One of the most maddening aspects of Mary Kay Cosmetics is how recruiting is drenched in half-truths and slick marketing lines. “Doesn’t this look so eeeeeasy?” “All you have to do is squirt and smile!” “You’d be perfect at this!” Read more…

Written by Parsons Green  Dawn Wangard recently reached out to the Mary Kay director group on Facebook for help. How do you help a customer who admits her love of trending products? For years, Mary Kay sales directors have promoted Read more…

If you are the same, hopeless woman that wrote a blog I came across today bashing the Mary Kay company and responding to everyone’s posts that actually stood up for the business…then I pray for your sad, unmotivated soul. It Read more…

Written by Raisinberry Stepping out of Mary Kay for good, is freedom. And that is as it should be. It is a step toward becoming “real” again, where you have no duplicitous purpose in your relationships. You were never supposed Read more…

It’s a perpetual lie in Mary Kay (and other MLMs): You can earn a little extra money. During the recruiting phase, it’s all about the dream. They talk about the big money. The six-figure incomes. The women who “retired their Read more…

Written by Parsons Green Maggie Butcher is a Mary Kay sales director who has driven a Pink Cadillac for 40 years. She is also one of the few remaining directors who publishes a monthly newsletter to share her unit’s results. Read more…

Another kind Mary Kay lady wants to help us understand that we were the problem. I’m so sick of this garbage. You act like you’re exposing some big secret, but everyone knows Mary Kay requires work and dedication. It’s not Read more…

Written by Parsons Green Mary Kay consultants and directors are always on the look out. They need to find new faces and credit cards to sell this flopportunity to so they can make their production numbers without having to tap Read more…

Written by Frosty Rose Way back in the Dark Ages, when I was still a consultant, Mary Kay rolled out a shiny new convenience for consultants and directors called Customer Delivery Service (CDS). With the click of a button, you Read more…

Written by Melody I realized quickly after starting my Mary Kay business that this was going to take more of an effort than I could give. The first year I worked my 40 hour per week job and did my Read more…