[photos] Beauty Accelerate: See What the Excitement Was All About

Oct 22nd, 2019

Jeb Gleason-Allured

Beauty Accelerate took place on October 15, 2019, in New York City. More than 350 beauty industry insiders joined this intensive one-day product development conference, innovation showcase and curated networking event, which was designed to inspire brands of every size to innovate faster, smarter and more collaboratively.

For a rundown of the event, click here.

We'll be back in 2020 in New York. Until then, hop over to our Facebook gallery for a selection of images from the 2019 event.

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