Gem and Jo Take on Mrs Brown's Boys (Movie Review)

So Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie came out this weekend and we went along for a peak! It is truly hilarious, heart-warming and it shows the strong kinship and loyalty of the Moore Street markets in Dublin's city centre.
If you're not familiar with Mrs Brown and her gang you should definitely check out the t.v. show which airs on BBC channels, however it is not really necessary if you're going to see the film, you'll find it funny either way. It full of colourful characters, some seriously foul mouthed old ladies and a Russian Mob determined to shut down the stalls of Moore Street!
Mrs Brown is played by Brendan O' Carroll, him being a man is part of the reason the show is so funny, and he also writes the scripts! Here's a picture of Mrs Brown and her whole gang!

Photo: BBC

Although reviews of the show from some critics call it "outdated" and "unfunny", millions of people across the world cry with laughter every time it airs, and it even beat the usual programmes for the prime spot this past Christmas time. Who knows whether its the foul mouth of Mrs Brown or the actual storyline, but the show continues to be a huge hit 22 years after it started.

The film is brilliant, not very suitable for younger audiences, but very, very funny and you will laugh until the very end. Don't forget to stay for the bloopers, they are hilarious! Its all revolves around Mrs Brown's granny's tax payments and a Russian mob trying to bulldoze a street market. However the rest of Mrs Brown's gang will keep you laughing with their antics to try help their mammy win her court case. 

Buster, the constant troublemaker, tries to help with the use of blind ninjas and a hopeless dojo master. Grandad enlists his old army buddies to try blow up a pub, and Dermot is in his usual hilarious mascot outfits while being chased by the Garda (the police force in Ireland, for all you internationals!) 

If you're looking for a good laugh this week and have a couple of them euros to spend you should definitely take a trip to your nearest cinema for this gem!  Take a look at the trailer to see for yourself and let us know what you think in the comments! 

And Here's a link to the BBC website!
Until next time! 

Gem and Jo's Summer Tunes.

Hey guys!! So today we've decided to show you all our summer playlists!

We both have quite different tastes in music so there should be something for everyone, although neither of us are really into that boppy, disco stuff. 

Gemma's List:

1. Someone New - Hozier 

These guys are so good, even live! 

2. Salute - Little Mix 

3. It's my Birthday - Will.i.am and Cody Wise

4. Problem - Ariana Grande and Iggy Azalea

5. Sedated - Hozier 

6. Don't - Ed Sheeran 

7. Magic - Coldplay 

8. Into the Blue - Kylie Minogue 

9. Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene - Hozier

10. Ghost - Ella Henderson 

Jo's List:

1. Heaven - The Walkmen

     Some people may recognize this song from the finale of How I Met Your Mother!

2. Fever - The Black Keys 

3. All Works Out - The Riptide Movement

    This song is being used by the discover Ireland campaign at the moment. 

4.  Shuffle - Bombay Bicycle Club

5. Something Good Can Work - Two Door Cinema Club

    One of my favourite bands. These guys are amazing live!

6. Second Chance - Peter, Bjorn and John 

7. 1901 - Phoenix 

8. Temple - Kings of Leon 

9.  You Make My Dreams come True - Hall and Oates 

    An oldie but a goodie!

10. Jump in the Pool - Friendly Fires 

We usually have a different playlist for when we workout, jog or cycle, more upbeat and happy songs but maybe we'll share that another time! 

Let us know what your favourite summer songs are, we'd love to hear from you and you never know they may end up on next months list! 

Take part in our brand new poll!

Until next time! 

Gem and Jo Take The Wax Museum Plus, Dublin.

A couple of weeks ago we took a trip to Dublin City Center to visit The Wax Museum Plus. Tickets for students are €9.00 which is pretty inexpensive for Dublin. It is located about a 3 minute walk from Grafton Street, but is a little tough to see if you've never been before.

 When we arrived the staff were so nice! They explained the layout of the building really well so we wouldn't get lost and were just genuinely helpful people!
The museum is great fun, with loads of interactive type statues, which we had a great time taking photos with.

Johannah with a statue of a soldier. 

Gemma fan-girling over Phil Linnot. 

Gemma High fiving Jedward. 

 This is Jedward in case our international viewers don't know! They represented Ireland twice in the Eurovision Song Contest and are kind of hilarious!

There is something for everyone, from the hall of fame, the chamber of horrors  to the kids zone. It even makes you travel back in time to medieval Ireland!
Some of the statues are ridiculously realistic and are very creepy! including this Queen Elizabeth figure! We were convinced that she was going to turn and shout at us!! It was a little terrifying.

We also recommend avoiding the Chamber of Horrors if you scare easily! It is pretty gruesome and horrifying, plus stuff jumps out at you when you least expect it! 

The kids zone is great fun and they have tons of statues of famous cartoons and they have a tunnel which only kids are allowed in, we were too big :(

Although it may not be a full days outing, it is definitely great fun for a couple of hours and well worth the visit! It is great fun to take pictures with the statues and seeing how intricate the the wax work is.
If you want to visit the wax museum check out their website Here

Thanks for reading and don't forget to check out our youtube channel. 

Until next time!!

Gem and Jo Take on Youtube For the First Time.

Here is our very first Youtube video! You can see our full review of the products we used in our previous post, Gem and Jo Take on Hair Dye! It was surprisingly fun to make the video and we're looking forward to the next!
In this video make sure to stay until the end, we added some bloopers for you guys to witness first hand our social awkwardness!

