#hairoftheweek: {Birthday} Four Strand Waterfall Spume

Happy Memorial Day weekend! It may be five days after my actual birthday, but that won't stop me from celebrating it all weekend long. I mean, what better time is it to talk about my 20th birthday hair? I'll to anything in my power to keep my posts topical and if that means I have to party for three days, so be it. I can already tell you it's been a very rewarding weekend spending lots of time with my closest friends, family, and readers! No Sunday would be complete without a blog post and knowing there are people out there who care about what I have to say makes it all worth while.

Book Talk: My First Uppercase Box Review!

You may be wondering, "Yvette, it's the last Wednesday of the month. Where is your monthly Happy Hub?" Chances are you aren't as aware of the weekdays and where they stand in relation to the month so you probably aren't thinking that. This is my long-winded way of saying that I have rearranged some blog posts for my own selfish reasons (I want my birthday celebration to be included in my Happy Hub, is that so bad?) but it all worked out because I have some new content that I wanted to share with you.

#hairoftheweek: Warrior Braid

This month has not been as warm as I was hoping it to be, but that's okay because I had the foresight to plan ahead and pick out backup outfits for all the big days in case wearing a dress was out of the question. Thankfully I was able to wear the outfit I had envisioned for this week's #hairoftheweek. The matching background was purely coincidental, but I can't help but think it's fate. Why else would those flowers have been planted there years in advance?

Book Talk: Birthstone Book Tag

Since my twentieth birthday is next week, I thought this would be the perfect time to do the Birthstone Book Tag. The tag was created back in February and that's actually when I started working on this post, but I thought I'd save it for something special. This tag was all over BookTube so I had to follow the paper trail to find the original video by Jay G. The concept for this tag is actually very creative and the prompts really suit the birthstones. That's probably enough talking from me; I'm sure you're simply dying to know what these prompts are and what I answered for them so I'll leave you to it!

#hairoftheweek: Rapunzel Faux Braid

When I first saw what was going on at the back of my head, I knew this hairstyle reminded me of something, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. It wasn't until I asked some of my friends what to name this look that it came to me. You know that scene in Tangled where Rapunzel goes into town and gets her hair braided by those adorable little girls? That is exactly what this hairstyle is reminiscent of, despite being much shorter. I might still be floundering for a name if Mikaela hadn't jogged my memory, so kudos to her. I love that this hairstyle is what it ended up being because it's retrospectively inspired by one of my favorite parts of the entire movie. Most of these character-inspired hairstyles seem to come to me and leave me with the task of figuring out what it reminds me of. I do love me a good puzzle.

Happy Hub: Mother's Day Breakfast

All week I've been debating whether to write and publish this post or not. On one hand, I have two midterms really close together, and on the other hand I have somewhat time sensitive content. Once I allowed to let myself put up this post late, I decided to go for it. As you've probably gathered from the title, I want to talk about what my family did for Mother's Day breakfast! In the past I've shared my input, but most of the planning and execution has been up to my dad. This year, I took charge of Mother's Day. The main part of the day for us is preparing and eating breakfast in "bed" (we actually do it in the bathroom, as per our family tradition). I started thinking about what I wanted to do in March and the ideas started coming together last month.

#hairoftheweek: Y-Braid

Happy Mother's Day! I am very excited to spend the day with my mom so I am finishing up this blog post as far in advance as possible. I want to enjoy as much of my weekend as I can before the next round of midterms begin again. It's only going to get busier and busier from here on out. But for now, I'm gonna live in the moment and love and appreciate my mom more than usual.

Book Talk: April Wrap Up

Happy Star Wars Day! I've got a busy day today but that doesn't mean I won't make time to talk about the books I read this month! I've been in a bit of a slump (but not severe enough to sound the alarms) so there aren't as many books as I'd like in this post, but it's definitely not my worst showing. I think the trick at this point is to get read books with some quality romance. This time of year is when I start jonesing for some cutesy contemporary novels. While I didn't get to any contemporary novels in April, click the read more to see what I did end up reading this past month!

#hairoftheweek: Rosette Duo

There have been plenty of sunny days this April but true to the saying, there have also been some stretches of wet days as well. What better time for this hairstyle than the transition from April to May? It's very fitting. This hairstyle has a lot of meaning (mostly because I injected meaning into it) so it's special for that reason.