
Rome · Lazio
Pheras on a terrace above the domes, a sangeet in a frescoed villa and a reception in a castle by the lake. Rome is the Italian wedding with the most history, and the easiest flights from Delhi. Bridal makeup, hairstyling and draping are planned for your booked functions; travel from India is subject to availability and the appropriate permissions.
Written by Tejaswini, Indian bridal makeup artist since 2012 · Last updated

Bridal portfolio by Tejaswini · photographed in India
Please read first
This is an India-based team: Tejaswini and her artists live and work in Pune and travel out for each booking. For Italy the team lands early, so nobody is rushed on the first morning.
The client covers the team’s airfare, Schengen visa fees and hotel rooms; these are quoted at cost, apart from the artist fee.
Your wedding functions
Planning bridal hair and makeup around Rome, Monte Mario, the Janiculum and Bracciano? For a Rome wedding, keep the bridal preparation room close to the event location. A city portrait session and a Bracciano castle ceremony need separate transfer buffers, while ballroom reception makeup is planned around indoor lighting.
Plan your wedding-day makeup with the hairstyle, saree or lehenga draping, dupatta and jewellery placement. Share skin preferences and reference looks so the finish suits your outfit and the ceremony light.
Build a lighter look for daytime celebrations and a more defined look for the sangeet or cocktail evening. Each booked function has its own ready-by time and outfit-change plan.
Discuss soft glam or a more defined evening finish, the reception hairstyle and the time needed to change after the ceremony. HD makeup preferences can be discussed at consultation; product choices depend on your skin and look.
Share a list of mothers, sisters, bridesmaids and other guests who need makeup and hairstyling. The quote confirms the number of artists and which services are booked for each person.
Italy wedding makeup prices are quoted for your dates, functions and team size. Ask for an itemised quote separating bridal services, family makeup, agreed touch-ups and travel. Confirm flights, accommodation, meals, local transfers and the documentation needed for each travelling artist before booking. There is no fixed package price for every Italian venue.
Punjabi, Sikh, Hindu, South Indian, Maharashtrian and other Indian and South Asian bridal traditions can have different hair, jewellery and draping requirements. Share the ceremony details when enquiring; venue permission for the ceremony is arranged separately by your planner.
Read the studio’s Pune bridal makeup package guide for context, then request a separate Italy destination quote.
Real bridal work
Real bridal and celebration looks styled by Tejaswini in India. Use these portraits to discuss your own outfits, jewellery, hairstyle and makeup preferences for your Italy wedding.








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Bridal films
Studio portfolio films to help you assess makeup and styling. These films are not presented as weddings at the Italian venue.
Traditional bridal styling with a red outfit and jewellery.
A closer view of the finished makeup and styling.
Watch the makeup process and finished bridal look.
In one paragraph
Tejaswini’s India-based team covers Rome 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 hotel. Flights from India, Schengen visas and rooms for the team are paid by the client and shown separately in the quote.
Rome suits families who want a grand, historic wedding with big hotels, panoramic villas and castles nearby, open all year and connected to Delhi by non-stop flights.
| Main venues | Rome Cavalieri, Castello Odescalchi (Bracciano), Villa Miani, Villa Aurelia |
|---|---|
| Airport | Rome Fiumicino (FCO); Air India flies non-stop from Delhi |
| Typical guests | 100–500 |
| Open | All year; winter suits indoor weddings |
| Best months | April–June, September–October |
| Watch for | Summer heat, city traffic, permits for monument shoots |
Quick answers
Yes. Rome Cavalieri on Monte Mario has ballrooms and lawns for several hundred guests, and castles near Rome suit grand receptions.
There is no fixed package price. Tejaswini quotes each wedding individually, based on how many looks the bride needs, how many functions fall on each day, how many family members need hair and makeup, and the location. The team’s flights, Schengen visas and rooms are added at actual cost on separate lines. Share your function list on WhatsApp for an itemised quote.
Yes. Air India resumed non-stop Delhi–Rome flights in March 2026, several days a week. Schedules change, so check current timings.
At Castello Orsini-Odescalchi in Bracciano, about an hour from Rome, in 2006. It also hosts private Indian celebrations.
Yes, ideally at sunrise. Professional shoots at some monuments need permits, which your photographer arranges.
Yes. Tejaswini’s team flies from Pune and covers every function; flights, visas and rooms are paid by the family.

Your artist in Rome
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 and still takes every bridal booking herself.
Rome is a city of warm stone and strong sun, followed by gilded rooms and chandeliers at night. Her approach is a thin, long-wear base that does not shine in the heat, defined eyes and a finish that reads as skin in both kinds of light.
The system is the same everywhere: early arrival, one wedding per trip and every morning planned on paper before anyone flies, with Rome traffic built into the timetable.

Where the weddings happen
Most Indian weddings in Rome do not happen in the crowded historic centre. They happen on its edges: on Monte Mario, the green hill to the north-west, where Rome Cavalieri and Villa Miani look over the whole city; on the Janiculum, the hill above Trastevere; and in the castles and villas of the Roman countryside, such as Castello Odescalchi on Lake Bracciano.
The centre is for portraits: the Colosseum at dawn, the Spanish Steps, Trevi and the bridges over the Tiber. Shoots there need permits for professional photography in some places and very early starts to avoid crowds.
For makeup, that means planning drives. Rome traffic is slow, so we ask for the team’s rooms in the wedding hotel and build an extra buffer into every transfer.

