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By on February 3, 2012 in Culture & Manipulation

Written by Raisinberry

One of the reasons you are kicking yourself for joining Mary Kay is, you knew it was suspect from the beginning. You felt it in your gut but you swept that idea aside because you fell for the charisma and sincerity of your “presenter.”

One of reasons you successfully got guests to attend, is because you did not tell them the total truth, because if you did they would resist your invitation. You know this. You cheerfully called guest events by any other name besides recruiting meeting. Your first was innocent, being naïve and all, but eventually you figured it out… and bait and switch no longer bothered you. Continue Reading →

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Mary Kay Opinions: The Mary Kay Way is to Cheat and Justify

By on February 2, 2012 in Mary Kay Opinions

Written by “Stephanie”

I was a Sales Director in Mary Kay a few years ago. If I knew then what I know now I would have never became a sales director… especially not doing it the way I was taught to do it.

Being in MK you learn the lingo, the language and the look. “Those who show up, go up”, “Do what  you have to do to get over the hump”. Well it is not all that it is cracked up to be.

If I can share anything about my experience and ordeal, it would be to warn other women not to do what I did and not get “sucked” into the MK dream of doing things unethically thinking it will get you ahead. What you must understand though, is that everyone in Mary Kay is doing it. Every sales director has signed up family and friends and paid the money for them to finish DIQ. Every sales director has topped off production to meet minimums or appear to “finish a goal.” Every sales director has ordered in someone else’s name to make them active. Continue Reading →

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Milking the Cash Cows: NSD Linda Toupin’s Take on Money Management

By on February 1, 2012 in Business Basics

Written by The Scribbler

It’s always fun to browse through Mary Kay NSD websites and see what constitutes “money management” training.  Naturally, when I came across the “Fall Retreat Money Management Slides” on NSD Linda Toupin’s website, I was interested.  “Wow, an NSD that’s actually teaching her National Area how to avoid debt?  How nifty is that?”  At least, that’s what I thought until I read the very first slide:

Face palm.  Sigh.  Roll eyes.  Pour a stiff Pepsi.  All of the above. Continue Reading →

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Dreams, Drive and Deception in Mary Kay

By on January 31, 2012 in Culture & Manipulation

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Written by Raisinberry

From the day you start with Mary Kay, you are exposed to deception on multiple levels, and expected to accept that if you want to “move up.”

There are times when I think I have no more to say about this world of Mary Kay. Today I was even feeling sorry for all those women in MK who have checked in here at Pink Truth, and have become convicted, and have begun to make changes.

I think in many ways, the free flow of information has made a huge impact on Mary Kay. Yes I know many PT readers are just starting to de-fog and anger is your most prevalent emotion. But I want to take a minute to remind us all, that these women who were captured by the deceptive practices of Mary Kay, have built a wall of denial around themselves that is sometimes too painful to tear down. Continue Reading →

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Mary Kay Directors: Don’t Place That Big Personal Order to Meet Minimum Production

By on January 30, 2012 in Inventory & Selling

Written by JTA

Well directors, the end of the month is coming again.  For those not in the know, Mary Kay directors do have quotas and must have total unit production of at least  $4,000 per month.  If they miss a month, that is okay but they must make it the following month.  So directors, is it your ‘off’ month?  Meaning, did you miss production last month, so you HAVE to make it this month?  HAVE to hit $4,000 or you will ‘lose’ your directorship?

In the past, that has meant that you pull out all the stops, like do a personal blitz where you warm chatter the free world and facial everyone you can, hoping to recruit one or some and bring them in with big inventory.  Once in a while, that works. Continue Reading →

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Caption This Mary Kay Photo: The New NSD Suit

By on January 29, 2012 in Caption This Photo

It is supposed to be a privilege to wear the NSD suit. Let’s caption this photo accordingly!

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Is Mary Kay About Selling Products or Recruiting Distributors?

By on January 27, 2012 in Inventory & Selling, Recruiting

Written by SuzyQ

As sales directors we are continually taught that our job is to bring in new recruits. New recruits mean new inventory purchases and more production means a higher monthly commission check.

For those of you who are laboring under the assumption that we are taught to be concerned with your customer sales and numbers of classes you are having, it simply isn’t true. We are concerned with your customer list in that within that list, potential new unit members can be found. This is why we push you to bring models and guests to the weekly meetings and other events. Continue Reading →

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Mary Kay and Market Saturation

By on January 26, 2012 in Numbers in Mary Kay

Written by Lazy Gardens

Explaining the concept of market saturation, and why it’s next to impossible to build a viable retail selling business with Mary Kay.

I’ve noticed some Mary Kay training material that misuses the term “market saturation,” probably out of ignorance rather than malice. The materials claim that since Mary Kay users are only about 10% of the population, that the market is not saturated and there is lots of room for new consultants. Continue Reading →

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Mary Kay Skin Care Class: 12 Women, 30 Minutes, $500 Sold (Yeah, right.)

By on January 25, 2012 in Business Basics, Inventory & Selling

Where do I begin with this email to one Mary Kay national area? I believe that she may have had 12 women there. I believe she may have sold $500. But there’s no way it only took 30 minutes! The only way she could do that is to spend about 6 minutes on the class, and two minutes each with the guests.

I don’t mind when Mary Kay NSDs actually do some work and show their consultants how it’s done. I just wish they’d be honest in recounting the work they’ve done so as to set up realistic expectations for the consultants.

Here’s how the nsd describes her class: Continue Reading →

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Mary Kay’s motto is “God First…”

By on January 24, 2012 in Religion & Spirituality, Scripts & Training

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Written by The Scribbler

It’s a line that’s quick to be fired off at church, particularly post-service when recruiters are scrambling to grab sharp women and cart them off to the Golden Corral for their unit’s weekly “Onion Rings and Opportunities” event. “Mary Kay puts God first,” you may have heard them gush. “How many companies can make that claim?”

Well, Chik-fil-A, for one, but that’s not the point. As I’ve explained in previous articles, when God is mentioned in Mary Kay, it is the God of the Bible that is implied, in accordance with the faith that Mary Kay Ash practiced. But is God really first in Mary Kay – or is that throne reserved for someone else? Continue Reading →

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