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| Company type | joint-stock company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Cosmetics |
| Founded | 1966 |
| Founder | Olga Knoblochová |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Věra Komárová, Vladimír Komár |
| Revenue | 700 million CZK (2018)[1] |
| Website | eu |
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]
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]
