COCKTAILS & CONNECTIONS is a high energy, after work mixer that will bring women who have made successful careers out of their passion for beauty together with aspiring beauty mavens and beautypreneurs.

Hosted by In Her Shoes Blog, Polish Bar of Brooklyn, and The Fly Cut, COCKTAILS & CONNECTIONS will provide women with an opportunity to meet and chat one-on-one with their favorite beauty industry mavens while enjoying complimentary mini-manicures, cocktails, light bites, and a gift bag filled with products from the hottest brands in the industry. Special beauty industry guests include:

Tia Williams: Founding Editor, Shake Your Beauty | Co-founder, The Fly Cut

Renae Bluitt: Beauty PR Expert, Crush Media | Founding Editor, In Her Shoes Blog

Tricia Lee: Owner, Polish Bar

Camara Aunique Beauty: Celebrity Makeup Artist | Contributing Beauty Editor, Juicy Magazine

Anu Prestonia: Owner, Khamit Kinks Salon and Anu Essentials

Ylorie Anderson: VP of Marketing, EDEN BodyWorks

Tina-Gaye "Bernie" Bernard: Founder, COCOACHiC Beauty