safe enough to try’.

We first used a few drops and applied it directly from the pump and then smeared it on and around my partner’s clitoris and labia. I also put some on my glans. We both noticed a slight cooling tingle, which was pleasant and slightly arousing. The tingle lasted for a few minutes.

Conclusion

In general, we really like stimulating gels and it also adds something to sensuality and arousal. SOME play gel is no exception. It’s just going a bit far to call SOME play a ‘gel with natural extracts’. Strictly speaking, it is true. The menthol is a natural extract, but it also contains synthetic ingredients. If you are looking for a stimulating gel that is 100% natural, this is not for you.

The PROS of SOME play:

• Stimulates the clitoris (but also the glans)
• Little needed (a few drops is enough)
• Pump is convenient for dosing

The CONS:

• Some ingredients are questionable and therefore this is not recommended for people with sensitive skin

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EasyToys provided a bottle of Some play clitoral gel in exchange for an honest review. You buy Some Lube at EasyToys, or in the shop of NBRplaza.