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Still Looking for Someone Selling All That Mary Kay Stuff |
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You've heard how fabulous Mary Kay Cosmetics is because they have a wonderful product loved by many. You've been led to believe that tons and tons of Mary Kay products are being retailed to adoring customers around the world. But the numbers don't lie. Not much is actually being sold. |
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More Evidence That Mary Kay's 100% Product Guarantee Isn't Really 100% |
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Mary Kay has apparently changed the rules of the product replacement system, but hasn't bothered to tell anyone. In theory, Mary Kay has a 100% satisfaction guarantee... that means a customer can return a product at any time and get their money back or a replacement product. For any reason. At any time. |
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Mary Kay's New Product Cash Cow |
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Since I told you over a year ago that Mary Kay was redoing their entire color cosmetic line, I have maintained that the only real reason to make this big change was money for Mary Kay. *gasp* You're thinking: "But Mary Kay only does what's in the best interest of the consultants!" |
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A 100% Satisfaction Guarantee or Not? |
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From time to time, Mary Kay sales directors send out mass emails about the company's product guarantee. In these emails, they're discussing all the ways that the company might be trying to "get out of" honoring the 100% satisfaction guarantee on the products. |
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The Pink Truth Product Spoiler |
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At Pink Truth, we have a short (but colorful) history of spoiling Mary Kay's secret planned product launches. Most notably, I announced the plans to change all lipsticks, compacts, and color cosmetics to the new black compacts... a full six months before Mary Kay Inc. was prepared to announce it. |
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Is the Market for Mary Kay Saturated? |
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We discuss this topic from time to time, because it's important to debunk one of the common myths Mary Kay directors and recruiters use to suck people into the pink cult. In their world, anyone with skin is a potential customer. |
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The Truth About the Massive Product Line Changes at Mary Kay |
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About 6 months before Mary Kay's scheduled announcement, Pink Truth announced that Mary Kay Cosmetics was planning on changing its entire line of color cosmetics. That would include compacts, lipsticks, cheek colors, eye colors, foundations… the whole works with a phase-in over twelve months. |
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A Perspective on Changes to the Mary Kay Product Line |
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In my comments and forum postings on Pink Truth, I have observed that I consider it desirable for a cosmetics company to "tweak" its line of color cosmetics every season to reflect the changes in garment fashions. Color cosmetics which look great with fall fashions might not work at all with fashions designed to be worn the following spring, for example. |
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Product Date Codes and Shelf Life |
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Mary Kay consultants and customers are often confused by the date codes used by Mary Kay Cosmetics, as well as what the true shelf life of the products is. This is a short guide to help you decode it all. |
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Product Update: Schedule and Details for Color Cosmetics |
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Mary Kay has updated information on the product line changes. |
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Speak of the Devil: Mary Kay's Wacky Word Wizardry |
If you’ve walked the earth long enough (or at least as long to have witnessed Prince go through three name changes) you know that one’s choice of words can make or break a given situation.
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Rumors About Classic Basic Skin Care Being Discontinued |
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I don't know who started the rumor that Mary Kay's classic basic skin care was being discontinued, but Darrell Overcash denied it in February 2007. The rumors persist, however, that the classic line will be replaced with the botanical line of skincare sold overseas . |
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Is Mary Kay's Product Guarantee Really 100% |
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Apparently the 100% satisfaction guarantee isn't really 100%, according to one of those emails that gets circulated to death by Mary Kay sales directors and national sales directors. According to this email, corporate is now denying certain requests for product replacement. |
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Mary Kay's Explanation of the Major Product Changes |
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After Pink Truth got in the way of Mary Kay's planned July announcement of major product line changes by announcing it for them in January 2007, Mary Kay offered this information to sales directors who were shocked at the information. |
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Pink Truth Foils Mary Kay's New Product Launch |
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On January 16, 2007, Pink Truth announced that Mary Kay was changing its entire color cosmetic line, to include lipsticks, compacts, eyeshadows, blushes, and eyeliners. Mary Kay Inc. intended to make the announcement in July 2007, and in fact the "official" announcement was made at seminar. Here's what we told our loyal readers: |
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