I love showing the numbers for Mary Kay product sales. What better way of proving that this company is a product-based pyramid scheme? Yes, I said it. Pyramid scheme.

Almost no one is making a living from selling products. So what are they really selling? The “opportunity.”

That’s right. Recruit and frontload. That’s the Mary Kay way.

Ick. Another propaganda piece to assure Mary Kay consultants that if they just pray enough and want it enough, they can be successful in Mary Kay. If they are not successful, they must not have had a high enough “deserve level” or they’re lazy losers (like us – LOL).

P.ease respond to this ONLY if you want more for your life from Mary Kay!  I know that the women who respond to this – want more of my time and attention – and you will get it!!!  When you decide you will be accountable to someone else – major changes happen!

A consultant's letter to her Mary Kay sales director.

I want to discuss my feelings with you in person, but I won't be able to say to your face what I'm feeling in my heart. Therefore, here's an email on my future Mary Kay plans. Some of this may hurt; however, I truly feel that you deserve my honesty, so here goes:

Written by So Lost In Wisconsin

I am writing to all of you customers out there.  Hopefully, before your next “skin care class” you will take a moment to read what I will do during the close of the class to get you to buy.

If you read nothing else of this article, please read this.  I will make myself look small and insignificant and make you look large and superior in order to make the sale.  And, I will succeed.  Here’s how.

The key to success as a director in Mary Kay is to suck every last bit of ordering out of consultants. So when changes are coming, directors don’t tell consultants until the last minute. Why? They’re hoping you might place an order for the old stuff, and then you’ll have to order again when the new stuff comes out. Clever, ‘eh?

One of many sad truths in Mary Kay is that the company and its representatives like to withhold information from consultants as long as possible. Why? We want them to order now. It helps our commission checks now. If we tell them about an upcoming special, they may wait to order, and that is bad for us. Here it is, straight from a sales director:

Written by So Lost In Wisconsin

So you sat through the class. You have all the makeup on. You love it all, because your hostess and instructor have romanced the product, and now you simply can’t live without it. How does she make sure you buy?

The consultant has inventory here . . . ready to take home, because she was taught that if she doesn’t have it on hand, you’ll just stop at Walmart on the way home and get something else. She needs to unload this stuff. You are on a pink high. What happens next?

This little ditty comes from a site called “Tools You Can Use.” Basically, it is just another site that sells junk to Mary Kay consultants who don’t need it and can’t afford it.

So what is “smart ordering” in Mary Kay? Well if you’ve been around Pink Truth for a while, you know that the only “smart” order is a BIG order… in the eyes of your sales director anyway. Order early, order often, and order big.

Here’s a script that one of our readers says  Mary Kay nsd Allison LaMarr uses when pushing the big Mary Kay inventories. That’s right ladies! Beg, borrow or steal to get the money for inventory. It doesn’t matter how you do it… just do it because Allison’s commission check depends upon it.

The choice is up to you! In this business, your business, YOU are in charge! YOU make the decisions! I know you want ONLY THE BEST for YOURSELF! Often, in other employment situations woman complain of NOT being in charge – of NOT HAVING CONTROL OF THEIR PAYCHECK! At Mary Kay – YOU HAVE THE POWER TO DECIDE!

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.