CCTV captures masked burglar taking cosmetics worth £2,000 from a beauty salon

CCTV captured the moment a masked burglar raided a landmark Manchester beauty salon, swiping designer makeup and other valuables worth £2,000.

The raid happened at Kara Makeup, based in a pod in Castlefield in Manchester city centre.

The thief is thought to have used a ladder to climb onto a balcony before smashing a door lock to get into premises. CCTV released by the business shows the brazen burglar dragging two bags behind him which had had stuffed with valuables stolen from the pod at 1.30am on Sunday.

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The pod, just off Regent Road, has become an unusual Manchester landmark. Kara Makeup started trading there two years ago.

The thief took designer makeup including by Nars, Mac, P Louise and BPerfect as well as an iPad which featured pictures of clients, GHD hair curlers and a pink make-up case which was ready for a weekend wedding client.

The business had worried three wedding clients it has booked for the weekend may have to be cancelled, but staff say they will be able to replenish stocks of make-up in time.

It has been forced to cancel make-up 'masterclass' organised for May, however.

Staff say they struggle to see how the make-up would be sold on 'except as a job lot' as much of it is in containers which have already been opened and used.

One make-up artist who works at the parlour, Lamisa Akram, 24, from Middleton, told the M.E.N: "We wouldn't wish this on anybody. We are just trying to do a job and people are trying to stop us. With the cost of living crisis, we're all trying to get by as best we can.

"It's not just us. It's the people who have booked us. They don't deserve that the week before their wedding. We could have cancelled them