Her careerer began as a Science teacher at a leading school in Colombo. At school, she encouraged all her to students to become inquisitive towards nature and to explore its hidden secrets - a quest she embarked upon in her post teaching years as a beautician.

Born with natural beauty, cosmetology or beauty culture weren’t Mrs. Kotelawala’s primary interests. However, after marriage she had to give up her teaching post to accompany her husband to England for a short stay where her spare time allowed her to become inquisitive and curious about the latest Beauty Care product launches - while her husband was busy attending his business matters in the UK. This habbit plus interest - quickly tranasformed to an urge and obsession which paved the way for her to study under prominent British Beauty Culturists seeing her qualified in Beauty Culture in the UK, Australia and New Delhi up to Post Graduate level.

It is apparent by the vast number of highly trained and qualified students that graduate from the Swinitha Kotelawala Beauty academy and the number of clients satisfied beyond their expectations - the achievement of Mrs. Kotelawala's goal - “Rendering a valuable service to the Sri Lankan society..”