Lake Como · Lombardy
Indian bridal makeup artist on Lake Como
Pheras on a villa terrace above the water, a sangeet in a frescoed salon and a baraat that arrives by boat. Tejaswini’s team flies in from India for the whole wedding week.
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Based in Pune, travelling to Lake Como for your wedding.
Please note that Tejaswini is based in Pune, India and flies to Lake Como with her own artists. Every destination booking is planned months before anyone boards a plane.
Travel, Schengen visa and stay costs for every team member are the client’s responsibility, always shown separately.
- Based inPune, Maharashtra
- TravelsWorldwide
- Flights & visasBilled at cost
- Stay & transfersCouple arranges
In one paragraph
Booking an Indian bridal makeup artist for Lake Como
Tejaswini’s India-based team covers Lake Como weddings end to end: bridal makeup and hair for each function, draping, and makeup for the family and bridal party. The team lands at least a day before the first event and stays at or near your villa or hotel. Flights from India, Schengen visas and rooms for the team are paid by the client and shown separately in the quote.
Lake Como suits families who want the classic Italian villa wedding: historic gardens, boat arrivals and some of the most photographed terraces in Europe. It is best for 40 to 250 guests; very large weddings need one of the few venues built for scale.
AirportsMXP, LIN and BGY
From DelhiAbout 8 hours to Milan, non-stop
Best monthsMay–Jun, Sep–early Oct
Local timeCET; India is 3.5–4.5 hrs ahead
Your artist in Lake Como
Tejaswini: fourteen years of Indian brides, now on the lake.
The person behind this page is Tejaswini, a Pune-born bridal makeup artist who has styled more than a thousand brides since 2012. She runs Tejaswini Makeup Studio & Academy in Baner, teaches small private batches, and still takes every bridal booking herself.
Lake Como suits the way she works. Villa terraces and water reflect a great deal of light back onto the face, and heavy makeup looks chalky there. Her signature is the opposite: a thin, well-prepared base, clean definition around the eyes and a finish that reads as glowing skin.
A lake wedding uses the same system she uses everywhere: early arrival, one wedding per trip and every morning planned on paper before anyone flies, with boat timings built in.
What a Lake Como bride gets
- Two planning conversations (a third if needed) covering outfits, jewellery and venue light
- No rushed trial: looks are decided in advance with your real styling
- Tejaswini personally on every bridal look, with her own team for family makeup
- A written timetable shared with your planner and photographer
Where the weddings happen
Most wedding villas sit on two short stretches of shore.
Lake Como is shaped like an upside-down Y, and almost every Indian wedding happens on its south-western arm. The first cluster is around Cernobbio, just north of Como town, where Villa d’Este and Villa Erba stand side by side. The second is the Tremezzina, about 40 minutes further up the western shore, with Tremezzo, Lenno and Ossuccio facing Bellagio across the water.
That matters for makeup because the lakeside road, the Via Regina, is narrow and slow, and a 20-kilometre drive can take an hour in summer. Within each cluster, though, distances are short, and boats are often quicker than cars.
We ask for the team’s rooms in the same cluster as the wedding, ideally in the same hotel. If functions are split between Cernobbio and the Tremezzina, we plan the bride’s touch-up on the boat rather than a full redo.
Allow this much time
Typical travel times the bridal team plans around.
Rough door-to-door estimates. Traffic, ferries and season change them, so we add a buffer to every one.
- Milan Malpensa (MXP) to Cernobbio50–70 min
- Milan Linate (LIN) to Cernobbio60–80 min
- Como town to Cernobbio10–15 min
- Cernobbio to Tremezzo by road40–60 min
- Tremezzo to Lenno or Ossuccio10–15 min
- Tremezzo to Bellagio by ferryAbout 15 min
- Lenno to Villa del BalbianelloShort boat ride or a walk of about 1 km
- Milan city to Como by car or train45–60 min
Private water taxis are the fastest way between lakeside venues and make a beautiful baraat, but they need booking well ahead in summer. If the bride arrives by boat, tell us early: open water changes how we set hair, veil and dupatta.
Lake Como venues
Five Lake Como venues, each with its own guide.
What each property is like, where the bride gets ready and how its spaces shape the looks.
Grand hotelVilla d’Este
A 16th-century cardinal’s villa turned Lake Como’s most famous grand hotel, with gardens and a pool on the water.
Read the guide
Large weddingsVilla Erba
A lakeside villa and park with modern event halls beside it: Lake Como’s answer to a 400-guest Indian wedding.
Read the guide
Private villaVilla Balbiano
A frescoed private villa on the water at Ossuccio, rented for exclusive use; the setting of a famous Indian engagement in 2018.
Read the guide
Art Nouveau hotelGrand Hotel Tremezzo
A 1910 Art Nouveau palace facing Bellagio, with a floating pool and gardens; a classic base for a Tremezzina wedding week.
Read the guide
Iconic ceremonyVilla del Balbianello
The terraced villa on the Lavedo point where Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh married in 2018.
Read the guidePhotos show each venue or its immediate surroundings, from Wikimedia Commons; credits are on each venue page. These are informational guides, not venue partnerships.
Light and setting
How Lake Como changes each look.