Allow this much time
Rough door-to-door estimates. Traffic, ferries and season change them, so we add a buffer to every one.
For a sunrise shoot in the centre, the team starts in the dark. We do the full bridal look at the hotel and keep only a touch-up kit on location, because there is nowhere to sit and work near the monuments.
Rome venues
What each property is like, where the bride gets ready and how its spaces shape the looks.
Grand hotelA resort-style grand hotel on Monte Mario, in its own park above the city, with big ballrooms and a serious art collection.
Read the guide
Castle on a lakeA 15th-century castle above Lake Bracciano, an hour from Rome, with frescoed halls and towers.
Read the guide
Panoramic villaA 19th-century villa on Monte Mario with one of the widest terraces over Rome, used only for events.
Read the guide
Janiculum villaA 17th-century villa on the Janiculum hill with gardens and a view over Rome’s domes.
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
Rome gives you hard sunlight on stone by day and gilt, frescoes and chandeliers by night. Each function’s makeup is planned for the light it will be photographed in.

Daylight filtered through a courtyard or garden. Fresh skin, a sheer tint and hair kept off the face for the mehendi artists.

Frescoes, gilt and stage lighting. Deeper eyes, a stronger contour and a base that stays matte under hours of dancing.

Roman sun is strong even in autumn. Classic bridal red, a satin-to-matte finish that keeps detail, and a shade plan for the mandap.

Crystal light and constant flash. Lower shine, defined lashes and a highlight that reads as glow, not glare.
Illustrative beauty schedule only. Your planner confirms venue access, ceremony permissions and room availability; Tejaswini confirms the services and touch-up attendance in your quote.
A wedding day in Rome
An example for late-afternoon pheras on a hilltop terrace and a ballroom reception. We rebuild it around your muhurat and your photographer.
Daylight position chosen, kit laid out, skin prep ready. The team stays in the wedding hotel.
Family makeup runs in a second room.
A long-wear base for warm sun and ballroom flash.
Everything set with the outfit on.
Frescoed rooms or shaded gardens while the sun is high.
Timed for softer light on the terrace; one artist stays at the mandap.
Deeper lip and refreshed eyes for the ballroom.
Rome essentials
| Topic | What to know |
|---|---|
| Airports | Rome Fiumicino (FCO) for long-haul flights; Ciampino (CIA) for some European flights. |
| Flights from India | Air India resumed non-stop Delhi–Rome flights in 2026, several days a week; other cities connect via the Gulf or Europe. |
| Getting around | Slow city traffic and limited-traffic zones in the centre; plan coaches and permits early. |
| Time | Central European Time; India is 3.5 hours ahead in summer and 4.5 hours in winter. |
| Money and power | Euro. 230V with types C, F and L plugs. |
| Season | Open all year; July and August are very hot, winter suits indoor weddings. |
| Photography | Some monuments need permits for professional shoots; your photographer arranges these. |
From experience of destination weddings
Questions
Yes. The team flies from Pune and covers every function for the bride, family and bridal party.
Rome Cavalieri and Villa Miani on Monte Mario, Villa Aurelia on the Janiculum and Castello Odescalchi on Lake Bracciano. Each has its own guide on this site.
Yes, for indoor functions. Hotels and villas stay open all year, and winter is quieter and often better value.
Yes, usually at sunrise. The full look is done at the hotel and we bring a touch-up kit on location.
At least one full day before the first function.
Yes. Florence is about 90 minutes by high-speed train, and Puglia and the Amalfi Coast are a short flight or a few hours away.
The team must confirm the correct entry and work permissions for the booked professional services with the relevant Italian consulate or qualified adviser. A tourist visa or a guest invitation alone does not establish permission to work. Start documentation planning early; requirements and processing times depend on the application.
No. Tejaswini works across North Indian, Marwari, Punjabi, Gujarati, Maharashtrian, South Indian and contemporary looks.
The proposal confirms your booked functions, bridal makeup, hair, saree or lehenga draping and dupatta setting. Family makeup and event touch-up attendance are agreed separately according to team size and your timetable. Check the written inclusions before paying a deposit.
The studio quotes for the number of functions, people needing services, artists and travel days. Ask for a written destination quote with beauty fees and flights, accommodation, meals, transfers and applicable documentation costs shown separately.
Yes, enquire with your full event schedule. Each booked function can have a different makeup and hairstyle plan, with enough time for outfit, jewellery and draping changes. Team availability and the final scope are confirmed before booking.
Share your ceremony, outfit and jewellery details. The studio can discuss Punjabi, Sikh, Hindu, South Indian, Maharashtrian and other Indian bridal looks and the draping or hair requirements for each booked function.
The bridal portraits and films are Tejaswini’s studio portfolio work in India. They show her makeup and styling; they are not evidence of a previous assignment at this Italian venue or a hotel partnership.
More of Italy
Comparing two regions, or splitting functions between them? Each has its own guide.
Rome enquiries
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.
Where Tejaswini travels
Tejaswini Gote is an India-based bridal makeup artist from Pune who travels worldwide for weddings. Every location guide is linked below.
