Thursday, January 26, 2012

Cool Gelmat, Rich Glen Olive Oils review and giveaway

This month I am finishing up a bunch of product reviews that I have been testing out lately and clearing my commitments to start February with a fresh start. I have been so blessed over the past couple of years to have some awesome companies contact me and send me products to experiment with in our home. Today I am featuring the Cool Gelmat and Rich Glen Olive Oils with a giveaway included.

Cool Gelmat

The Cool Gelmat provides relief from heat related conditions and has a unique heat absorbing gel that provides relief for up to 2 hours. It is a patented mat that you place on top of your mattress, or under your sheet, or inside your pillow and when you lie on it you enjoy a cooling effect. This is because the unique heat absorbing gel within the mat absorbs body heat, reducing your temperature and allowing you to enjoy a cool, relaxing and comfortable night’s rest.

I was sent the pillow size Cool Gelmat to review, RRP $79, and decided to review it as I thought it would be helpful with sunburn and heat stroke we sometimes face in our home. It is also helpful if you are hot during the night, have night sweats, migraines or if you suffer from hot flushes and are looking for a way to cool down. 

As a family we found it really helpful during the summer months in our home and Matt has spent several nights sleeping with it underneath him. It is easy to sleep on as it is thin and soft/flexible to mould to your body. I also found it very helpful and easy for children to lay on if they have a little sunburn to take some of the heat away from their body. You can actually feel the difference when you lay on it and it really does cool down your body for around 2 hours.

We do not suffer from migraines or hot flushes in our home but I do know that several other women have the Cool Gelmat and find it really helpful when they have a migraine. It is the first thing they reach for to help them. With over 1 million products sold it really is a popular item.

The Cool Gelmat is available at most chemists, comes in a variety of sizes and is also available to order online at the Cool Gelmat website: http://www.coolgelmat.com.au I have one Pillow Cool Gelmat to giveaway to a lucky Seven Cherubs reader.

Rich Glen Olive Oils


I love a good tasty, quality dressing. I also love my salads. When I was asked to review some of Rich Glen's Olive Oil range I just had to say Yes immediately! Now I know this is not normally what I review on my blog but when I read that they make a Zesty Lemon & Lime Olive Oil and Poppy’s Salad Dressing I was sold right away.

Also, add that they are made by Ros and Daimien Vodusek who have four children and manage to balance parenting whilst running the business, I knew it was a product I wanted to promote. The Vadusek family live at Rich Glen Estate and are a family owned and operated olive grove situated on the banks of the Murray River in Yarrawonga, Victoria. They have won themselves a bunch of awards for the top quality products that they are producing and I highly recommend checking them out. 

First of all, I decided to test out Poppy's Salad Dressing. Suitable for salads, seafood, meats, corned silverside and hot potatoes. You can also use this dressing as a marinade. I simply love the flavour.  It has a sweet mustardy flavour with a little tang to it and I may have eaten way too much of it with my left over ham from Christmas. My bottle only has a little tiny amount left in the bottom as I enjoyed it so much. 


Next I enjoyed trying out the Zesty Lemon and Lime Olive Oil. I absolutely love lemon and lime flavours and to have it in an Olive Oil is a treat for me. It is an aromatic and fruity oil suitable to be served with seafood, chicken, steamed vegetables, and salads. It can also be used in marinades and cakes! The ingredients are: 100% cold pressed virgin olive oil and fresh lemons and limes and that is it. I totally enjoyed it sprinkled over the top of my homemade bruschetta. So delicious!


On Rich Glen the website are mouth watering recipes, such as Zesty Lemon & Lime Poppyseed Syrup Cake, Lemon Lime Olive Oil Cake and Chicken and Cranberry Rice Salad. Today Rich Glen Olive Oils are giving me 2 packs of the above products to giveaway to Seven Cherubs readers. Awesome.
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59 comments:

  1. Oh Poppy's Salad Dressing sounds absolutely divine. That would be my pick! Thanks for the opportunity!
    Kate M xo

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  2. That bruschetta looks so yummy!

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  3. The garlic infused olive oil sounds great. We love our garlic here.

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  4. bruschetta.........yum!! Thanks Naomi :)
    Tracy

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  5. I would love my husband to try the Kalamata Olive Oil. He is a big fan of olives, kalamata in particular and olives are the only of his "foreign" foods that he is still allowed to eat on his mega restrictive gout friendly diet!
    And I would also get him to use the cool gel mat so I don't freeze when he feels he needs to leave the ceiling fan on all night!

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  6. Oh the Poppys dressing and the lemon lime oil both look delious...either would be lovely. I have a friend who is suffering terribly atm with night time hot flushes would love to give her the cool gel mat xx

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  7. Rhiannon NeateJanuary 26, 2012

    ooh these products look amazing yummy food dressings and a cool gel mat.

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  8. garlic infused most definitely! but i have to say as a chronic migraine sufferer [i'm talking one every 4 to 5 days than can last for days] that gel matt sounds like the bomb!

    ~x~

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  9. I've been dying to try out the cool gel mat!,I constantly flip my pillow trying to sleep on the " cool" side,problem is I do it so much that I keep hubby awake! ,maybe this is the answer for us both!

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  10. The garlic infused oil,sounds divine

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  11. I LOVE my Cool Gelmat.
    Those olive oils sound divine!!

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  12. I am now severely disabled due to M.S. For people with M.S. heat can set us back terribly. Think I might try to research these mats so I can talk about them at our M.S. support group.

