System JO Lubricant Australia

Agapé Original is water, propanediol, gluconolactone, hydroxyethylcellulose, sodium benzoate and citric acid. That is the whole list. JO Aloe is the same base with two additions, aloe barbadensis leaf juice and hyaluronic acid, which make it richer and slower to absorb.

Neither contains glycerin, propylene glycol, parabens, phenoxyethanol, fragrance, flavour or sugar, and nothing in either formula is there to create a warming, cooling or tingling sensation. If a supermarket lube has stung you before and you now read the back of the bottle first, both lists take about ten seconds to check. Full ingredients sit on the Agapé Original page and the JO Aloe page.

Agapé Original is the minimalist. Six ingredients, no botanicals at all. Reach for it if you react to almost everything and you want the shortest list you can check, or if you have a known aloe allergy.

Aloe is the same base with more cushion. It holds water for longer, so it absorbs more slowly and you top it up less often. Reach for it if a leaner lube dries out on you partway through. Both come in 60ml, 120ml and 240ml, and Agapé also comes in a 30ml purse bottle. At the two larger sizes they cost the same, so the decision is about the formula rather than the budget. Compare them on Agapé Original and JO Aloe.

Both formulas are water-based and water-soluble, which is the category that is safe with silicone. Silicone-based lubricants slowly degrade a silicone surface. It goes soft, then tacky, and a tacky surface is harder to clean properly. It happens gradually, which is why people rarely connect the two. Keeping a water based lube for anything silicone avoids the problem entirely.

That means one bottle covers your vaginal dilators, a pelvic wand and your kegel balls as well as intimacy. The one complaint people have about water-based lube is that it dries out. It does, because it absorbs. When it starts to feel tacky, a few drops of water bring it back rather than more from the bottle. Use plenty. Not using enough is one of the most common reasons a dilator session is more uncomfortable than it needs to be.

Both are compatible with natural rubber latex and polyisoprene condoms. System JO's own published guidance on polyurethane is inconsistent between its Agapé and Aloe pages, so we don't make a claim either way. If you use polyurethane, check your condom packaging. Neither is formulated as a fertility or conception lubricant, so if you're trying to conceive this isn't the range for you.

System JO sits alongside our other lubricant brands. Sliquid covers the water-based and organic range, Uberlube is the silicone option for skin-to-skin intimacy, and the full personal lubricants and vaginal moisturisers range sits above all of them. Blossom Pelvic Health was founded by a physiotherapist focused on pelvic health, and everything we stock is chosen on that basis.

Because of the intimate nature of these products we don't accept change-of-mind returns. If your order arrives faulty or damaged, email hello@blossompelvichealth.com.au and we'll look after you. Full detail in our returns policy.