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Celebrate Your Rituals

Eco Tips, Skin Care

The month of May always reminds me of Mother’s Day. It reminds me of the rituals and bonds we have with other feminine beings. These include friends, sisters, cousins, aunts, daughters, step-daughters, grandmothers, and mothers alike. We gather and share knowledge through history and stories about our daily skin care and makeup routines. I think we forget that it’s the sharing of these rituals that create some of our most precious bonds.  

Think about that for a moment – skin care and makeup bringing us all CLOSER. For centuries, people have created rituals by sharing beauty products. These products affect how we feel on the inside. They also influence the way they touch us on the outside. We are able to open all of our senses when we explore ritual. I can see a direct link between the inside and outside. I understand how one affects the other. I’m happy to report that I want to rally behind more of it… more self care, ritual & sharing with others.

A few years ago, I had the good fortune to spend time with my mom. We sat down for a brow waxing and shaping session. During this time, we got to talking about makeup for mature skin. See her blog discussing what she learned here. More women than ever are asking me for makeup advice. When they arrive for their makeup lesson, we always need to discuss the skin care ritual first. Skin care and makeup are essentially the same in my book. Without good skin care, makeup is just a mask that covers.

We should celebrate self care rituals repeatedly. These daily practices build health and consistency. They impact our future generations. CHEERS TO HAPPY & HEALTHY RITUALS

With Love & Awareness,

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Getting a 5 STAR REVIEW from Anna is incredible an Getting a 5 STAR REVIEW from Anna is incredible and means a ton +who doesn't love a bride who chooses to get married on your birthday!!!

Anna has grace, discernment and doesn't have any reservations telling me exactly what she needs and what she thinks. It was refreshing to have that kind of communication during the trial run, so we could really hone in on her perfect look.

"Kelli helped me look and feel like a star for my wedding! I️ was very specific of the style of makeup I️ wanted- “make me look like myself, but a tiny bit better”. Kelli nailed it!

I️ made the great decision to do facials with Kelli leading up to the wedding. This gave her an opportunity to truly know my skin and what “look like myself” actually meant.

I️ love the cozy space- nothing better than a facial in a lush green forest!

Thanks Kelli for everything. I️ did look like the best version of myself."

If I could give some really important advice to newly engaged couples: get really good at knowing what you want and telling people. 

Your vendor team lives for making sure everything feels exactly like YOU and if we don't get your feedback and you're worried about hurting feelings or upsetting someone, then everyone loses! 

The most successful trial sessions happen when you can articulate your needs and have discernment when something feels really good and something feels even a little off. Getting a chance to collaborate and explore the vision with your artist allows them to bring everything you want into one cohesive look.

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Happy Spring Equinox🌷it’s a new season and there a Happy Spring Equinox🌷it’s a new season and there are so many new faces here, so it felt like the right moment to show up and introduce myself properly. 

I’m Kelli - I have been a holistic esthetician and wedding beauty artist for over 25 years. The person in my chair matters to me. Not just how they look when they leave, but how they feel. Whether they feel like themselves and genuinely seen and cared for.

If we are working together on your wedding, I’m thinking about you long before I arrive - every detail, timeline, moment,  I’m holding space for it all and care deeply.

If you are a skin membership client, I track your terrain month by month like it is the most interesting story I’ve ever been told. Because it means so much to me that you’re advocating for your skin health. 

If you are in a makeup lesson with me, I’m not teaching you a look. I’m teaching you to see your own face - your features, your biology, to feel your nervous system.

Beauty is not a formula. Expect this account to get more intentional and educational. I’m so happy you are here for it! If you’re ready for terrain-based skin care that photographs luminously - COMMENT SPRING and I’ll send you my NEW 2026 SKIN PREP GUIDE. 

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Kaya came to me naturally beautiful and nervous. S Kaya came to me naturally beautiful and nervous. She left radiant and confident. Luckily, I got to be there while she let herself feel it. 

Then she immediately sent me these gorgeous photos and told me she’d been getting a ton of compliments on her hair & makeup - which made my whole week.

This is why I do this beauty work. Not to change anyone, but to help them show up as the most luminous version of themselves at the moments that matter.

To the most beautiful season of your life - Kaya. Cheers, Mama 🧡 #cleanbeauty #naturalbeauty #oregonmakeupartist #makeupmama
This is for the person who’s been scrolling weddin This is for the person who’s been scrolling wedding beauty with a quiet knot in your stomach.

The one who doesn’t wear much day to day and can’t picture themselves in a full face of heavy makeup. 

The one whose partner says “you’re beautiful without makeup” and means it. 

The one who wants to feel something special on that day without losing themselves in the process.

I see you. 
You’re not being difficult. 
You know what matters to you.

I’ve done over 500+ weddings and the most powerful moment is never the dramatic transformation, it’s the person who looks in the mirror and their eyes fill because they look like themselves, elevated. 

More luminous. 
More present. 
The version of themselves they feel on their best days, made visible.

That’s what intentional, botanical beauty means in practice. I read your skin before I touch it. I use formulas that work with your biology, not over it. I enhance instead of transform.

I’ve spent 28 years, from clinical esthetic training to eastern practices at Shiseido to evaluating 20+ professional product lines, learning how to do exactly that.

You don’t need to arrive knowing what you want. You need someone who knows how to see you. This is what we do - each artist on the team is here to help bring out your innate radiance. 

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