Written by Raisinberry When I left Mary Kay, I was torn because I felt I was leaving behind a bunch of good women who were at risk of being preyed upon by my senior sales director. It didn’t take long for my fears to come true. I had a friend …
Written by Carolyn A former director’s story of her work never being good enough for success, and her realization that she is a lazy loser who just gives up. I started Mary Kay as a stay at home mom with two babies, aged 18 months and 2 weeks. My husband …
Written by Teresa For the majority of my Mary Kay career, I was a “sales only” consultant in a high producing, top unit. And even though I wasn’t interested in doing anything more than selling Mary Kay products, I still attended my director’s weekly unit meeting. Rain or shine, snow …
Written by Raisinberry I can remember when things were much different in Mary Kay. I think that for the most part, that old school mental image was in our minds when we conducted every recruiting interview, every career talk. We were selling an idea of Mary Kay that doesn’t exist …
In talking with hundreds of current and former Mary Kay sales directors, it is clear to me that many of them didn’t realize what they were agreeing to when they signed their agreements. It’s not because they didn’t read them before they signed them. It’s because after all the work …
Mary Kay is deep into its “All In With 8” promotion, which lets consultants enter DIQ (director in qualification) with 8 active team members instead of the usual 10. In addition, the requirements to complete DIQ have been reduced, but only if you qualify within 3 months instead of the …
Check out this scheme for becoming a sales director in Mary Kay. And amazingly enough, it takes almost no time at all! Only 9.5 hours per week for six months (or less!!!). And at the bottom they tell you becoming a sales director is GUARANTEED! The impossible part of this …
Written by Raisinberry Everything in Mary Kay is set up to maximize team and unit ordering. It doesn’t matter to corporate if a single product is sold to a bona fide customer, although those sales do help perpetuate the con. Once a consultant orders product, Mary Kay Inc. has made …
The big lie in Mary Kay is that when you get to the level of director, that is where you will really make money. The secret is that in MLM, they are constantly telling you that the NEXT level is where you’re going to make money. Because nearly everyone loses …
A woman who did Mary Kay twice tells us about her struggle through car, DIQ, and directorship. Let it be known that this woman is not the exception, she is the rule. Lots and lots of constant work, putting your own money in to move up or maintain a level, …
