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product_id: 2000396
title: "essie"
brand: "essie"
price: "£10.43"
currency: GBP
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 13
category: "Essie"
url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/2000396-essie
store_origin: GB
region: United Kingdom
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# Vegan & chip resistant Glossy shine finish Easy glide brush essie

**Brand:** essie
**Price:** £10.43
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 💅 Elevate your everyday with essie’s timeless gloss and effortless chic.

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** essie by essie
- **How much does it cost?** £10.43 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/2000396-essie)

## Best For

- essie enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted essie brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Long-Lasting Wear:** Chip-resistant formula keeps your manicure flawless for days, so you never miss a beat or a networking event.
- • **Salon-Quality Gloss:** Experience flawless, high-shine nails that turn heads in every meeting and weekend brunch.
- • **Iconic Trendsetting Shades:** Join a community of trendsetters with over 1,000 shades inspired by fashion and culture—your nails, your statement.
- • **Vegan & Cruelty-Free Confidence:** Feel good about your beauty choices with a formula free from animal ingredients and testing.
- • **Effortless Professional Application:** Our exclusive brush ensures streak-free, even coats—perfect for your busy, style-conscious lifestyle.

## Overview

Essie Ballet Slippers is a salon-quality, vegan gel nail polish offering a glossy, pale pink finish with sheer undertones. Featuring an easy glide brush for streak-free application and a chip-resistant formula, it delivers long-lasting, flawless coverage. Trusted for over 35 years, essie combines trendsetting colors with cruelty-free standards to keep your manicure stylish and responsible.

## Description

for more than 35 years, essie has been the ultimate color authority offering a line of superior nail polishes. the trendsetting shades with an exclusive award winning formula are always classic, chic, sassy and elegant. essie nail polish provides flawless, streak free coverage along with a chip – resistant formula. 8-free vegan nail polish formula*.

Review: Ocean Vibes in a Bottle - Essie’s First Kiss Bliss is my absolute favorite color from them. I wanted something that reminded me of the ocean, and this shade is exactly it. It’s a soft, light aqua-blue, like seafoam, but leaning more blue than green. It is calming and gives off that breezy, coastal vibe I was going for. I actually bought it to match a top I have, and it matched perfectly. I don’t use a topcoat, and even so, I can wear it for about a week before it starts to chip, which is pretty good. The formula is smooth and easy to apply, and the brush makes it simple to get a clean finish without much effort. It’s functional for everyday wear whether I’m out and about or just want something that looks nice without needing constant touch-ups. For the price, it’s great value. You get a beautiful, long-wearing polish that feels fresh and fun. If you’re into ocean-inspired tones, this one’s a total win.
Review: Beautiful - This nail polish is such a beautiful color and is so shimmery. I absolutely love it!