The lake gives you soft morning light, hard afternoon reflections and candle-lit evenings in one day. Each function’s makeup is planned for the light it will be photographed in.
Mehendi in a lakeside garden
Soft daylight bouncing off the lake. Fresh, dewy skin with SPF, a sheer flush and hair pinned up and off the shoulders for the mehendi artists.
Sangeet in a villa salon
Warm evening light, mirrors and dancing. Deeper eyes, a base set to survive a full dance floor and hair secured for movement.
Pheras at a terrace above the water
Afternoon sun on water and pale stone. A satin finish that holds detail without flashing white, waterproof eyes and a dupatta pinned for the lake breeze.
Reception in a candle-lit ballroom
Candlelight and chandeliers with a photographer at every table. Lower shine on the T-zone, defined lashes and a richer lip.
A wedding day in Lake Como
How the bride’s day usually runs.
An example for afternoon pheras on a villa terrace and an evening reception indoors. We rebuild it around your muhurat, the boat schedule and your photographer.
- 07:30
Team sets up in the bridal suite
Window light chosen, kit laid out and skin prep ready. The team’s rooms are in the same hotel or village, so there is no morning drive along the lake.
- 09:00
Mothers and family first
Family makeup runs in a second room so the bridal suite stays calm.
- 11:00
Bride’s skin prep and base
A base built for reflected afternoon light and indoor flash later.
- 13:00
Hair, eyes, jewellery and draping
Maang tikka, nath and dupatta set with the outfit on.
- 14:30
Portraits in the gardens
Photographs while the face is fresh, before the afternoon breeze picks up.
- 16:00
Baraat by boat and pheras
One artist stays at the mandap with a touch-up kit.
- 19:30
Change for the reception
Deeper lip, refreshed eyes and a new hairstyle if planned; about 60–75 minutes.
Wind check: afternoon breezes on Lake Como are common in summer. If the pheras are on an open terrace or the bride arrives by boat, we plan a more structured hairstyle and pin the dupatta at more points.
Lake Como essentials
Practical facts for the wedding week.
| Topic | What to know |
|---|---|
| Airports | Milan Malpensa (MXP) is the main international airport; Linate (LIN) and Bergamo (BGY) also serve the lake. |
| Flights from India | Air India flies non-stop from Delhi to Milan Malpensa; other cities connect through the Gulf, Istanbul or a European hub. |
| Getting around | Narrow lakeside roads, ferries and private water taxis. Large coaches cannot reach every villa. |
| Time | Central European Time; India is 3.5 hours ahead in summer and 4.5 hours in winter. |
| Money and power | Euro. 230V with Italian and European plugs (types C, F and L); the team carries its own adaptors. |
| Season | Most lake hotels open roughly from March or April to October or November and close in winter. |
| Weather | Warm, sometimes humid summers with afternoon storms; mild springs and autumns. |
From experience of destination weddings
Small decisions that make a Lake Como wedding easier.
Do
- Book the team’s rooms in the same part of the lake as the wedding
- Ask each villa about its music curfew before planning a late sangeet
- Plan boat timings with the planner and share them with us
- Keep a covered getting-ready room with good window light
Avoid
- Splitting functions between Cernobbio and Bellagio without allowing for transfers
- A glossy base for an afternoon terrace ceremony
- Loose open curls for a boat arrival
- Assuming every villa allows an open havan fire
Our brides
Looks that suit villa and lake settings.
On video
See how the finish moves.
Classic bridal red
Bare skin to finished bride
Questions
Lake Como wedding makeup: what families ask.
Do you travel from India for Lake Como weddings?
Yes. The team flies from Pune for your dates and covers every function, the bride, the family and the bridal party.
Which Lake Como venues do Indian families book most?
Villa d’Este and Villa Erba in Cernobbio, Villa Balbiano in Ossuccio, Grand Hotel Tremezzo and Villa del Balbianello in Lenno are the usual shortlist, each with its own guide on this site.
Is Lake Como suitable for a large Indian wedding?
For 250 guests or more, choose a venue built for scale such as Villa Erba, or split guests across hotels. Many famous villas have limits on numbers and music, so check those first.
Can the baraat arrive by boat?
Yes, and it is one of the best moments of a Lake Como wedding. We set the hair and dupatta for wind and send an artist ahead to the jetty for a final check.
When is the best time for a Lake Como wedding?
May, June and September are the favourites. July and August are warm and busy; most hotels close from November to March.
How many days before the wedding should the team arrive?
At least one full day before the first function, and two if anyone in the team connects through another city.
What does the family need to send for the team’s visas?
Confirmed rooms for the whole stay, flight bookings and a short letter describing the event and dates. We send the exact list per person.
Do you only do North Indian bridal looks?
No. Tejaswini works across North Indian, Marwari, Punjabi, Gujarati, Maharashtrian, South Indian and contemporary looks, and plans each function separately.
More of Italy
Other Italian wedding regions.
Comparing two regions, or splitting functions between them? Each has its own guide.
Lake Como enquiries
Getting married on Lake Como?
Send the dates, venue or shortlist, the functions and how many people need hair and makeup. We will come back with availability and an itemised quote, with the team’s travel shown on its own line.
