Hair color and Pureology

Well the official due date has come and gone, still our baby girl isn't making any signs of wanting to join us yet.  And yes we are trying everything to induce labor naturally.  So today's plan to keep my spirits high is to color my hair.  Before I color my hair, I desperately need some new shampoo.  I'm going to a salon wholesale store to pick up a bottle of Pureology.  All their shampoos are 100% vegan, has zero sulfate, and uses an antifade complex.  

I'm actually going to try their Dandruff Scalp Cure shampoo.  I have chronic psoriasis so maybe this will help calm it for a little while and be good for my color.  In my long experience with psoriasis, I'll find a shampoo to work but it only does the job for a month or two before I become immune to it and have to find another shampoo.  The cycle is never ending.  Wish me luck! 

Update:  I had no idea Pureology was so expensive, $19 a bottle at wholesale price!  I expect a huge difference in performance.  

Willy Vanderperre photo

Natasha Poly by Willy Vanderperre

There's something about this photo that grabs my interest.  I just can't put my finger on it.

The paper boat prints

These cute little prints by The Paper Boat would be an adorable addition to the nursery corner.  And so appropriate for living in Portland.  The second print (pet cloud) uses the same colors that are dominant in the nursery.  I still want to get some pictures on the wall behind the crib but other than that I'm happy with the way the nursery corner has turned out.  Updated pictures of the nursery corner to come in a few weeks.

I apologize for my lack of updates last week.  I'll do my best to post this week.  My mind is a little preoccupied with the impending birth.  She's officially due tomorrow but that seems highly unlikely.  Thanks for stopping by!      

Jared+Alisia mini video

A cute mini video of me and my man during our maternity shoot with Kim+Phil Photography

Maternity Love: Jared&Alisia

Kim+Phil photography were so sweet and came to do these maternity photos in our Portland neighborhood.  I really wanted these photos to reflect who we are as an expecting couple in love.  They did a great job at capturing that vision.  When I see maternity pictures I always want to know how far along she is.  So for those of you like me, I'm almost 38 weeks along in these pictures (40 weeks is the official due date).  I can't wait to look back at these pictures in 5, 18, 30 years from now and remember this past year in our life and how God has sustained us.        

Stylized Engagement-Sneak Peek

Recently, I did hair+makeup for a stylized engagement shoot with photographers Ashley Forrette & Arron Courter of The Pancake Studios in Portland, OR.  It was so much fun; even thou it started raining literally just as we started shooting that day and it did not stop!  Tara and Jesse were such good sports about it and I think the rain just fed their energy.  This picture was taken at the SE Portland food carts.  More pictures to come!     

Peonies

I'm obsessing over peonies.  Every time I go for a stroll in our neighborhood, walk past a local flower shop or Whole Foods I'm ogling these flowers.  When I lived in China, I would see paintings of peonies everywhere but I don't remember seeing them up close and personal.  Now I get to admire them all the time.  Peonies were even used in the floral editorial shoot.  I don't know about you but beautiful things in nature make me happy.