Dermacol

Dermacol is a Czech personal care company founded in 1966 in Prague. It is the leading Czech manufacturer and seller of make-up and decorative and skin cosmetics. In the 1960s, the company introduced one of the first make-up covers in Europe and in the world in general.[2]

Dermacol
joint-stock company
IndustryCosmetics
Founded1966
FounderOlga Knoblochová
Headquarters
Prague
,
Czech Republic
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Věra Komárová, Vladimír Komár
Revenue700 million CZK (2018)[1]
Websiteeu.dermacol.cz

History

Olga Knoblochová from the Czechoslovak Institute of Medical Cosmetics was behind the expansion of the first make-up Dermacol, as well as Barrandov Film Studios, where they developed it and manufactured it until the 1990s. The word "Dermacol" became synonymous with make-up in general in then Czechoslovakia. The name originated from the Latin words derma (skin) and color = Dermacol.[3]

In 1969, the film studios in Hollywood bought a license and produced licensed high cover makeup from Dermacol.[4] The Dermacol line was then expanded by care cosmetics, make-up removers, body care products and cosmetics intended for all skin types. Dermacol Make-up Cover is still produced today, with around 3,000,000 pieces sold annually worldwide.[5]

Dermacol is a family company today. It consists of a Czecho-Slovak couple - Věra Komárová, together with her husband Vladimír Komár, who have owned and managed the company since 1992. Today, the Dermacol brand is carried by about a thousand products, of which about 15 products have been manufactured according to the original recipe for more than 50 years. It is on sale in more than 70 countries.[1]

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References
  1. "Dermacol loni vydělal přes 70 milionů korun. Letos otevře nové obchody". Euro.cz (in Czech).
  2. "Zeptali jsme se Dermacolu". Accellos.cz.
  3. Bednářová, Judita (7 March 2019). "Krása jako poslání". Týdeník Květy (10): 32–35.
  4. "Seriál o českých značkách: Dermacol, první český make-up". i60.cz (in Czech).
  5. "Make-up má svůj mezinárodní den. Jeden z nejlepších make-upů se vyrábí i u nás". www.bleskove.cz.
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