November 4, 2008 ~ 5:30-7:00pm, The Corner Club
Free Cocktails

ESSIE WEINGARTEN, a beauty industry icon and founder of Essie Cosmetics, Ltd. is a savvy businesswoman with a keen eye for color and a flair for names. Driven by her passion for a perfect manicure, Essie polish has become the brand of choice in fine salons and spas worldwide. Most people associate Essie with the ever-popular Ballet Slippers, a cult classic (pinkiest pink with white undertones) and a beauty blockbuster in every sense of the word. Twenty five years and 300 colors later, the girl from Queens has an apartment on Park Avenue, a house in the Hamptons, and a $150 million empire with her name on it. Essie nail polish is sold in 50,000 salons and spas across the nation and more than 60 countries worldwide.