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For nearly 30 years, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation has been raising funds and awareness to help fight breast cancer. And now, the organization is set to launch a fragrance in April. Promise Me, which will be sold in an eau de parfum ($59) and an eau de toilette ($20-$30), is a floral oriental that will include notes of blood orange, bergamot, mandarin, aldehyde, pink peony, black current, rosewood, wild orchid, white patchouli, and musk.

"My sister was always passionate about fragrance," said Nancy Brinker, sister of the late Susan Komen, founder of the foundation, and author of Promise Me ($10-$32), a book that depicts how the organization came to be. The organization hopes to raise $1 million from sales, but critics are likely to notice that just 13.5 percent of the net sales will go to the foundation.

Look for Promise Me in department stores, drugstores, and on TV in just a few months. The limited-edition fragrance will be sold until October, with plans to launch a different scent next year. Will you check it out?

Would you believe that Daisy Fuentes is about to launch her sixth scent? After rolling out her first, Dianoche, in 2006, the model entrepreneur has been building a fragrance and clothing empire at Kohl's. Her next launch is Mysterio eau de parfum ($39.50), a floral musk that's expected to sell $5 million in its first year alone. "This is meant to be the sexy, mysterious scent," she told WWD. The fragrance, which combines notes including freesia, plumeria, jasmine, violet, and sandalwood, will launch in February. When it does, will you check it out?

In a unique approach to publishing, a new luxury magazine Exhibition will publish one issue a year, focusing on just a single topic. For the premiere issue, lipstick will be covered at depth. "The lipstick is a commercial object yet full of symbols and symbolism. It is iconic, timeless, intimate, and generates plenty of fantasies," editor-in-chief Jean-Christophe Husson, a former magazine and fashion label art director, told WWD. (See more of Husson's work here.)

The 140-page spread ($27) will include an unusual range of stories: macaron maestro Pierre Hermé's pastry interpretations of iconic red lipsticks from Dior and Chanel, a depiction of actress Kelly Brook painted with lipstick, and a feature with makeup artists like Tom Pecheux showing off their favorite reds.

Exhibition will be available at chic Parisian concept store Colette starting Jan. 10, and will then branch out to international newsstands on Jan. 25. A one-topic glossy is a clever idea, and there is definitely something intriguing about lipstick, but will you check out this singular-topic magazine?

Vera Wang's move into fragrance has been a hit, so shifting into cosmetics is the natural next step. In 2012, she'll launch Simply Vera by Vera Wang makeup, skin care, and bath products at Kohl's stores. "As part of my incredible partnership with Kohl's, I will now be able to offer women all over America my own personal regimen for skincare and makeup," Wang said in a press release. "It is an easy, light, modern and effortless approach to beauty and creativity." The products, like her more affordable Simply Vera clothing collection, will be available exclusively at Kohl's. Before then, though, expect to see Leighton Meester as the face of her next scent, which bows next year.

Celebrity stylist Serge Normant, who counts stars like Sarah Jessica Parker and Julia Roberts among his clientele, is set to launch his own hair care line in December. The eight-piece set of products will include just the essentials, including: a sulfate-free shampoo, conditioner, dry shampoo, and hairstyling products.

You might know that Normant has long been associated with John Frieda Professional Hair Care, so it will be interesting to see how it will all pan out. Look for Normant's new line on his website in just a few weeks.

Denise Richards's hair has been looking particularly lustrous these days, and perhaps with good reason. She's gearing up to launch her own hair care line next year.

The collection, dubbed You by Denise Richards, is being developed in collaboration with celebrity stylist Cristophe. He's the owner of five salons throughout the country and the creator of Cristophe hair products (which can be found at CVS). "She is a woman who represents, well, the woman today. She has children and she works. And she has some ideas about hair care that, as a professional, I have never thought about," Cristophe explained to WWD.

While Denise says she'll be directly involved with the brand's formulations and packaging, there's no word on the cost of the line or where exactly it will be sold. Will you give You by Denise Richards a try?

Get ready sci-fi aficionados, because scientists have recently developed a hairbrush that reads your mind. OK, so it literally doesn't know who you're crushing on or what you'd really like to say to the lady who always pushes in front of you on the subway. What it does do is oversee mental activity by using functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS).

While fNIRS measures the brain's oxygen levels to map out neurological activity, the problem was that patients' hair was blocking the signals. But this sophisticated brush, developed by researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas and the University of Texas at Arlington, sends the data all the more clearly thanks to increased scalp contact. So this brush is not really for beauty as much as it is for medical purposes, but it's still pretty mind-bending, no?

With her Russell Brand manicure, wacky lacy nail art, and holographic sparkle nails, it was bound to happen. Yep, Katy Perry's coming out with a polish line. The Katy Perry Collection by OPI will hit Ulta stores come January and will include five shades ($9 each) befitting of her colorful tastes.

The shades are Teenage Dream, a pink sparkle; Not Like the Movies, a silvery metallic; Last Friday Night, a bold blue glitter; The One That Got Away, a dark berry-purple; and Black Shatter, a top coat that crackles to create a textured look. Will you be checking out these vibrant new polishes, or are you instead counting down the days until Justin Bieber's nail polish comes out?

Cool news from today's Prabal Gurung show: the buzzed-about designer is teaming with Sally Hansen for a line of nail polish. The six limited-edition shades, made to complement his new collection, debuted today. "Prabal likes to have simple accents," said master manicurist Jin Soon Choi. "He doesn't want to overdo it." For the show, she painted nails with Without a Stitch (a nude shimmer) followed by a thin stripe of Casting Call (a strawberry mango shade). "It's very sophisticated and modern," she said. Look for the six limited-edition shades to debut in spring 2011.

Payless ShoeSource may be the place you go for inexpensive footwear and Halloween accoutrements, but very soon, you'll be able to pick up a nail polish and lip color there, too.

The new range, which will also include lotions, shower gels, fragrances, and eye colors, will be sold under the brand names Zoe & Zac and Unforgettable Moments. Of course, we'll never know what it's like until we try the new goods, but if we're going on looks alone, it seems quite feminine. Earlier this year, most of you said you would not purchase makeup and beauty goods from the retailer, but does this sneak peek have you changing your mind?