art of cosmetics

Both wedding packages at art of cosmetics include a trial make-up, and the care around them reaches well past the make-up chair. The studio is run by Giovanna Russo in St. Gallen, a women-only cosmetic studio that has been going since 2008, and she has spent more than three decades in cosmetics. For a bride in eastern Switzerland who wants skin, nails and make-up looked after by one person, this studio is a favorite of ours.

Two bridal packages, both with a trial

The two options for a relaxed wedding morning are the Hochzeits-Komplettpaket and the Basis-Paket, and both include a detailed trial make-up before the wedding day. Prices below were read in November 2026. The basic package is CHF 140 and covers a consultation and the trial. The complete package is CHF 260 and adds a manicure and a pedicure with O·P·I Shellac gel polish. Outside the packages, evening or event make-up is CHF 70 and day make-up CHF 55.

The aim is a bridal make-up that does not change you but emphasizes your personality, matched in advance to your style, your wishes and your dress. The finish is made for photographs as well as for the room, and it is meant to stand up to happy tears. It is done with active-ingredient cosmetics and premium products. Where the make-up is done beyond the studio is not stated and no travel service is named, so plan to come to St. Gallen for the trial and the wedding morning.

A skincare lead-in for the weeks before

What sets this studio apart from a make-up artist alone is the advice for the weeks before. For brides Giovanna Russo suggests a facial before the wedding as the base for an even complexion, a professional manicure for the ring exchange, and lash and brow tinting to give the eyes depth even through tears. In November 2026 a classic facial of about 90 minutes is CHF 135, a short 60-minute facial CHF 120, and the intensive facial of about 120 minutes, which ends with make-up, CHF 145. Tinting lashes and brows together is CHF 45, or CHF 25 when done during a facial.

Two other studios also tie skincare to the wedding date (both read November 2026). Petriani Kosmetik's Gold package, CHF 310, adds one facial about four weeks ahead. Institut Azur sells a complete bridal package for CHF 543 with facial, body scrub, manicure, pedicure, make-up with trial and an eve-of-wedding glow treatment. At art of cosmetics the facial is priced separately and chosen by you, and the complete package carries the manicure and pedicure instead, so you build the plan around your own skin.

Hands and feet, priced for the ring finger and beyond

Hands and feet have long price lists. In November 2026 a manicure with Shellac and hand massage is CHF 95, and the pampering version with hand scrub and hand mask CHF 115. A pedicure with Shellac and foot bath is CHF 95, and the pampering version, with foot bath, massage, scrub and mask, CHF 135. Several treatments can be combined into one appointment on request, so a facial, a tint and a manicure can share one visit. That helps if you are traveling to St. Gallen for the wedding and have only a day or two there.

Booking with Giovanna Russo

Appointments are made by WhatsApp or phone, with discretion and no interruptions as the studio's promise. Giovanna Russo's philosophy is quality, hygiene and honest, personal advice, with every treatment tuned to the skin type and goals of the client. Youvia, a cosmetics distributor that supplies only professional institutes, places the studio at Röschstrasse 5, 9000 St. Gallen (read November 2026). The pages are in German and do not mention English, so a couple writing from abroad should ask in the first message how the trial and the wedding morning would be handled.

Payment can be cash, TWINT or card, including Apple Pay and Google Pay through SumUp, and gift vouchers for a treatment or an amount are available.

A studio for women, with room for your party

The studio serves women exclusively, so the groom is styled elsewhere. Your mother, sisters and bridesmaids can book the same make-up, facials and nail treatments from the one price list, so a morning before the wedding can become a shared appointment. The trial in either package gives you a session in the studio before the wedding morning, and with three decades of experience behind every treatment, that trial is a strong reason to book here.