Inglot Cosmetics is a Polish

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company headquartered in

Przemyśl Przemyśl (; yi, פשעמישל, Pshemishl; uk, Перемишль, Peremyshl; german: Premissel) is a city in southeastern Poland with 58,721 inhabitants, as of December 2021. In 1999, it became part of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship; it was p ...

, south-eastern Poland, specializing in the manufacturing of

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products. It is considered among the most successful makeup companies in the world which sells its products globally in over 950

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stores located in 90 countries. Around 95% of the products that Inglot has on offer are manufactured in a facility located in Przemyśl.

History

The company was founded in 1983 by Wojciech Inglot, a Polish

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from

. He was born on June 11, 1955, in the

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and graduated in

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from the

Jagiellonian University The Jagiellonian University ( Polish: ''Uniwersytet Jagielloński'', UJ) is a public research university in Kraków, Poland. Founded in 1364 by King Casimir III the Great, it is the oldest university in Poland and the 13th oldest university in ...

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula, Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland un ...

. He opened first

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plant in the early 1980s. It specialized in the production of

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s. After the

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in Poland, he bought his own chemical equipment from the government and gradually focused on the manufacturing of

. In 1987, his company released its first

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. In 2006, the company opened its first store abroad in

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. Since then, Inglot brand has opened numerous stores in locations around the world.

Collaborations

Inglot Cosmetics cooperates with a number of fashion brands and artists including Kenzo, Michael Costello,

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and Francesco Scognamiglio. On 26th April 2018, Jennifer Lopez debuted her limited-edition capsule collection in partnership with Inglot Cosmetics which became the brands biggest partnership.

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History

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