Happy Hub: Kingsman, Eyes Wide Open, Burgers, & More!

April felt a lot longer than a month. Maybe it was because I had started a new quarter at school or maybe it was because the weather was starting to warm... Who knows. I'm not going to complain. There are times when life moves too fast and I end up feeling cheated of my time. Speaking of time, if you don't have much of it as you're reading this, you may want to bookmark this for later. It's lengthy. I didn't mean it to be, I just had a lot to say about the things I love. Is that so wrong?

Don't forget to check out my favorite things from February and March! To read this monster of a post, click the read more!

#hairoftheweek: Crochet Loop Braid

I've had a bit of an off week and it didn't help that this #hairoftheweek wasn't one of the more successful ones. I didn't have a Wednesday blog post, which you may or may not have taken note of, but that really threw off my groove. I actually forgot I had to post a #hairoftheweek until it was almost too late, whoops. (This is also the reason why there wasn't filter game this week. My bad.) I'm glad I had a three day weekend though. We are a lot further into the quarter than I thought. My R&R has to come to an end, though. Time to get back into the game.

#hairoftheweek: Dutch Side Pony

I have been highly unproductive this week. It didn't help that, although this hairstyle is an Yvette original, I created it at the beginning of the school year. Since I created this hairstyle specifically for this occasion, it's been on hold for a while. What's the occasion, you ask? I'm celebrating the fact that Allison finally sent me the package she'd been holding on to for who knows how long. I'm so happy that she got around to sending it and I can officially sport some Virginia Tech gear.

Visiting Voices: Child Abuse Awareness (ft. Emily)

If you're unfamiliar with Visiting Voices, you are not alone. This is a new series-type thing that I'll be doing occasionally. As you can probably guess from the title, I have a guest blogger this week! This post is going to touch on a serious matter. You may have previously been unaware that April is Child Abuse Awareness Month. I know I was. A couple weeks ago, Emily brought this to my attention and I thought it was something that was worth blogging about. Seeing as I have very little knowledge on the subject, I decided to hand the reins over to Emily and have her write this one. Hopefully by the end of this post you will have a better understanding of child abuse and why it shouldn't be taken lightly, beyond the obvious. Take it away, Emily!

A "pinwheel garden" for Pinwheels for Prevention.

#hairoftheweek: Dutch Fishtail

You might be thinking, "Yvette. Dutch fishtail? Come on, that's just an inverse fishtail." Okay, maybe you didn't think that, but I definitely did. I've always been too intimidated to try Dutch or French braiding my fishtails but recently, I gave French fishtailing a shot and the result looked really neat. I was looking at Spring 2015 to find a nice home for it when I realized that I would be hanging out with Mikaela for her birthday. I immediately picked up my phone to ask her if she wanted to choose a hairstyle for me to do specifically for her birthday. When she got back to me, I saw that she had included this Dutch Fishtail as one of her options and I knew that was the one I had to spring for. I may use the French fishtail for a future #hairoftheweek, but only time will tell.

Book Talk: March Wrap Up

Before I get into the books, I want to wish a very, very happy birthday to my best friend and soul mate, Mikaela! She is incredibly old now (only one more year until twenty!!!!) and deserves a million birthday wishes so leave them in the comments below!

As far as reading goes, I was definitely expecting to get through a lot more than I did this month. With spring break and coming off February on a high note, I was hoping to use my free time more wisely. I will cut myself some slack, though, because, while I had plenty of leisure time over break, I was spending it with my brother. Sibling bonding time is more important than a reading challenge. I have really fallen behind on my 2015 Reading Challenge but I'm just going to count on summer to catch up because Spring Quarter is nonstop. There are a couple books sitting on my bedside table that I'm excited to get to and hopefully those will pick me up out of my reading slump. Click the read more to get into the books!

#hairoftheweek: Reverse Pull Through

Happy Easter! I hope everybody is having a lovely day and spending some quality time with their families. I don't celebrate Easter but I do like to get in on the festivities. In my previous #hairoftheweek post, #tbt Braided Braid, I've hidden a little Easter egg. You may want to consider checking it out (it made me laugh-cry).

There are a couple of exciting things coming up on xo, Yvette, so to ensure you never miss a post, I'd either follow this blog on bloglovin or via email, if that's more your style.

#hairoftheweek: Winter 2015 Recap

This season of #hairoftheweek will always hold a special place in my heart because during this time, I started this blog and celebrated the one year anniversary of #hairoftheweek. There were so many solid hairstyles. I don't know if I'm getting better at doing my hair or if I'm just choosing easier hairstyles. Regardless, a good chunk of these are going into my everyday hair inventory.

As usual, the link to each hairstyles' Instagram post is beneath the photo and the tutorial is linked in the description. Once we get to Feathered Braid, the original blog posts will be linked to in the paragraph and if you're interested in learning how to do any of these (and any future) hairstyles, you can find the tutorials for them in their respective blog posts.

Winter 2015 is the third #hairoftheweek season so if you missed Spring 2014 and Fall 2014, catching up has never been easier. If you're completely unfamiliar to #hairoftheweek, you must be new. Welcome! I have an Origins post that should explain everything. Now that we've covered all the background info, we can get on with this season's hairstyles!