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  13. migraine sufferer that would love to try the gel pad.....

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  14. I've spent time lately finding ot about olive oil, seems if you want to use oil olive oil is the way to go.

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  15. Wow what a great idea! I have never heard of cool mats!

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  16. Poppy's salad dressing sounds just awesome! Love a good dressing :)

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  17. Cold Pressed Garlic Infused Olive Oil. Just the name makes the taste buds tingle and salivate. Rich blends of herbs and garlic giving any salas and eater a grand experience ♥

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  18. The Gel Mat looks like the very thing we need in this home! The husband is always complaining of being hot when I am cold, so if he slept with it we could turn off the damn fan that keep me awake all night...

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  19. Fiery Chilli First Cold Pressed Agromato Chilli Olive Oil - sounds hot and spicy! My family love spicy foods and we only eat olive oil (age-old Greek family tradition), so this product would be superb!

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  20. Carmel CorryJanuary 27, 2012

    Zesty Lemon and Lime Olive Oil - I love citrus enhanced food products. They give such a refreshing zing!!!

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  21. The gel cool may sounds amazing. It would be great to win this prize.

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  22. I only buy olive oil which I use for cooking our tossing veges or salads with it. The zesty lemon oil would be a gest addition to my salads. Yum.

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  23. Mandarin Olive Oil sounds really interesting, might be good on a salad.

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  24. Looks awesome.

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  25. Sally BigmoreJanuary 28, 2012

    The Garlic Oil sounds divine.

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  26. Kalamata would be my favourite

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  27. I love the sounds of these olive oils- they could make even the blandest food taste delicious!

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  28. As a sandgroper in WA, we are experiencing an unprecedented heat wave right now so I'm fantasising about this Gelmat ... oh if only ... ;-)

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  29. Yes garlic infused olive oil sounds devine! Love garlic!

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  30. WA is experiencing another heatwave this summer, I would die for a cool Gelmat, too hot to eat anything hot so the Zesty Lemon and Lime Olive Oil would be great on salads.

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  31. Great prizes! Good luck everyone.

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  32. Laura JilkaJanuary 29, 2012

    Garlic Oil - you can can never have enough - great health benefits!

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  33. 250ml Garlic - First Cold Pressed Garlic Infused Olive Oil

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  34. Zesty lemon sounds like a great way to invigorate some tired recipies.

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  35. Alana Ashford - Rich Glen Olive Oils will give me the Zing to do the Daily Thing and Zing and Bounce through the Day! I also love trying New Things, Buying Australian Made/Grown Products and also I use a Lot of Olive Oil for Dressings! Cool Gelmat - I have been in Pain with my Shoulder for 11 Years so Really Need one of these because I am sure it will make a Huge Difference to my Health because my Shoulder hates the Cold, Rain, Storms and Cyclones but loves being Warm! :)

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  36. I'm a chilli fan so would love to try the Fiery Chilli flavoured oil.

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  37. Signature First Cold Pressed Extra Virgin Olive Oil, love a good quality olive oil

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  38. I am loving the sound of the Zesty lemon and lime, mmmm!

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  39. Oh I love my Cool Gelmat too!
    Mmmm, Zesty Lemon and Lime sounds like one we would use! Well, by "we" I mean "me" as my darling hubby isn't really into dressings, so I never really buy them as I can't justify buying it just for me!

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  40. I'd have to try the zesty lemon and lime dressing - that cake recipe sounds amazing!

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  41. Thank you sevencherubs. I'd love to try the Gel Mat. :)

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  42. How cool is that... you get to try out new products. I'm all for the gel pad, I live with migraines every month so would love to try anything that may help.

    Lishaxx

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  43. Karen ButlerJanuary 31, 2012

    MMMmmmmmm Zesty Lemon and Lime sounds absolutely divine!!

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  44. I'd love to try the Fiery Chilli, but I'd like trying the Zesty Lemon and Lime too.....and all the others!

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  45. Umm fantastic dressing salad, fit for a Queen, or my family BBq thank you

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  46. Sharon RevellFebruary 01, 2012

    Yum....Zesty Lemon and Lime....sounds divine!!

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  47. so many great products, but the zesty lemon and lime is the most tempting to me!

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  48. Would love to try the Fiery Chilli!!!

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  49. What an awesome idea... Havent seen one before

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  50. Infused olive oils are my fave!!!!

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  51. The Fiery Chili infused oil. So great for adding a bit of 'zing' when cooking to chicken and vegetables.

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  52. Would love to try this Olive Oil...looks appealing & I bet it tastes wonderful!

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  53. 7 kids... you are amazing! i have four and struggle at times.
    think the gel mat sounds devine!
    and infused olive oils are such a luxury.

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  54. tracy weddingFebruary 01, 2012

    gel mat would be a godsend for me

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  55. love olive oil! would love to win. is there anything better than a garden tomato drenched in it? thanks for the chance. smdecoste at yahoo

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  56. I would love to win the Gel Mat as my wife is 7 months pregnant and always hot (both gorgeous and heat wise) at night.

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  57. Mmmmm homemade bruschetta! The Cool Gelmat sounds wonderful :)

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  58. would love to try the Cool Gelmat as i have been suffering from hot flushes for last 2 years and are very annoying

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  59. The garlic infused olive oil sounds like heaven!!

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Thank you for your thoughts...Naomi x