Sandi Sieger’s guide to what’s hot and happy(ning) this week. Eat, drink, buy, try, visit, read, be merry.
EAT: The Good Crisp Co. + Giveaway
The Good Crisp Company is one of the only brands in the market that deliver a delicious range of healthy, FODMAP friendly crisps. Good Crisp Company’s products are free from the usual suspects known to be associated with common intolerances such as eggs, wheat, nuts and more. Think Pringles, but healthier (and, for mine, tastier).
These feel-good, taste-great snacks are perfect for a midday snack for the whole family. They can also be used in various different recipes for an extra bit of crunch.
Onya Magazine has a Good Crisp Co. pack to giveaway. To be in with a chance to win, simply email info@onyamagazine.com with the subject line ‘GOOD CHIP CO’ and place your full name and postal address in the body of the email.
The winner will be selected at random and notified via email on Monday December 21, 2020.
DRINK: Innocent Bystander Real Apple Cider
Yarra Valley wine producer Innocent Bystander has marked the beginning of the Aussie summer by launching a new cider in collaboration with their neighbours Hargreaves Hill.
Getting creative in the perfect middle ground between wine and beer, Innocent Bystander and Hargreaves Hill Brewing have combined their drink-making forces to craft a winning summer tipple: Real Apple Cider.
Real Apple Cider is crafted with fresh Victorian Pink Lady apples and fermented using a select strain of Champagne yeast creating an aromatic yet dry flavour profile. Refreshing, delicious and bursting with freshness it has picnics, beach trips, backyard barbecues and work knock-off drinks written all over it.
Keeping its carbon footprint to a minimum, Real Apple Cider is available in 375ml cans and in keg. Find it in select bars and independent retailers throughout Victoria, plus at both the Hargreaves Hill and Innocent Bystander cellar doors in the Yarra Valley.
Available now from Hargreaves Hill and Innocent Bystander cellar doors and independent retailers.
BUY: Ethical Zinc
Ethical Zinc is the affordable, accessible and most importantly, natural, zinc sunscreen that should be hitting your summer essentials basket this season and beyond. Their innovative range of clear zinc-based sunscreens have been created free from harsh chemicals to allow a seamless, reef friendly, clear protection from Very High Spectrum UVA and UVB radiation.
After a challenging year (to say the least), feeling the sand between our toes, floating in ocean waves and soaking up some Vitamin-D is the perfect break so many of us need. Ethical Zincs SPF50+ Natural Clear Zinc Sunscreen (RRP$19.99) is a must have to provide crucial protection. This natural zinc offers four hours of water resistance to provide maximum protection for a day at play.
Ethical Zinc also offers an SPF50+ Daily Wear Light Sunscreen (RRP: $19.99) which acts as the perfect everyday sun protection, on its own or underneath your makeup. It is so easy to set up your home office next to a window or head out on your lunchtime walk without thinking to put on sun protection, which makes the daily wear sunscreen a great summer addition to your daily routine so you are never caught off guard. It absorbs easily, is completely transparent and doesn’t leave skin oily or shiny.
All Ethical Zinc products are certified cruelty free, manufactured using 100% solar power and are completely reef and ocean safe, adding benefit to sun safety that won’t leave damaging chemicals in our wake.
TRY: Miss Koko’s Anti-Cellulite Body Mask
Now this is a spicy tip, if I’m ever going to give you one: this is the best product on the market to treat cellulite that exists. That’s it. That’s the tip.
This anti-cellulite body mask is loaded with caffeine and shea butter to stimulate circulation, detox and restore your skin’s elasticity. The aloe vera in this mask works its magic while chilli sets fire to everything to kickstart the skin’s metabolic fat burning. Capsaicin is an active component of chili peppers, which has a warming and anti-inflammatory effect on the skin. Capsaicin also works to increase blood flow. Research demonstrates that after only 10 minutes of use of Capsaicin complex, blood flow is increased by five times.
And, lemme tell you, it’s true. This mask, which I’ve been applying to my thighs and butt, will literally make you feel like your arse is on fire. For quite some time. But, boy oh boy, is it effective. It’s the only product I’ve ever used that has noticeably offered any type of improvement and difference on my upper thighs.
This mask won’t rid your body entirely of cellulite, nor should it – cellulite is normal. But it will rid your bod from a heck of a lot of the look of it. Your skin will feel better. It’ll look better. Tighter. Clearer. A little bit hotter.
VISIT: Mixed Tape Music Series
Summer is here and the wine is chilled. The only thing left to do is head back to the Yarra Valley, and what better way to do so than with live music! This summer, Rochford Wines is proud to present to you its Mixed Tape Music Series.
So clear your calendars, tell your friends, family and colleagues because LVIE MUSIC IS BACK AT ROCHFORD WINES! Festivals, concerts and live-music gigs far and wide have been cancelled or postponed thanks to COVID-19, but the time has come to get the (socially distanced) party started.
Tickets are now available for the first release concerts:
Dec 26 – Confidence Man (DJ Set) with supporting acts
Dec 27 – Cosmo’s Midnight (DJ Set) with supporting acts
Dec 29 – Client Liaison (DJ Set) with supporting acts
With more acts and dates to be announced soon, these COVID-safe summer parties are the perfect way to kiss 2020 goodbye. Guests will be comfortable and at ease, while enjoying the once in a lifetime experience of their favourite acts up close and personal – live music in a seated, safe and socially distanced outdoor undercover venue in the picturesque Yarra Valley. Tickets are strictly limited in accordance with COVID-safe restrictions.
READ: Ultimate Campsites: Australia by Penny Watson
In Ultimate Campsites: Australia, Penny Watson maps out 75 of the country’s most wild and wondrous nature-based campgrounds, from the turquoise and white sandy beaches of Queensland and pristine national parks of New South Wales, to the wineries of South Australia and the wilderness areas of Tasmania.
Ever pitched a tent within a stone’s throw of a picturesque waterfall? Ever woken up in a sleeping bag to the gentle sound of waves? Ever seen the sun go down in the desert or fallen asleep in an ancient rainforest? Well, now’s the time to tick off these experiences on your camping bucketlist!
Each state-by-state chapter in Ultimate Campsites: Australia contains detailed maps and the what-when-why-where information about each campground, alongside tips and anecdotes about the surrounding regions. You’ll find special sections dedicated to remote-island campgrounds, as well as sites with great walks and places close by to Indigenous cultural experiences. There are also quick and easy lists for camping with pets, free camping, 4WD access and commercial campgrounds, and handy camping trail itineraries for when you want to tick off two or three campgrounds in one trip.
This book is an essential tool for the glovebox, be it in a 2WD or a motorhome. It’s also the kind of book that will get plenty of wear and tear on the coffee table while you’re planning that next big adventure in Australia’s great outdoors.
Ultimate Campsites: Australia by Penny Watson, Hardie Grant Travel, is out now. RRP $39.99.
