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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 holistic eco wellness retreats, where you will experience sacred energy healing, immerse yourself in holistic wellness and unlock the magic of your most vibrant and healthy self. Imagine a journey to deepen your connection with yourself, expand and experience deep healing, while soaking in the Pacific Northwest’s elements.

Replenish Retreat is a magical experience designed to:

• Recharge and replenish your mind, body +soul
• Raise your vibration through healthy food & nourishment
• Dive deep within yourself to work through limiting beliefs, old patterns, and break generational cycles
• Feel safe to embrace your truest self +connect with like-minded people
• Release anxiety, become more present and build more confidence and trust in yourself
• Awaken your soul’s mission and purpose through self-love
• Replenish yourself through deep healing, clarity, and joy by centering into your heart
• Connect with high vibrational woman from all walks of life
• BE FREE – relax, sauna, meditate, foot soak and stretch if you need
• Experience pure, genuine, soul nourishing fun in this nature filled adventure


Retreat Educators & Hosts:

Portrait of KELLI Thomsen - a Licensed Esthetician & Holistic Skin Educato

Hi, I’m KELLI – a Licensed Esthetician & Holistic Skin Educator specializing in skin health & wellness. When I’m not with my clients creating skin care solutions, teaching a makeup lesson or getting a couple ready for their engagement session or wedding, you’ll find me in nature. 

For the past 22 years I’ve helped people get consistent with their skin health. I have a passion for plant-based, botanical ingredients that repair & heal, coupled with a medical grade quality that encourages results. Helping others understand the correlation between their daily rituals and how they feel about their skin is the most important part of what I do. 

It’s my goal to find all the pieces that make you unique and curate a guide to help you protect and keep your skin feeling & looking its best. My greatest wish is that you leave the retreat replenished – weaving everything that resonates for you into your daily practices, so you have the tools to live your most authentic & vibrant life. 


Portrait of Traci of LoveSeedHypnosis, educator at Mexico wellness retreat Replenish Retreat

Hi, I’m TRACI – certified health coach and hypnotherapist 🙂 I’m passionate about exploring the depths of the collective waking dream in each moment; honoring the invitation to unveil the multidimensional mysteries of the soul. 

Astrology, Human Design and Gene Keys have been important tools in helping my clients discover the places with-in and with-out that don’t feel true, well or free. 

Tuning into the nervous system’s bio-field expression gives me an accurate picture of the blueprint of one’s evolutionary landscape and rhythms.

I create custom medicinals and experiential exercises, to help entrain, fortify, stabilize, balance and free your unique nervous system throughout its involutionary/evolutionary process.

My greatest wish is that we all get to thrive and live authentically as the unique expression that we came here to be! 

It is my honor to bring my world work to the Replenish wellness retreat community, where we will all meet our individual expression…to play and co-create at the evolutionary edge, of this collective shift in consciousness.


Portrait of Angela, certified breathwork facilitator & reiki practitioner

Hello,  I’m Angela – a certified breathwork facilitator & reiki practitioner, with training in fascia release, lymphatic drainage, & energy clearing techniques. 

I have always been fascinated by the body’s inner workings and I draw inspiration from both our internal ecology and the ecology of our broader communities. Together in this wellness retreat we will explore a variety of practices to help you feel more resourced, aligned and connected to the wisdom held within each of us.  


Included in our RETREAT PACKAGES:

• Daily lunch and snacks +drinks (non-alcoholic) & unlimited filtered water

(fresh, local cuisine made on-site for the daily meal and all dietary restrictions are welcome)

• Daily movement classes +breath work and journaling

• Skin & Body Wellness Workshops +Welcome Kit that includes custom products & tools (Pre-Retreat Questionnaire Required to customized product needs)

• Exclusive Daily Human Design Experiences (Pre-Retreat Questionnaire Required)

• Closing Evening Farm to Table Dinner


YOUR REPLENISH RETREAT WELCOME KIT

This kit is curated to encourage self-care routines with bath & body essentials tested by an esthetician

1. OM Beauty Oil created by esthetician, Kelli Thomsen – an all in one facial oil that hydrates, nourishes and preps the skin, taking it from dull and dry to replenished. Each participant will receive a sample bottle of OM beauty oil made with organic Moroccan Cactus Seed Oil, Argan Oil and Sea Buckthorn Seed Oil to renew and restore your skin’s natural biome.

2. The Daily Jade Gua Sha Facial Tool has been a part of beauty regimens for centuries. The Jade stone is known to help sculpt facial features leaving you with brighter, glowing skin. It can be used with your serum or beauty oil to renew the skin by increasing blood flow and flushing out lymphatic drainage, stimulating skin for radiant results. Participants will get a Jade Gua Sha Tool to use and take home. Care & Benefits: Rinse and cleanse the Jade Gua Sha Facial Tool after use. Dry and store in a well-ventilated area.

3. Facial Cloth – each participant will receive a cloth for their personal use.

These airy and soft facial cloths are excellent for our fragile skin. Absorbent and lightweight, they make product removal a breeze, making it easy to move around facial features. They heat well, are made with 100% cotton and the gentle cloths get softer after each wash. They are my go to makeup remover and skin care removing cloths.

4. Hydra Bright Liquid Exfoliant by Glo Skin Beauty is a life saving, queen of exfoliants and safe for all skin types. Clinically-proven to smooth, refine and brighten skin with a unique blend of five alpha hydroxy acids & poly hydroxy acid. This gentle liquid exfoliant boosts the efficacy of serums, moisturizers, and other treatments. The radiance-renewing ingredients are mandelic, lactic, gluconic, and tartaric acids. 1 ounce bottle for each participant.

5. Enriched Firming Mask is an Epionce favorite! Each participant will receive a deluxe sample.

This hydrating mask is expertly formulated with botanical ingredients to help soothe and improve the visible appearance of elasticity and firmness of the skin. With highly emollient properties and a proprietary blend of barrier lipids, Enriched Firming Mask helps calm visible redness and irritation. Gives skin a visible boost of hydration. How to Use: Evenly apply to clean skin. Leave on for 5-10 minutes then rinse. For additional hydration, do not rinse. For best results, use weekly.

6. Daily Shield Tinted SPF 50 Sunscreen by Epionce provides broad spectrum protection and the tinted formula has an extra special way of evening out skin tone, while imparting a natural-looking healthy glow. I love the water-resistant formula, enhanced with botanical ingredients for antioxidant benefits. It provides a sheer protection in just the right amount of color to let skin look bare. It’s ideal for daily use, alone or under makeup to provide optimum protection from UV exposure. It is recommended by the Skin Cancer Foundation as an effective broad spectrum sunscreen, and was awarded “Best Under Makeup” by the Shape Magazine 2017 Sun Awards. Each participant will receive a deluxe sample of each.

7. Intense Defense Serum by Epionce is a complete multivitamin for the skin to be used every morning and evening. It’s formulated using botanical sources of Vitamins A, B, C, D and E and is clincally proven to improve the signs of aging. Each participant will receive a deluxe sample.

natural skincare products available at Mexico wellness retreat, Replenish Retreat by Kelli Thomsen Beauty

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About the Retreat Locations

Nestled in the SW Hills of Portland, tucked in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. Your time with us will give you the opportunity to immerse yourself in nature. You will deepen your movement and meditation practice. You’ll journey through a series of human design experiences that will tune you into your unique gifts. All of this will set the stage for a new way of listening to your body. You’ll have the chance to immerse yourself in soul nourishing energy with a deep dive into your daily habits. We can’t wait to meet the people who are ready to join us on our next legendary wellness retreat!

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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.
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 🎆

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