## Features

- Glossy Shine Nail Polish: essies Ballet Slippers is a classic pale pink nail polish [with sheer pink undertones] and a glossy shine finish. Salon quality nail color formula provides flawless coverage and glossy shine.
- Even, Professional Application: Our exclusive easy glide brush fits every nail size and allows for quick, streak-free, even and professional application at home. Flawless nail color coverage and durability with every brush stroke.
- The Perfect Manicure: Apply 1 coat of any of our base coat polishes on nails, follow with two coats of essie nail polish, and finish with any 1 of our top coat offerings. Follow with essie apricot cuticle oil, a nail care essential.
- Iconic and Trendsetting Colors: from the essie collection, which has produced over a thousand nail polish shades and counting. essie nail polish takes from fashion and cultural trends to make manicure possibilities endless.
- America's Nail Expert: essie is a leader in nail luxury, committed to high quality standards. Our nail polish has a vegan formula with no animal derived ingredients and no animal testing. essie nail polishes and nail care products make life colorful.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B0030IMVZ6 |
| Additional Features | Vegan, Chip Resistant, Salon Quality |
| Age Range Description | Adult |
| Best Sellers Rank | #9,863 in Beauty & Personal Care ( See Top 100 in Beauty & Personal Care ) #124 in Nail Polish |
| Brand | essie |
| Brand Name | essie |
| Color | 16 BALLET SLIPPERS |
| Container Type | Bottle |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 9,784 Reviews |
| Finish Types | Glossy |
| Included Components | brush |
| Item Dimensions | 1.14 x 1.14 x 2.7 inches |
| Item Form | Liquid |
| Item Weight | 52 Grams |
| Item dimensions L x W x H | 1.14 x 1.14 x 2.7 inches |
| Liquid Volume | 0.46 Fluid Ounces |
| Manufacturer | essie |
| Manufacturer Part Number | 162 |
| Material Features | Fragrance Free |
| Material Type Free | Lead Free |
| Model Name | essie Salon-Quality Nail Polish - CORE COLLECTION + NAIL SETS + TREND |
| Model Number | B1863001 |
| Nail Polish Type | gel |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Number of Pieces | 1 |
| Package Size Name | Pack of 1 |
| Product Benefits | Glossy shine and flawless coverage |
| Special Feature | Vegan, Chip Resistant, Salon Quality |
| Target Audience | Women |
| Type | gel |
| UPC | 095008047690 095008000176 |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** essie
- **Color:** 16 BALLET SLIPPERS
- **Finish Type:** Glossy
- **Item Form:** Liquid
- **Item dimensions L x W x H:** 1.14 x 1.14 x 2.7 inches
- **Liquid Volume:** 0.46 Fluid Ounces
- **Material Type Free:** Lead Free
- **Model Name:** essie Salon-Quality Nail Polish - CORE COLLECTION + NAIL SETS + TREND
- **Special Feature:** Vegan, Chip Resistant, Salon Quality
- **Type:** gel

## Images

![essie - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51fjhxx9K5L.jpg)

## Available Options

This product comes in different **Color, Size** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: Is this the same brand & shade that's said to be Queen Elizabeth's favorite?**
A: Read that she's been wearing "Ballet Slippers" since 1989.  Her favorite shade

**Q: Does Essie do animal testing?**
A: If you look on Essie's website under their FAQs, they write the following:
"essie and L’Oreal are totally committed to animal-free beauty. If you'd like to learn more about the work in the area of alternative methods to animal testing, please click here."

Here's the link http://www.loreal.com/sustainability/l'or%C3%A9al-answers/the-question-of-animal-testing

**Q: Where is esie's color called meatballs?**
A: Hi there Geri! Unfortunately, the shade meatballs is not a current essie color and is not available. Sometimes, online reviewers reference discontinued shades, which we know can be confusing.

**Q: Do you need an LED lamp?**
A: Nope! You just need the Essie gel top coat to give it the "gel" functionality. It also helps the polish dry super quickly!

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Ocean Vibes in a Bottle
*by M***R on September 16, 2025*

Essie’s First Kiss Bliss is my absolute favorite color from them. I wanted something that reminded me of the ocean, and this shade is exactly it. It’s a soft, light aqua-blue, like seafoam, but leaning more blue than green. It is calming and gives off that breezy, coastal vibe I was going for. I actually bought it to match a top I have, and it matched perfectly. I don’t use a topcoat, and even so, I can wear it for about a week before it starts to chip, which is pretty good. The formula is smooth and easy to apply, and the brush makes it simple to get a clean finish without much effort. It’s functional for everyday wear whether I’m out and about or just want something that looks nice without needing constant touch-ups. For the price, it’s great value. You get a beautiful, long-wearing polish that feels fresh and fun. If you’re into ocean-inspired tones, this one’s a total win.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Beautiful
*by J***E on May 29, 2026*

This nail polish is such a beautiful color and is so shimmery. I absolutely love it!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Perfect baby pink!
*by K***I on May 28, 2026*

The most perfect baby pink there is! And I love the size of the Essie brushes, they make painting my nails so much easier to apply! I also feel like Essie polish lasts a lot longer than other polishes! (I ordered shade “Ballet Slippers”)

## Frequently Bought Together

- essie Salon-Quality Nail Polish, 8-Free Vegan, Sheer Pale Pink, Ballet Slippers, 0.46 fl oz
- essie Salon-Quality Nail Polish, 8-Free Vegan, Hot Pink, Mod Square, 0.46 fl oz

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*Store origin: GB*
*Last updated: 2026-06-30*