From debuting with just 12 nail colours to creating a vast empire of nail shades, plus a new at-home diffusion line, Essie Weingarten has brought essie nails to women the world over. Frustrated by the poor choice of nail polish colours in her favourite 1980s New York nail salons, fashion graduate Essie Weingarten decided to use her trend-setting fashion instinct and keen eye for colour to create her own range. Fast forward more than 30 years and essie is an award-winning professional nail colour brand that sells in over 101 countries, graces countless catwalks each season and is set to become the UK's go-to at-home manicure companion.

Essie: the nail colour authority

Whether you're looking for a timeless pink nail polish or an edgy, fashion-forward shade, essie has it covered. Considered the nail colour authority by those in the know, even Anna Wintour, editor of American Vogue, is a fan, describing founder Essie Weingarten's colour predictions as "perfectly on trend".

It's essie's finely tuned sense of what's hot, along with a bursting-at-the-seams shade selection and an award-winning, hard-wearing formula that has won the essie brand a legion of die-hard fans since its first 12 shades launched in 1981.

Now, for the first time, essie is looking beyond the nail salon to make its vast spectrum of chip-resistant shades available to all colour-loving customers.

The new at-home diffusion line features 70 of essie's most-wanted colours in essie's trademark, easy-glide formula, plus a wider, curved-edge brush specially designed for easy application.