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Are you Choosing the Correct Foundation?

Eco Tips, Makeup Artistry

I research and find the safest and most effective skin care and makeup products to recommend. I don’t expect anyone whose not an expert in skin health to have the time to figure it all out. I’m a huge advocate for supporting companies that provide a universal shade range. A company must believe in creating healthier lives for others. I will not support any company that isn’t inclusive. The finish of your foundation can is one of the most important thing to analyze. 

Which foundation will help you achieve your preferred finish?

Luminous finish foundations tend to be powders or liquids that aren’t matte but rather, leave the skin with a ‘glow’. This effect happens because the foundation uses light reflective particles or ingredients. This is different from moisture, which creates a shine. 

Matte foundations normally have a fuller coverage and a more powdered finish with no shine. The options tend to come in a liquid, pressed liquid or powder. This is very popular for people that have an oiler skin type that will tend to develop its own shine.

Satin finish foundation is in between dewy and matte. There will be some shine. However, it will not be as much as what a moisture-rich, dewy foundation offers. These will be options like creams and stick foundations and some liquids as well.

Dewy foundations leave the skin looking very well hydrated with a moisture rich shine on the skin. These foundations tend to be CC & BB Creams or Tinted Moisturizers. These options tend to be more sheer in their coverage. They are most popular for those with dehydrated or dry skin.

Cleaning Up Your Makeup Routine

My Favorite Foundation Recommendations

I am in love with the pressed and liquid options in the Elate Cosmetics beauty line.

GLO Skin Beauty‘s vast array of different foundations includes everything from tinted moisturizers to HD Stick‘s. These products also look incredible on camera or for every day use.

These two clean companies allow me to have a large range and tons of types of foundation for everyone.

I do complimentary color matches to suit whichever look you’re after.

I know that varying skin types require different foundation formulations. I can recommend something to suit you in person or virtually! 

What is my foundation of choice?

I’m not afraid to tell people I prefer all of the different formulation types. Foundation is a personal option and we all like certain styles or finishes for different reasons, seasons and events. Maybe you need a little nudge to start using something different for your skin type. Maybe you need help getting the foundation you love to look right on your skin. I would love to be your beauty expert!

Schedule Your Complimentary Color Match or Makeup Lesson at Kelli Thomsen Beauty.

With Love & Consciousness,


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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. 

Photography @katyweaverphotography
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. 

✨ Now Booking 2027 | Link in Bio ✨

#naturalbeauty #pnwwedding #botanicalbeauty #cleanbeauty #weddingmakeup
This is your reminder to be yourself in a world th This is your reminder to be yourself in a world that demands we distract ourselves with what "we should be"!

throw away the matching dresses
throw away the getting ready robes that match
throw away the presentation 
throw away others advice
throw away any noise around others traditions

It's the year of the fire horse - BE YOURSELF!

planning + design: @hostedby.co
florals: @novella_floral
photo: @elissadeline
venue: @rockyhillevents
rentals: @ardeneventcollective
beauty: @kellithomsen
bar: @bliss_bar
catering: @thehivecateringco
dessert: @milkglassmrkt / @laurettajeans
draping: @runestoneevents
photobooth: @stumptownbooth
dj: @rockyvertone
transportation: @columbiawinetours 

#firehorse #ChineseNewYear #OregonWedding #WeddingBeauty #PortlandMakeupArtist
The Year of the Fire Horse happens every 60 years! The Year of the Fire Horse happens every 60 years! Liz and Ashton's wedding at @theorchard.hr was fire meeting intention, capturing the energy of this exact spirit.

Bold beauty, rooted tradition, a dance led by the team at (@whitelotusliondance) that brought the entire room to life. The kind of celebration that reminds you what it looks like when culture, love, and beauty are honored with real care.

This is what I have been speaking to over the past few weeks - fire doesn't have to scatter. It can be directed. It can be precise. It can hold tradition and power in the same breath.

25 years of doing this work and being able to share in moments like these still stop me in my tracks. Not because they're perfect. Because they're intentional. Because every detail was chosen, not defaulted to.

That's the energy I want for all of us this year. Not more. Not louder. Not faster. Directed. Regulated. Rooted. On fire in the way that lights a room instead of burning it down.

Happy Lunar New Year 🔥 #ChineseNewYear #FireHorse #RegulatedandRadiant #WeddingBeauty #OregonWedding

Bride & Groom: @lizkmoss + @ashtonmoss13
Venue: @theorchard.hr
Planning + Design: @gatherevents @ambervotel
Photography: @emilywoodruffphoto
Floral: @colibripdx
Beauty: @kellithomsen
Catering: @celilocatering
DJ: @djcaseykay
Dessert: @edeske_patisserie
Entertainment: @whitelotusliondance
Rentals: @ardeneventcollective
Gown: @saintbridal
2025 was full of flashy 12 step skin care routines 2025 was full of flashy 12 step skin care routines! Here’s what no one tells you about these rituals: not only can they wreak havoc on your microbiome, but they have to flex with your life or you’ll abandon them completely.

After 25+ years of working with real people through real life - weddings, grief, moves, breakups, illnesses - I know that rigid doesn’t work. What does work? Learning what your skin is actually telling you. Dryness isn’t always about hydration. Breakouts aren’t always about oil. Redness isn’t always about sensitivity. Your skin speaks a very specific language, and once you understand it, everything changes.

That’s where modalities like LED light become powerful - not as a daily must-do, but as a strategic tool that serves your skin’s current needs. Different wavelengths address different concerns, and together we can customize your treatments to work with your life, not against it.

Consistency at home + strategic in-studio support = your healthiest skin. Let’s make 2026 about intentional, true to YOU steps with #cleanbeauty ingredients that support your optimal health.

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