Gem and Jo's Pretty Pictures

We are seriously addicted to taking pictures, but who isn't these days? We just love to whip out our phones or cameras and capture all those little moments! Here are a few of our favourite pictures we've taken recently!

Until next time,

Gem and Jo's Post Exam De-Stress

Everyone is always going on about how to stay calm and collected before and during exams but a lot of people forget to take care of themselves after the tests are over. As exam veterans ourselves, we've dealt with them for a long time now, we have a few things we like to do once our exams are over and we can finally chill.

The most important thing is to watch your health.

Have you ever noticed that as soon as your exams are over you come down with a cold? We call that the 'post-exam sickness'. All the stress and pressure you've put on yourself during the exams finally comes to a head and you make yourself physically ill. Make sure you're keeping your immune system in tip-top shape by taking vitamins, eating healthy and making sure you get in some sort of exercise (a simple walk or a game of footie with friends).

Make a list of things you would like to do over the summer.

Having goals stops you from looking back in September and saying "jeez we actually did nothing all summer". Making plans to see friends and go places means you won't have the regret of staying in bed all summer long.

Pick up a book.

This is one of the things we were most excited about when we finished our exams. The opportunity to read a book that hadn't been assigned by school or college was honestly the best feeling. Whether it's a new cookbook or a novel, pick it up and start reading. (Somewhere in  Between is by an amazing Irish Author!)

Pamper yourself.

In the days after your exam you need to pamper yourself, take a luxurious bath or even go as far as booking you and your bestie into a spa for the day. Either way you will feel the benefits of that pampering straight away.

Clean your bedroom.
We don't know about you but during our exams our bedrooms became bombsites. We just didn't have the time to clean between trying to feed ourselves and cramming as much information as possible. Now that the exams are over, take the time to spring clean your bedroom. The less clutter and mess, the less stressed you'll feel. Maybe even take the time to re-arrange your room and give yourself a clean start and a fresh feel.

What do you do to de-stress after exams? 

Until next time,

Gem and Jo Take on Pinterest

How didn't we know about this earlier? We had always heard people going on about "I pinned it to my wedding inspiration board" and we just never quite understood what they were talking about. Until now!

We joined Pinterest a while ago, but we hadn't got anything on there because we couldn't quite figure it out. Plus we had a ton of university stuff going on so we didn't have the time to really sit down and understand the ins and outs of the website. Now that we are exam free for the foreseeable future, we finally decided to fully understand the amazingness that is Pinterest.

We made a couple of boards, the usual stuff like Beauty, Shoe Lust and we even made one about the places we've travelled to! Granted the majority of those are in Ireland, but it's a pretty place so that's allowed.

If you want to follow us on Pinterest to keep up with all the stuff we're loving, the places we've been and want to go to and of course all the pretty shoes and dresses we find during our extensive online shopping sessions, our user name is @gemandjo. Or because we're super techy like that, you can click on the Pinterest Image in this post to go straight to our page!


Let us know if you have Pinterest and we'll follow back! You can never see too many wedding inspiration boards!

Until next time,

Gem and Jo's Perfect Summer Clutch

Spring/Summer is wedding season and with that comes bridal showers, engagement parties and the ever-exciting Hen party! With all these parties we need a statement clutch to go with all those summer dresses and chic shirt dresses, not to mention something classy for the big wedding day! We have found the perfect bag for an absolute steal that will get you through the myriad of social settings bound to surround you this season!

Say hello to New Look's statement Pearl Scallop Clutch:

This beautiful bag costs just €24.99, which is such an amazing price for a bag that is of such quality! The bead work is gorgeous and the colour, a light creamy white with silver detail, will go with just about anything in your Spring/Summer wardrobe. Each level of beading is a slightly different hue, meaning you can pair this with just about any pastel, pale colour. 

The soft scallop pattern creates an illusion of a more expensive bag and will leave you feeling classy and chic, no matter the outfit. We're pretty sure you could wear this with a tracksuit and you'd look as classy as Beyoncé. Fact. 

We do recommend going to a New Look store to pick this one up, you have to really make sure the beading isn't falling off and there's no damage and ordering online won't give you that opportunity. If you want to have a closer look you can find this clutch here on ASOS. 

Do you have the perfect summer clutch? 

Until next time,

Gem and Jo Review Rimmel's Fix and Perfect Pro Primer

Well looky here! We have returned... our exams have left and summer has arrived! We are free elves!! 

We are super excited to tell you guys our thoughts on this product, we are seriously in love with Rimmel London's Fix and Perfect Pro Primer! And to make things better, we picked it up while it was on sale in Boots! 

When it's applied, this primer first feels creamy but then as it's worked into the skin it becomes slightly serum-ish (that is most definitely not a real word...ah well.). It's a thick consistency but you can see immediate results! The packaging claims that it's a 5-in-1 product, saying it smoothes, resurfaces, brightens, mattifies and protects. And we are here to tell you that it does exactly what it says on the tin! 

Honestly, this is one products that does all it claims to do, and it most definitely resurfaces which is a tough one to perfect! When it's applied before your foundation, you can see such a difference in your skin! And don't even get us started on the amazing mattifying powers of this primer! As you probably know from our other makeup posts, we are super oily-faced people and no matter what we use we need to powder during the day or we risk looking like oil slicks. However, when we used this primer we didn't need to powder at all! That's a first in our books! It prolonged our foundation wear by hours! 

We've been reading online reviews of this primer too, so we could tell what you guys would think about it too and boy were we surprised! We have yet to find a bad review, everyone we looked at said they loved the products and that they would most definitely be re-purchasing. And we feel the exact same, this is one super-duper product! 

We're giving this one a 10/10!

We bought ours from Boots for the sale price of €6.35 (The usual price is €8.85). You can find it on Boots here or on Rimmel London's website here. 

What's your favourite primer right now? Have you tried this one?

Until next time,

Gem and Jo's Little Apology

Good day lads and ladies. Today we are super sorry people. Sorry because we have neglected you. BUT! 

We have very good reasons so please don't chuck rotten fruit at us...

If you follow our youtube channel: Gemandjo Taketheworld then you'll know that we are currently in university. Alas, everything must come to an end and now we have found ourselves in the last few days of our undergraduate degree and with a ton of work surrounding us from all sides. 

So with that in mind, we hope you guys understand that we need to take a little time to finish our last few assignments and exams before we jump back on the blogging bandwagon. 

So, as we always say, until next time, 

(hopefully next time we will be exam free and degree holders...fingers crossed and somebody go tell nana to light a candle for us! ) 

Gem and Jo's April Favourites

It's that time again when we tell all you lovely folk what we've been loving for the past month. So sit back, relax and enjoy. 

Don't forget to thumbs up and subscribe! We would be ever so grateful. 

Until next time,