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WHY YOUR SKIN IS CONFUSED

Eco Tips, Skin Care, Wedding Prep

I spent $900 on beauty products in one month. Here’s what I learned about confused skin, subscription boxes, and the terrain-based solution that actually works. For working mothers, busy women, and brides.

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A Portland Esthetician’s Guide to Wedding Skin: Stop Guessing, Start Glowing

Eco Tips, Makeup Artistry, Skin Care, Uncategorized, Wedding Inspiration, Wedding Prep

Portland wedding esthetician reveals the truth about pre-wedding skincare. Strategic treatment timelines for couples getting married who want glowing, healthy skin—not a different face. Wedding facial packages & prep memberships.

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Portland Skincare Memberships: How Consistent Care Delivers the Results You’ve Been Chasing

Eco Tips, Skin Care

Portland esthetician with 25+ years experience reveals why skincare memberships work better than one-time facials. Compare custom facial memberships, chemical peel packages, and clean beauty treatments in Portland, Oregon.

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Replenish Retreat: Your Journey to Wellness

Eco Tips, Skin Care, Travel

In the hustle and bustle of modern life, it’s easy to lose sight of ourselves. We feel overwhelmed and disconnected. Daily demands weigh us down….

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What Is Your Beauty Design?

Eco Tips, Skin Care, Travel

You have a sacral knowing inside and my goal is for you to understand how to tap into it. I specialize in personalized beauty guidance…

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Capsule Beauty – Skin Care & Makeup Class

Eco Tips, Makeup Artistry

As the seasons change, so do our skin care needs. That’s why I’ll guide you through simple and effective skin prep tips to seamlessly transition…

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Shop Clean Beauty For All Ages

Eco Tips, Skin Care

In the heart of Portland, Oregon, where sustainability and conscious living are woven into the fabric of the community, my local beauty studio is a…

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Packing for a wellness retreat?

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It’s time to leave the distractions behind and get your bags packed. I’ll give you a break down of everything you may need to do…

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REPLENISH RETREAT: Get The Clarity You Need To Move Through Your Life With Confidence

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NEW Dates Coming Soon: Come away with us! Replenish Wellness Retreat Escape into our ALL-INCLUSIVE, holistic eco wellness retreats, where you will experience sacred energy…

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Do This Daily For Your Best Complexion

Eco Tips, Skin Care

In the world of beauty, some things are timeless. They endure because they are not just effective; they add genuine joy to our daily lives….

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Transition to Sustainable Beauty

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I typically hold onto my beauty samples with the best intention of using them and then sadly find a drawer full of the plastic containers…

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Why Vitamin D & Sun Protection Matters

Eco Tips, Skin Care, Travel

As a licensed esthetician and advocate for skin cancer prevention, I ‘ve learned there is a balance in getting ideal amounts of Vitamin D, while…

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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.
To our future couples: We don’t transform. We elev To our future couples: We don’t transform. We elevate. We reveal. We honor what’s already beautiful in you. The moment I live for is when a bride looks in the mirror during her design session and says ‘I look like me - elevated’ - with relief in her voice.

Somewhere along the way, we were conditioned to think that wedding beauty means looking different. More done. More trend-forward. More… something.

But the people I work with? They’re the ones who want to look at their wedding photos in 30 years and recognize themselves naturally beautiful.

Radiant. Vibrant. Timeless.

Not 2025. Not Instagram. Not anyone else.

They want to see all their natural beauty brought forward, enhanced, celebrated. That’s the kind of beauty that doesn’t need updating. It’s never about covering or fixing. It’s always about being fully honored, magnified and cared for. 

photography @hollyhursleyphoto
planning @hostedby.co
floral @wildflower_portland 
ceremony venue @csrgpdx
reception venue catering: huntandgathercatering
DJ @dillonbartellmusic
beauty @kellithomsen 
rentals @powerofloverentals
paper goods & signage @kellielynnthayer transportation @shanghaipartybus
ceremony entertainment correabrandonpaul @salemstringquartet 
ceremony bartending @bliss_bar 
rings @malkadiamonds

#cleanbeauty #oregonwedding #weddingbeauty #portlandmakeupartist #weddingmakeup
I got this email from a colleague that completely I got this email from a colleague that completely stopped me in my tracks. It’s exactly what I’ve been feeling as we head into 2026. She asked: “What’s the dream you keep pushing to the side because it feels too big?” I felt that in my whole body.

Here’s what I know after 25+ years in this industry: I see it all the time - you want glowing skin, so you panic and buy seven new products at once, get overwhelmed, and then do nothing. Or you want to finally learn makeup that actually works for your face, but the idea of figuring it all out feels impossible, so you don’t start.

But that’s not how your healthiest skin gets revealed. Real change starts small. Not with the perfect 10-step routine. Not with buying out Sephora. It starts with switching ONE product to something clean. Learning ONE technique that actually flatters your features. Booking ONE skincare session. Creating ONE morning ritual that actually feels good.

One block. Then another. Then another.
And suddenly six months later you look up and realize - holy shit, my skin actually glows now. I know how to do my makeup. This actually works. I can breathe. That’s how I built my small business. That’s how I created my lifestyle and sanctuary. That’s how nervous systems regulate and your healthiest skin reveals itself. 

