Becca Cosmetics becomes a casualty of the pandemic

During lockdown is your make-up brushes are gathering dust with your favourite eye shadow palette. Covid19 is ruining the beauty industry as we have already what the pandemic has done to fashion retail with several shops disappearing from our high streets forever. Becca Cosmetics has become the first major beauty casualty of the pandemic, with the Australian company announcing it is shutting down after 20 years. The website statement said, “ At Becca, an accumulation of challenges, together with the global impact of Covid-19, has sadly been more than our business can withstand, and we have had to make the heart-breaking decision to close down  the Becca brand at the end of September 2021.”  Becca owned by beauty conglomerate Estee Lauder, which owns other companies including Bobbi Brown, MAC, and Jo Malone, Founded by make-up artist Rebecca Morrice Williams in Perth, since 2001 it has been a huge name in luxury beauty with thousands of counters across the world.