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Dermacol

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

History※

Olga Knoblochová [cs] (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." 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.

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

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.