In the last year or so, we have seen a number of “top directors” in Mary Kay quit the company. Whether it was by choice (voluntarily quitting) or by force (getting kicked out by MK), the common denominator seems to be starting some sort of “coaching” business or trying to …
Mary Kay vultures continue to exploit the panic over the Coronavirus. Sure, they’re saying they’re just helping people, and they also have a business to run and are lucky to be able to do so from home. This is opportunism at its worst.
Written by Raisinberry Here on Pink Truth, we have daily contact with women from all over who have become victims of this MLM cancer. It entered their lives under the guise of being something good and right and noble. After all, Mary Kay was started by a woman, for the …
Written by Raisinberry It occurred to me the other day that Mary Kay Ash transferred her unhealthy workaholic tendencies to thousands of women all over America. What seemed like good counsel was her notion that each achievement one attains should only be celebrated, briefly, with the next goal clearly in …
Written by SuzyQ Dear Mary Kay Cosmetics, I have been writing things for Pink Truth for more than a decade. The things I criticized in the beginning are unchanged. I know you have someone at the corporate offices who is tasked with monitoring this site. I know the executives know …
Below is a little piece entitled “Maybe She Needs Me.” Here’s big news: No one needs Mary Kay. They don’t need a consultant’s fake (warm chattering) compliment. They don’t need Mary Kay’s average (or below) products… they’ve got Walgreen’s. They don’t need the “sisterhood” of Mary Kay, in which your …
Written by Raisinberry Many years back, I stepped through the doors of my first Mary Kay event, completely uncomfortable by what I saw. I thought it was me, since they appeared to be so close and having so much fun. I must have had “issues.” They were so happy and …
Written by The Scribbler When your sales director or NSD “believe” (or in Mary Kay-speak, “bee-lieve”) in you, it is easier to get you to order products you don’t need. The “business” of MK is based heavily on emotional manipulation. If you believe in yourself, you’re going to order products …
Mary Kay is a bunch of mean girls. They often talk about the “big girls club” (directors and above), and once you get there, they have even more little groups based on number of offspring or unit production. Last year a group of young sales directors were together wore these …
One morning, I heard this statement on a television talk show: “One obstacle to recovery is hope.” They went on to discuss how hope plays a part in people recovering from tragedies or moving forward in their lives. In the real world, hope is often helpful in the recovery process. …
