I wanted to examine the income of a Premier Club sales director. There are about 13,000 sales directors in the United States, and only a few thousand of those are Premier Club or Cadillac drivers. When you make it to Read more…
Written by The Scribbler Remember the Harper’s article “The Pink Pyramid Scheme: How Mary Kay Cosmetics Preys on Desperate Housewives”? At the time the article came out, there was a flurry of media activity. Mary Kay and its NSDs were in Read more…
This is the tax return data for MaryBeth, a solid Premier Club sales director in Mary Kay. I’ve heard many figures thrown around, and most often seem to hear that car driving directors make between $40,000 and $50,000 per year Read more…
Written by Lazy Gardens Explaining the concept of market saturation, and why it’s next to impossible to build a viable retail selling business with Mary Kay. I’ve noticed some Mary Kay training material that misuses the term “market saturation,” probably Read more…
The hallmark of pyramid schemes (masquerading as something legitimate under an innocent-sounding name like multi-level marketing) is false earnings claims. We at Pink Truth know that time and again, research shows that more than 99% of people LOSE MONEY in Read more…
Mary Kay Cosmetics was hoping that ABC’s 20/20 would share their version of the story: that lots of products are sold, lots of money is made, and Mary Kay enriches women’s lives. Unfortunately for them, Rebecca Jarvis dug into the Read more…
Krystal Shada is a wanna-be national sales director in Mary Kay Cosmetics. And she provides us the opportunity to check out who is selling Mary Kay products. When I point out that Mary Kay has lots of characteristics of pyramid Read more…
Written by The Scribbler False income claims are the primary recruiting tool used by multi-level marketing companies to lure in new recruits. Mary Kay sales director Roya Mattis loves to say “if she can do it, I can do it Read more…
Written by The Scribbler Roya Mattis is a mover and shaker in Mary Kay Cosmetics. She is a top director and personifies the image of success Mary Kay Inc. would have you believe is attainable. Roya has a compelling story Read more…
Here is an email a Mary Kay nsd sent to her area. The focus here is on making money, which isn’t a bad thought. The problem is that it doesn’t align with reality. Time and again, research shows that 99% Read more…
@FrostyRose, great thoughts. Ask me no questions, I’ll tell you no lies. 😁
Thanks Tracy. Wow, that could surely boost the daughter up the Mary Kay ladder. I have a feeling we will…
@DataJunkie, I witnessed this first hand. An NSD retired, and her Sales Director daughter (in my city) inherited all of…
Excellent comment. “MK always pressed upon us that Corporate benevolently paid for commissions from their profit. WHERE DOES THE COMPANY…
MK always pressed upon us that Corporate benevolently paid for commissions from their profit. The downline never had to pay…