
Essie Weingarten
From Scratch with Jessica Harris
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Is There a Nail Salon?
You were in your early thirties at the time. Do you remember even the trip to los vegas with all this nail polish in your bag? Absolutely. We went to kennedy airport, cause it was a nonstop flight a and you were allowed to take whatever you wanted on the plane. I mean, i must have had ten cartons weighing 64 pounds each. There was no not a problem. You had ten suitcases. They took 10 suitcases. But you also, i walked the streets of new york city, which is your home town. So if i started on 90 sixth street, i did 96 90 fifth, 90 fourth, 90 third,. Then i
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Essie started her eponymous brand in 1981 with $10,000 after working in the hosiery business. When 
