Stella Rising Blog

Infographic: Innovation Is Key to Revitalizing Fragrance Category

Scent is a powerful medium—it can calm, invigorate, or evoke a long-forgotten memory. But even with its powerful ability to stir emotion, fragrance...

Is Your Beauty or Food and Beverage Brand an Acquisition Target?

Indie brands are innovative, nimble, and often present an authentic message or mission which consumers are eager to support. Increasingly, these...

Beauty’s New Crop: Cannabis Infused Products

Cannabis seems to have come out from under a cloud of suspicion and is quickly becoming one of the buzziest ingredients in skincare. As an increasing...

Beyond Skin Deep: Bee Shapiro Opens Up About the Future of Beauty

For almost a decade, Bee Shapiro has had a front-row seat to the beauty industry. As the Skin Deep columnist for The New York Times, she covers the...

Infographic: What Women Want in Haircare Products

A good hair day makes you feel like you can take on the world. Trends indicate that women are growing increasingly more comfortable with their...

Infographic: The Amazon Beauty Consumer 

Amazon has emerged as an essential shopping platform for women and, increasingly, an important destination for beauty. In the third quarter of 2017,...

Infographic: Digital Tools Help Beauty Retailers Stay On Top

Consumers want to play with makeup and experiment with the latest trends. Virtual reality try-on tools have made it easy to discover how they would...

Infographic: What Female Beauty Consumers Want in Skin Care in 2018

From cleansers to scrubs, there's no shortage of skin care options available. Beauty brands have been trying to differentiate themselves by...

Infographic: Who's Behind The Mask?

Most American beauty consumers would attribute the rise in popularity of face masks to the Korean beauty trend, but it’s a little-known fact that...