Written by Marcy After my stint in Mary Kay and two other MLMs, I have come to the conclusion that many people stay because of two factors: peer pressure and guilt. We come into this new “business opportunity” all excited about a new venture with limitless possibilities. This new endeavor …
Written by ProblemPink Every year at seminar, executives from Mary Kay proclaim that THIS is the right place and the right time. Every year. And each time, we believed it. Every. Single. Year. The company has never been doing better. We are on the cutting edge. After X years in …
Written by Raisinberry You have landed here, on Pink Truth. You’ve read a bit and you are outraged. You are a Mary Kay consultant at any level on the career path, and you want to straighten us out. You want us to stop being so negative, and possibly influencing your …
A concerned friend of a Mary Kay consultant requests advice from the Pink Truth community: A former close friend of mine is a relatively new MK clone. This was after having tried other MLM schemes that crashed and burned. I found Pink Truth while looking for answers about the addictive quality …
Written by SuzyQ I got out of Mary Kay, so why do I still feel bad? As directors, even if we weren’t wildly successful, we still were Mary Kay in our minds. We made it to the TOP 2% of the company and we had everything together. In part one, …
Written by SuzyQ Have you heard the saying that you get into Mary Kay and Mary Kay gets into you? It describes how immersed women get in th Mary Kay culture. It’s meant to be a fun phrase to throw around, but it just shows how hard-core women become about …
Written by SuzyQ What a myth! If Mary Kay worked when many of us did, we wouldn’t be here, would we? We are not the lazy “loosers” those in the pink fog make us out to be. In fact, it wasn’t all that long ago we were sugar sharp and …
Mary Kay Cosmetics was founded on our belief in the Golden Rule. We strive to provide opportunities for women to achieve their maximum potential. And we tell all our consultants and directors that God and their families come before our company – and that whenever they experience a conflict, the …
Written by Emanuel from Scandinavia Mary Kay may not technically be a cult, but it has many characteristics of cults. My brother’s wife has been involved with Mary Kay, moving up into the ranks of a car driving sales director. They have four small children, and it is sad how …
Written by Raisinberry Many years ago, Christian writer, Bob Larson wrote a book to help churches and Pastors identify exactly which religious groups were “cults.” (You have to love the pomposity of placing yourself as judge so you are excluded from the comparison! But I digress.) Using Bob’s standard of …
