You ladies make selling Mary Kay sound way harder than it is. I’ve been a consultant for 11 years and I have never had a problem selling the products because they literally sell themselves when you get them on peoples faces. That’s it! All you have to do is see women and have them get the product ont heir face. Everyone loves it.

Do I have some inventory in my basement? Of course I do. You can’t run a business without inventory. Some of it is older packaging but the product inside is still perfectly good. And there’s nothing wrong with having some older stock. I like to be prepared when someone calls and needs something right away. But just think if I had a store. I’d need thousands and thousands of dollars of products. That’s not doable for someone like me. But this business is!

My husband calls the basement my “Mary Kay museum” which he thinks is hilarious. He has asked me a few times how much all of it cost but I don’t know because who keeps track of every lipstick they order for 11 years??? That would be impossible.

Plus I use a lot of it myself and give products for Christmas and birthdays so its not like anything is wasted. I haven’t had to buy a birthday present for my sisters in years.

If you actually believe in the product and share it with people, it sells. Maybe instead of counting every dollar and obsessing over every profit you should remember why you started in the first place.