{{Short description|American businessperson (born 1949)}} {{Multiple issues| {{cleanup rewrite|date=July 2014}} {{Notability|Biography|date=June 2022}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Essie Weingarten | image = File:Essie Weingarten (2012).jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = 1949 | birth_place = | nationality = | occupation = Founder | organization = Essie Cosmetics, Ltd. |years_active = 1981–present }} '''Essie Weingarten''' is the founder of Essie Cosmetics, Ltd., branded as '''essie''', a major American nail polish brand.<ref>{{cite web|title=Executive Profile – Essie Weingarten|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=39101060&privcapId=22928674&previousCapId=22928674&previousTitle=Essie%20Cosmetics,%20Ltd|publisher=Bloomberg Businessweek|accessdate=2011-06-10}}{{dead link|date=April 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
Weingarten, born in 1949, began her career in the cosmetics industry in 1981 when she premiered 12 fashion nail polish colors in Las Vegas, Nevada. She then began distributing her polishes to many salons across the country,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Clifford|first1=Catherine|title=How a 640-Pound Stash of Nail Polish Turned Essie into a Household Name|url=http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/234331|website=ENTREPRENEUR|date=29 May 2014 |accessdate=19 January 2016}}</ref> and then internationally through distributors in several countries.<ref>{{cite web|title=Who is Essie|url=http://www.essie.com/about-us/essie-through-the-years.php#3|publisher=Essie.com|accessdate=2011-06-10|archive-date=13 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613081304/http://www.essie.com/about-us/essie-through-the-years.php#3|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=What's in Essie Weingarten's Makeup Bag?|url=http://www.marieclaire.com/hair-beauty/trends/celebrity-tips/essie-weingarten|work=Genevieve Monsma|publisher=Marie Claire|date=9 April 2007|accessdate=2011-06-10}}</ref> The company was sold to L'Oreal in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nailsmag.com/news/90893/Essie-Cosmetics-Acquired-by-LOreal-USA|title=Essie Cosmetics Acquired by l'Oreal USA}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.essie.com/ Official site] *[https://pressonnails.fr/ Faux Ongles] *[http://www.essiecolours.com.au/ Official Australia site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729171307/http://www.essiecolours.com.au/ |date=29 July 2014 }} {{Authority control}}
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