Ossuccio · Tremezzina
Indian wedding makeup at Villa Balbiano
Frescoed rooms, a lakefront garden and the feeling of a family home. Villa Balbiano is booked for exclusive use, and the getting-ready rooms are part of the house.
Please read first
We are an India-based team. We travel to Villa Balbiano 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 Villa Balbiano offers an Indian wedding.
A planning summary from public information about the property. Your planner confirms spaces, capacities and permissions for each function.
- Location
- Ossuccio in the Tremezzina, facing Isola Comacina
- Origins
- 16th century, enlarged by Cardinal Durini in the 18th
- Use
- A private residence rented for exclusive-use stays and events
- Known for
- The engagement celebrations of Isha Ambani and Anand Piramal in 2018
- Setting
- Formal gardens running to the lake with a private landing
- Nearest hub
- Tremezzo, about 10 minutes away
Function by function
Matching each look to a Villa Balbiano setting.
Mehendi in the lakefront 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 the frescoed salons
Warm evening light, mirrors and dancing. Deeper eyes, a base set to survive a full dance floor and hair secured for movement.
Pheras at the garden by 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 garden dinner
Candlelight and chandeliers with a photographer at every table. Lower shine on the T-zone, defined lashes and a richer lip.
A little history
A cardinal’s villa that became an exclusive-use house.
Villa Balbiano dates back to the 16th century and was later enlarged by Cardinal Angelo Maria Durini, the same patron who built Villa del Balbianello down the shore. Its rooms are covered in frescoes and its gardens step down to the lake opposite Isola Comacina.
Restored as a private home, it is now rented for exclusive-use stays and celebrations. Indian families know it from the engagement festivities of Isha Ambani and Anand Piramal in September 2018, which brought the villa to front pages in India.
For a bride, the house is the advantage. Getting ready happens in a frescoed bedroom upstairs rather than a hotel suite, with family close by, and the walk to the garden is short.
Specific to this venue
Villa Balbiano details we plan around.
Worth doing
- Choose the bride’s room early; window light varies a lot between rooms
- Plan where the team stays if the villa is full of family
- Ask the owners’ team about music limits and fire permissions
- Use the frescoed rooms for portraits before the ceremony
Worth avoiding
- Very bright, cool-toned makeup that clashes with warm frescoes
- A crowded bridal room with the whole family getting ready in it
- Loose hair for an evening garden dinner by the water
- Assuming hotel-style services such as a salon on site
The wedding day
A typical Villa Balbiano wedding day.
- 07:00
Team sets up in a frescoed bedroom in the villa
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 garden daylight and candle-lit evenings.
- 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 in the frescoed rooms and on the garden stairs
First photographs while the makeup is at its freshest, before the busiest part of the day.
- 15:30
Baraat and pheras at the garden by the water
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
Looks she brings to Italy.
Real brides styled by Tejaswini in India. The same hands and kit travel to Lake Como.
Tejaswini
Your artist at Villa Balbiano
Tejaswini has styled more than a thousand Indian brides since 2012, and private-villa weddings are where her calm, planned approach shows most. At Villa Balbiano she sets up in the bride’s own room, keeps the family looks in a separate space and designs the makeup to sit naturally against warm frescoes and candlelight.
Watch
Bare skin to finished bride.
Four looks, one wedding
Villa Balbiano questions
Bridal makeup at Villa Balbiano.
Do you provide Indian bridal makeup at Villa Balbiano?
Yes. Tejaswini’s team flies from India for weddings at Villa Balbiano and covers each function for the bride, family and bridal party. The team’s flights, Schengen visas and rooms are paid by the family.
Where does the bride get ready at Villa Balbiano?
Inside the villa, in one of the bedrooms. We pick the room with the best window light and set up a second room for family makeup.
Can the makeup team stay at the villa?
Sometimes, depending on how many rooms the family needs. Otherwise the team stays in Tremezzo or Lenno, a few minutes away.
Is Villa Balbiano suitable for a large wedding?
It suits intimate to mid-sized celebrations best. For very large guest lists, families often use it for one or two functions and another venue for the rest.
Can you do makeup for an engagement or welcome dinner here?
Yes. Many families use the villa for a smaller function, and we plan that look as carefully as the wedding day.
How do we get a quote for a Villa Balbiano 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.
Keep comparing
Other Lake Como wedding venues.
Shortlisting more than one property? Each has its own guide.
Villa Balbiano bookings
Planning your wedding at Villa Balbiano?
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.
