Written by Raisinberry Being a Mary Kay director is hard! When you’re in DIQ, they tell you to just push through and work your face off. THIS is the hard part, they say. It gets easier after this. Not true. Every month is DIQ all over again when you’re a …
This story was sent in by a woman who signed up for Mary Kay and then quit, all in the same week. It was a funny thing how it all happened, I mean “becoming” a Mary Kay Consultant. (I might add it all happened in the course of one week …
When women leave Mary Kay, I always find myself wanting them to tell the truth about what an awful company it is. And they almost never do. Our friend JTA was brave enough to tell the truth, and she likely lost all her MK friends because of it. Most of …
Kelly Brock was a top director with Mary Kay Cosmetics and had been with the company for years. Sometime late last year she stopped mentioning Mary Kay on Instagram, and instead spoke exclusively about things related to her “coaching” business. Her last YouTube video on her Kelly Ingland account was …
Another story from a reader. She was reluctant when she signed up, but got turned off by the immediate demands that she borrow money and order inventory. They did not take no for an answer, and they turned her off for good. I just wanted to share that I am …
Written by Raisinberry The higher up a person in the Mary Kay pyramid, the more she is exposed to the failed reality of a Mary Kay business. Since that goes against her programming, she looks for reasons to justify her continued endorsement of the Mary Kay opportunity. The problem seen …
A former Mary Kay consultant decided to sell her red jacket. She got a response from her recruiter saying she must really need money. This was her email back. No, I’m not really in need of money, and kind of take offense to that. It’s the principle of why I …
Written by SuzyQ More than a decade after leaving Mary Kay, I think about the emotions I had when I left the big pink cult. It was big! The first thing I felt was relief. It was really, really over, and I didn’t have to worry about Mary Kay any …
Written by PinkPeace As much as we can be very angry and disgusted with Mary Kay for any number of legitimate reasons, if we’re honest with ourselves, our experience in the pink bubble wasn’t 100% bad. I wanted to highlight some of the positives I got out of my years …
Written by Christie I just wanted to tell you that I wish I would have listened to Pink Truth before! I joined MK when I was 22 and was totally sucked in to the “easy lifestyle” they all appeared to have. After winning a car and becoming a director, I …