Hope you enjoy!
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Until next time!

Gem and Jo Take on Hair Dye.

Last night we decided to dip dye our hair!! We bought two different brands of dye, because we wanted different colours and we figured it would be a good idea to sample each brand so we could tell you guys which is best! 

The amazing thing about these dyes was that we were able colour our hair without, (yes without!) the use of bleach. We definitely didn't want to use that nasty stuff so we searched for ages to find brands that didn't use it and allowed bright colours to show in dark hair. 

Here are the two products we bought:
Gemma used the Schwarzkopf Live colour XXL in the colour L76, Ultra Violet.It is part of the HD Luminance range which is designed for dying dark hair. €7.50

Johannah used L'Oreal Paris Féria Extreme ombré in the colour EO3, Extreme Flame Red. €7.99

 Both products where inexpensive and were easy enough to come by, being sold in most Boots stores in Dublin.

The Schwarzkopf box contained all the products seen in the picture above. 

1. Instruction leaflet and gloves. 

2. Application bottle and developer lotion 

3. After colour treatment

4. tube of live colour cream 

The L'Oreal Box contained all the products seen in the picture above

1. set of gloves 

2. applicator brush 

3. applicator bottle and developer cream 

4. créme colourant 

5. after colour treatment (contains enough for 7 washes)  

6. Instruction leaflet. 

Although slightly more expensive, the L'Oreal box contained much better items than the Schwarzkopf. The applicator brush was very useful and we used it for both of our hair to ensure no straight lines of dye were applied. L'Oreal also give you more moisturizing conditioner for after the dye is applied, enough for up to 7 washes, whereas Schwarzkopf had only enough for one.
L'Oreal's gloves are also of a much higher standard, they didn't rip or let any dye inside them, however they are a very small fit, even for us!

Here are the before and after pictures we took!!

 If you want to see a full review of these products, check out our youtube channel:Gem and Jo Take The World
If you want to purchase these products here are the links!
Schwarzkopf Live Colour XXL
L'Oreal Paris Extreme Ombré
Thanks for stopping by!

Gem and Jo Take The Phoenix Park

So the other day, it was sunny in Dublin for once and we decided to embrace this rarity and go for a picnic in one of the largest parks in a European city, The Phoenix Park.
The park is home to Dublin Zoo, the American Ambassador and the Irish president, Mr Micheal D. Higgins.

He's so cute!

It is also a very beautiful place to have lunch as we discovered! We sat in the park which surrounds the Wellington Monument and it was so peaceful and we found the most amazing pack of crisps EVER!
These Beauts taste like nothing before them! They are like a party in your mouth. Tayto, you are gods!

Also these crisp making gods have gone and built themselves an amusement park designed around Mr Tayto, their mascot! Check it out here. 

We took some pictures to commemorate our adventure and they turned out kinda pretty, if we do say so ourselves! Take a look for yourselves: 

The Wellington Monument

The green area where we had our picnic

There were lots of people around too!

It was a gorgeous day for Ireland and we sat on our pink picnic blanket sunbathing! Well Johannah sunbathed, Gemma was covered in suncream avoiding the rays as if the devil was after her! Gingers and the sun do not mix! 

After our picnic we went for a wonderful wander (yeh, we use alliteration cause we're fancy!) through the park, we came across the Papal cross, which is were the Pope visited and had some weird kind of festival in the 70's. Kind of like Coachella but with more priests and less visible skin. It was apparently a huge deal back in the day and if you didn't go you were like Justin Beiber, casted out of your own country.

The view from the Papal Cross

 Even if your not very religious, it is still a very pretty place to visit, if you can get past the loud Irish teenagers that seem to like to hang out there. They were trying their best to speak French to some tourists, and by French we mean gibberish. They were kinda hopeless, it was hilarious.

The Papal Cross, tourists included. 

Oh theres also deer! Did we mention deer?? Take a look at their website here if you don't believe how awesome this park truly is.

Gem And Jo Take Dublin Zoo

We recently visited Dublin Zoo and let us tell you, it was awesome. It has recently been refurbished and there are way more animals than ever.
Everything from lions...

...to Giraffes... 

...And even this weird looking guy... (Who may or may not be a little depressed)

And if you get there early, you can see the keepers feed the animals, they even give you a five minute gap between feeds so you can run from one enclosure to the other. Literally, you have to run. the zoo is a big place.

Robin the Giraffe, her calf and Keeper. 

We got seriously up close and personal with some gorillas and their keeper told us that they love banana biscuits.

Baby Gorilla 

Sleepy mama gorilla. 

There is also wild peacocks running all over the place, and they're cheeky feckers who like to steal your chips.

Cool fact about peacocks, female ones are called peahens. Bet you didn't know that one.
Apart from the animals there are other cool things to do in the Zoo, there are plenty of playgrounds and there are strange wooden statues of the animals dotted all over the place. We had a bucket load of fun taking pictures with them.

Gemma chilling with some baby piggys and their mama

Johannah reckoned she could take on a gorilla!

This is probably the most fun you could have with a wooden Zebra!

All in All, Dublin Zoo is a great day out. We recommend going early enough on cloudy days if you want to avoid the crowds, also they give discounts to groups and students, which is always a plus!
check them out at: Dublin Zoo.