Quiet, luminous bridal makeup in the light of Puglia.ask about a date
Ornella Santoro
services
Makeup for the morning, in a quiet room
Every booking starts with a conversation and a trial beside a window. The final price depends on the day, the place and how many of you there are; I tell you before we begin.
Bridal makeup
from €450
A trial and the wedding morning itself, finished in the light of the room.
Includes a trial · the wedding morning · about 3 hours
Bridal party
from €90
Mothers, sisters and friends finished on the same morning, one chair after another.
Per person · skin prep · about 45 minutes
Makeup trial
from €120
A calm session to try looks beside a window and settle on one before the day.
Includes skin prep · about 1½ hours
Guest and evening makeup
from €80
A soft, polished face for a wedding guest or a night out.
Includes skin prep · about 1 hour
Ask for a date
Tuesday to Saturday, in Lecce and across Puglia
work
Recent mornings
Lace veil, stone archbridal makeup 
Rose lip, pearl combbridal makeup 
Bridesmaid in the courtyardguest makeup 
The brush rollthe kit 
The makeup tablethe studio 
The studio toteolive branch, printed to order
shop
To take home
The guide downloads straight away. The tote is printed to order and shipped to you.
about
Hello, I'm Ornella
I have been doing makeup for brides for more than twenty years, nearly all of it in Puglia, in old whitewashed houses with tall windows and not much room. I like a quiet morning, a good chair by the light and nobody rushing.
My work is soft and luminous: skin that looks like skin, a natural rose on the lip, a face the bride knows when she looks in the mirror. We talk first, then I begin.
contact
Ask about a date
Tell me the day, the place and what you have in mind, and I will reply within a day or two.
- the studio
- Via degli Ulivi 12 73100 Lecce
- hours
- Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 to 19:00
the studio letter
A letter now and then
A short letter each season with new looks, a few notes from the chair and the dates I have open.
from the notebook
From the notebook
A veil, a stone arch and very little makeup
Why a lace veil asks for a lighter hand, and how I keep the skin quiet beside it.
What is in my brush roll
The brushes and sponges I carry to every house, laid out on a marble ledge.
A natural rose lip, in two steps
The pencil, the finger and the pearl comb that finished the look.