On a particularly blistering summer afternoon, Camilla Taylor steps outside Vegan Erotica's Capitol Hill headquarters, shielding her eyes from the midday sun. She grabs a chunk of cropped blue hair, yanks on a spiky lock and widens her eyes. "It's way too hot. Let's go inside," she says. "I'm just getting started."

There's not much work to get started. Summer's not so hot for sex toys. Sweltering heat is a poor aphrodisiac, especially when would-be lovers are consumed by thoughts of air conditioning and deodorant. Taylor never thought much about seasonal libido dips until she started a career based on catering to people's sexual needs.

It was last year that the 24-year-old Salt Lake City resident assumed the position of owner and operator of Vegan Erotica, an online retailer specializing in bondage gear for those eschewing meat, dairy and animal-tested products. The unique store, located in the basement of a friend's home, joins a growing crop of D.I.Y. retailers offering vegan-friendly items, from boots and belts to shampoo and contraceptives. Taylor's business is the world's only manufacturer and retailer of cruelty-free whips, floggers and other meatless kink essentials-a distinction that carries extra weight given her shop is a five-minute drive from the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Click here to read the full article