Thanks everyone for the tips and suggestions. I tried a couple of these on my big city visit - the Laura Mercier loose and and the Smashbox Halo. The Halo felt more moisturizing, but wasn't quite the right match to my skin. One challenge is the makeup artists at Nordies put everything on with a much heavier hand than I will IRL. I got a free sample of the Laura Mercier Tinted cream, which I will give a test run too.
I will try some of the other powder suggestions as I have a chance and really appreciate the YFL wisdom in pointing me down some paths. It may be that because the nature of powder is more drying, I may just have to get faster with the liquid if I want to hew to my "more polished" resolution.
Sorry to have posted and dashed on the original post - I just got back from my vacation and can finally sit down at my computer.