What’s your one small action for the next 7 days? Maybe it’s:
-Tossing one toxic product and replacing it with something botanical
-Booking that makeup lesson you’ve been putting off
-Actually using that face oil sitting on your shelf
-Spending 60 seconds on a face massage instead of doom-scrolling
-Finally trying that technique I showed you in your last session
Just one thing. That’s your first block.
And if you’re thinking “I don’t even know where to start,” I’ve got something coming that’ll help.

2026 is the Year of the Fire Horse, known for unstoppable momentum, fierce independence, and breaking convention. I’m absolutely channeling that energy into what’s coming and I have a surprise coming the week leading up to Chinese New Year (February 12-17)! STAY TUNED. Happy New Year 🎆
Winter Solstice. The longest night. The turning po Winter Solstice. The longest night. The turning point. The exhale. It’s 11 pm on this first day of winter and I’m feeling deeply grateful. This past wedding season was extraordinary! 68+ weddings from Bend to wine country. Incredible couples who trusted me. Vendors who became true collaborators. Brands and companies who actually share my values around clean beauty & intentional work.

And now I get to pause. To reflect. To actually metabolize it all. This is the part people don’t always see, the winter quiet after a season of intense creation. But it’s essential. This is where I integrate everything I learned. Where I ask myself what worked, what didn’t, what I want to carry forward. Where I honor the season that just passed and tend to what wants to emerge.

To every couple who let me be part of your day, thank you for trusting me with your beauty. To the photographers, planners, florists, and venue teams who make this work collaborative magic, you inspire me. To the clean beauty brands doing it right, thank you for making products I believe in.

I’ve been using this solstice energy to appreciate this and to create what’s next. My studio is becoming the sanctuary I always envisioned. I’m developing my first online course and I’m genuinely excited to share what I’ve been building soon. I’m spending time with my true friends making art and setting real intentions for the year ahead.

Our 2026 wedding calendar is almost full and we’re building a waitlist for 2027. But right now, in this moment, I’m not focused on what’s next. I’m honoring what was. I’m sitting in the stillness. I’m letting myself feel how big this season actually was. This is how I prepare for a successful, fruitful year. Not by hustling through winter, but by doing the quiet work that makes everything else possible. By being selective about how I spend my time and who I spend it with. By tending to what matters. 

The goal is as the light is returning, I’ll be rested and ready. ✨

Venue: @thecragrathut
Planner: @silkandsaltevents
Caterer: @ripcitygrill
Hair & Make-up: @kellithomsen
Dress: @waichingstudio
Suit: @indochinoweddings
Jeweler: @withtheseringshandmade
Desserts: @papahaydn
There’s something about a Hood River wedding that There’s something about a Hood River wedding that asks you to trust the elements, and Kathleen did just that.

Golden hour light spilling across The Gorge. Soft winds that honored her delicate veil instead of fighting it. A bridal party that moved through the day with the kind of ease that only comes when everyone feels genuinely cared for.

For Kathleen’s makeup, we let her natural freckles show through because why would we cover what makes her uniquely beautiful? Warm taupes and neutral tones that enhanced rather than masked. Soft and natural individual lashes. A rosewood lip chosen specifically to complement her natural skin tone, not fight against it.

This is what happens when you choose a beauty approach that works with your skin, your features, your natural coloring. Kathleen’s makeup held beautifully through riverside portraits, emotional vows, and dancing under the twilight because it was designed for her skin, this climate, these conditions.

This is the Pacific Northwest wedding beauty we’ve spent 25+ years perfecting. Weather-tested, botanically-driven, designed to let you be fully present instead of worried about how you look.

Thank you to this exceptional vendor team who understands that true luxury is in the details, the care, and the experience!

Venue: @thegriffinhouse
Planning/Design: @amandajeanpdxevents
Photography: @megangallagherphoto
Florals: @trellis_flowers
Hair: @styledbymattie
Skin & Makeup: @kellithomsen
Catering: @bellyfulcatering
Band/DJ: @bluewaveband
Rentals: @riverhoodrentals
At 50, I’m not winding down, I’m finally warmed up At 50, I’m not winding down, I’m finally warmed up! What I’m tending now? 

It’s been growing all along. After years of trial & error, I finally learned how to be still enough to enjoy it bloom - the garden, the work, the space and balance of energy. Everything around me is finally aligned. There’s this flow now where nothing is forced and everything feels organic, exactly how I approach the work I do, exactly how life is meant to feel. 

RECAP of the most important things I’ve learned: 

-you don’t need a master plan, just keep showing up for what feels true.

-build your life like a garden, one intentional choice at a time.

-some people are seasonal, others are perennial, the storms show you which is which.

-your body’s wisdom is smarter than your mind’s logic, listen to it.

-you can’t show up for others unless you’re showing up for yourself first.

-boundaries aren’t walls, they’re how you protect the energy for what truly matters.

-healing changes your taste… in people, in habits, in dreams.

-trust what lights you up, because your excitement is real data.

-you don’t have to choose between the wild & intentional, be both!

#Turning50 #CultivatingBeauty #ComeSitInMyGarden #CleanBeauty #SlowingDown #TendingToMySanctuary #Enhancement #IntentionaLliving

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