A History of Innovation

An innovator in haircare products and Europe’s most influential hair color leader, Schwarzkopf Professional has been pioneering the development of ground-breaking products for over a century. Schwarzkopf Professional is distributed in more than 100 countries and has global sales over $1 billion annually.

Preferred choice of the world’s most celebrated hairstylists and colorists, Schwarzkopf Professional is consistently seen on fashion runways, in leading international fashion  publications and on the world’s most beautiful and fashionable people.

Established in 1898, Schwarzkopf has historically been associated with innovation. Some Schwarzkopf firsts include:

• the world’s first dry-shampoo (1908);
• the first research and information center for 
  hair designers worldwide (1927);
• the world’s first hair gloss conditioning rinse 
  (1930);
• the world’s first herbal hair treatment (1932);
• the world’s first non-alkaline shampoo (1933);
• the world’s first individual setting lotion (1952);
• the world’s first perm (1964);
• the world’s first aerosol foam hair color (1970);
• IGORA FASHION the first one-step 
  highlighting color for hair designers(1982);
• Igora Royal, permanent crème color, with an 
  exclusive new moisturizing ingredient: Plantaren 2000 (1996);
• Red Booster Color Gel, a color amplifier that 
  dramatically increases the color quality of red 
  and copper hair color pigments (1998).

Beauty through Science: 
Schwarzkopf Professional’s thorough research process involves scientists, dermatologists and hair designers – all of whom contribute to the development of product formulations. 
The time-tested, technically perfect products which emerge from our laboratories allow  salon professionals to proceed with the complete confidence that they will always  have the finest quality results. The Schwarzkopf Medical Scientific  Department, under the guidance of a  distinguished dermatologist, also works in tandem with the company’s fashion and test  studios, ensuring that all new product  formulas are pure, stable and compatible with  delicate and sensitive skin and hair – and that product performance surpasses expectations.