One Mary Kay sales director isn’t impressed by the Pink Truth website and the women who post their comments here. However, I think some things hit home with her, especially when she comments about looking at old inventory on her shelf.

She sent this to a group of Mary Kay sales directors:

 I’ve been reading the comments on here about pink truth…. and I am with everyone else that it’s apalling. I think it’s a great idea that xxxxxxx is going to go to the extra work to check out everyone’s status as a current director…. thanks for taking that extra time from your business to do all of that to help secure our forum.

The husband of a Mary Kay nsd writes a letter to husbands of new recruits, and offers misinformation in the letter to boot!

Written by The Scribbler

Welcome back! I promised you the next two points of Pam Shaw’s Seminar tips, and by golly, here they are for you to enjoy!

3. “Pack runner’s band aids (second skin) and keep other essentials stored in your Travel Bag. Sewing kit, goo gone, jewelry cleaner, nail color and top cote, file, scissors, Always include eye-mask, calming solution, visine, X-Em. Night cream, foot treatment cream, febreeze, jewelry cleaner in your travel bags.”

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Listen; can you hear it? The pumping beat of a hot mix tape designed to motivate, energize, and get you hopping around on your high heels like a stork trying to do the Lindy Hop.

“Rock you Like A Hurricane?” Uh-uh…no WAY! That song was my prom theme – me being here must be a divine act! In fact, paying off the $1,000 + charges I’m going to accumulate from this event is going to TAKE a divine act. Excuse me, waiter? I’ll have what that director on the floor over there is having.

Seminar is on the horizon! Are you ready? Whatever your answer is, you aren’t TRULY ready until you take a gander at these handy Seminar tips courtesy of NSD Pamela Shaw. She’s absolutely got YOUR needs in mind, young padawan learners; so purge thyself of all uncleanliness and come sit at her feet! Hey, you in the back – remove your close-toed shoes; the place on which you stand is holy ground! Now let’s get it ON!

Written by The Scribbler

Don’t buy more inventory to finish your “star.” You can buy yourself a prize for much less money. In fact, it’s almost embarrassing how cheap the Mary Kay prizes are.

Today let’s take a peek into the world of Mary Kay! Holy cow, did your face ever turn white when I said that. Hey, wait – come back! Sweet Jesus, that’s a four-lane highway you’re running across – HEY!!!

You have nothing to fear, friend. I’m not a Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultant (an “IBC”), nor do I play one on TV. I’m just a “repeat offender”, or what one would call oneself if they’ve been solicited more than once to join the ranks of the Pink.

Written by Saw the Light

Every now and then I read how someone claims to have known Mary Kay, yet still calls her such names as a "greedy old hag" or worse. Now, I don't know everyone's definition of knowing someone up close and personal, but mine doesn't mean having heard her speak for years on end at events, or shaking her hand after having had her teach a class.

For the record, I became a Consultant in the 1970's, so yes, I've been around for a while. I've had many a meaningful one-on-one conversation with Mary Kay over the years, both in her home and in her various offices. I have stacks of personal letters from her. She has done a lot of special favors for me and we enjoyed a lovely relationship. We were not "best friends" but I considered it a privilege to know her well enough to know her thoughts on many issues. The thing that disappoints me so in this company is the chasm that exists between what she intended it to be and what it has become.

Explaining a concept called “zero profit condition” and applying it to Mary Kay to show you how it’s next to impossible to build a viable retail selling business.

In an article on Slate, Austan Goolsbee explains why most real-estate agents can’t get rich, even when the prices of the houses they sell are skyrocketing. It’s so easy to become an agent and it sounds so lucrative that hordes of new agents enter the profession, hoping to strike it rich.

Yes, the commission pie is bigger because real estate prices are up, but it has to be split among a far larger group. And the number of possible clients isn’t expanding as fast as the number of agents. So a few super-agents get a big slice of the pie and everyone else gets crumbs.

From: MPNSD
To: MPNSD
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 5:33 AM
Subject: Morning Moto

Good Morning and God’s Greatest Blessings to each of you!

I don’t know about you, but I was challenged to sleep last night because my spirit was on fire after spending the weekend with Carol Anton and 24 of my NSD buddies. Julius Henderson, our teacher, moved me to examine so many things in my life and business. I am eager to hear your voices this morning.

Written by MommyMindi

Problems recovering your sales tax from Mary Kay? Your dog may soon become your newest “customer.”

If there is one thing that I learned during my stint with Mary Kay, it’s this: your dog will be one of your best customers. (Okay – for some reason, certain people actually LIKE cats. If you have a cat – s/he can be a customer as well.)

Written by MommyMindi

Why you should handle your own sales tax instead of letting Mary Kay do it for you…

The sheer stupidity of some Kaybots never ceases to amaze me. Getting a large tax refund is never a good thing. All it means is that you just gave Uncle Sam a tax-free loan for the year.

Although this is not as “big” as getting an “extra” $2K on a tax return, it always used to amuse me when Directors instructed Independent Beauty Consultants (IBCs) to simply write off unrecovered sales tax on their Schedule C, rather than use the Sales Tax Refund Request through InTouch. Writing off the sales tax doesnâ’t give you back the money that you paid MK and didn’t recover… it just gave you back the taxes that you would have paid on that money.