Dermacol
Typejoint-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

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]

History

Olga Knoblochová (1933–2023) 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.[3] 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.[4]

In 1969, the film studios in Hollywood bought a license and produced licensed high cover makeup from Dermacol.[5] 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.[6]

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]

References

  1. 1 2 "Dermacol loni vydělal přes 70 milionů korun. Letos otevře nové obchody". Euro.cz (in Czech).
  2. ↑ "Zeptali jsme se Dermacolu". Accellos.cz.
  3. ↑ "Immortal Brands: Nivea Celebrates 107 Years, Dermacol Began in Hollywood!". lp-life.com. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
  4. ↑ Bednářová, Judita (7 March 2019). "Krása jako poslání". Týdeník Květy (10): 32–35.
  5. ↑ "Seriál o českých značkách: Dermacol, první český make-up". i60.cz (in Czech).
  6. ↑ "Make-up má svůj mezinárodní den. Jeden z nejlepších make-upů se vyrábí i u nás". bleskove.cz.
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