Conca dei Marini · Amalfi Coast
Indian wedding makeup at Monastero Santa Rosa
A monastery on the cliff, terraced gardens and an infinity pool over the sea. Monastero Santa Rosa is an intimate, exclusive Amalfi wedding.
Please read first
We are an India-based team. We travel to Monastero Santa Rosa for your wedding.
Tejaswini’s studio is in Pune, India, and there is no Italian branch or local stand-in working under her name. She travels for weddings and pre-wedding shoots, arriving ahead of the first function and staying until the last.
Return flights, Schengen visas and accommodation for the team are paid by the client and appear on separate lines of the quote.
- Based inPune, India
- TravelsTo any destination
- Flights & visasFamily covers
- Stay & transfersOn the client
The venue at a glance
What Monastero Santa Rosa offers an Indian wedding.
A planning summary from public information about the property. Your planner confirms spaces, capacities and permissions for each function.
- Location
- Conca dei Marini, between Amalfi and Positano
- Built
- 17th century, as a Dominican convent
- Known for
- The nuns’ invention of the sfogliatella Santa Rosa pastry
- Today
- A small boutique hotel with terraced gardens and a spa
- Best for
- Intimate weddings and exclusive buyouts
- From Amalfi
- About 10 minutes by road
Function by function
Matching each look to a Monastero Santa Rosa setting.
Mehendi on the terraced gardens
Bright Mediterranean light and real heat. A light, sweat-resistant base, cream colour on the cheeks and a cool, high hairstyle.
Sangeet on the garden terraces by night
Sea air and evening humidity. A matte-satin base that will not slide, sculpted eyes and a style that holds through hours of dancing.
Pheras at a garden terrace on the cliff
Sun reflecting off the sea and white stone. Long-wear, humidity-proof products, no heavy highlighter and the dupatta fixed against wind.
Reception at the terrace above the sea
Warm night light over the water. A refreshed base, a deeper lip and lashes that still read in candle-lit photographs.
A little history
A convent famous for a pastry, reborn as a hotel.
The monastery of Santa Rosa was built in the 17th century on the cliffs of Conca dei Marini. Its nuns are credited with inventing the sfogliatella Santa Rosa, a cream-filled pastry still sold across Campania.
Abandoned for many years, it was restored and reopened as a small luxury hotel in the 2010s, with terraced gardens, an infinity pool on the cliff and a spa in the old vaults.
With only a small number of rooms, it suits an intimate wedding, often as a full buyout. For the bride, that means a private, unhurried morning in one of the cliff-facing rooms.
Specific to this venue
Monastero Santa Rosa details we plan around.
Worth doing
- Consider a full buyout for privacy
- Plan garden portraits early or late in the day
- Arrange luggage help for the team’s kit
- Keep the guest list intimate
Worth avoiding
- Large guest lists the venue cannot hold
- Long trains on narrow garden stairs
- A glossy base in summer humidity
- Last-minute coast-road transfers
The wedding day
A typical Monastero Santa Rosa wedding day.
- 07:00
Team sets up in a cliff-facing room
We ask for a room with good window light and a second room close by for family makeup, so the bride’s room stays calm.
- 08:30
Mothers and family first
Family looks run in parallel with the bridal skin prep, timed so nobody waits in the corridor.
- 10:30
Bride’s skin prep and base
Hydration, primer and a base built for strong sea light on terraced gardens.
- 12:30
Hair, eyes, jewellery and draping
Maang tikka, nath and dupatta set with the outfit on, checked from every angle the photographer will use.
- 14:00
Portraits on the garden terraces and stairs
First photographs while the makeup is at its freshest, before the busiest part of the day.
- 15:30
Baraat and pheras at a garden terrace on the cliff
One artist stays near the mandap with a touch-up kit: blotting papers, powder, lip and spare pins.
- 19:00
Change for the reception
New lip, refreshed eyes and a second hairstyle if planned; allow 60–75 minutes.
Her work
A few of Tejaswini’s brides.
Real brides styled by Tejaswini in India. The same hands and kit travel to Amalfi Coast.
Tejaswini
Your artist at Monastero Santa Rosa
Tejaswini has styled more than a thousand Indian brides since 2012, and small, exclusive weddings let her give each look her full attention. At Santa Rosa she plans an unhurried bridal morning, a heat-proof finish for the cliff gardens and a richer look for the sunset terrace.
Watch
The look for the pheras.
Classic bridal red
Monastero Santa Rosa questions
Bridal makeup at Monastero Santa Rosa.
Do you provide Indian bridal makeup at Monastero Santa Rosa?
Yes. Tejaswini’s team flies from India for weddings at Monastero Santa Rosa and covers each function for the bride, family and bridal party. The team’s flights, Schengen visas and rooms are paid by the family.
Is Monastero Santa Rosa suitable for a large wedding?
No, it is a small hotel best for intimate weddings.
Where does the makeup team stay?
Ideally in the hotel if it is a buyout, otherwise in Amalfi with a planned transfer.
How far is it from Positano?
About 30 to 40 minutes by road, or a short boat ride from Amalfi.
What is the light like for photographs?
Bright sea light all day; we use a satin finish and time portraits for softer light.
How do we get a quote for a Monastero Santa Rosa wedding?
Message us with the dates, functions and the number of people who need hair and makeup. The quote lists the artist fee and the travel costs on separate lines.
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Monastero Santa Rosa bookings
Planning your wedding at Monastero Santa Rosa?
Share the dates and the list of functions, and tell us which spaces you are considering. We will send availability, a suggested team size and an itemised quote, with the team’s travel shown on its own line.
