Written by An Anonymous Reader I’m generally a lurker, but I’ve posted to the site occasionally since I joined. I’ve never been in Mary Kay or any MLM, but I found Pink Truth when looking up “MLM cult” after my Read more…

Robert FitzPatrick of Pyramid Scheme Alert has conducted extensive research on multi-level marketing companies (MLMs). The research can be difficult with companies like Mary Kay, which are privately owned and therefore don’t release hardly any information about the dismal earnings Read more…

Yet another moment of “you don’t own your own business” when you’re a Mary Kay consultant. If you owned your own business, you’d be able to go on TikTok and talk about it however you choose. But your Mary Kay Read more…

If multi-level marketing is one huge scam, how do they stay in  business? How is it that consumers don’t know it’s a pyramid scheme? Why are thousands of people signing up for MLMs each day? Haven’t they heard by now? Read more…

This is one of those sad, sad dreams that Mary Kay directors and recruiters like to build up for you. They tell you how easy it is to “replace your income” with Mary Kay. And it’s nonsense. Because we’ve seen Read more…

Written by SuzyQ This is a favorite line from directors to new consultants. I love this line. It’s used so frequently, and it has sort of moved from myth status to urban legend. Gee, it even appears on some top Read more…

Written by SuzyQ Every time Mary Kay announces a a new ordering contest or bonus offered by Mary Kay, I have to laugh. They happen so often. They’re all the same. Nothing is “new” in Mary Kay. Order more and Read more…

Written by Raisinberry The days after the Mary Kay seminar year end wholesale buying frenzy are a celebration for some and a painful chest constrictor for most others. The typical director sleeps in on July 1 because of sheer exhaustion Read more…

One of the big selling points for Mary Kay (and really for any multi-level marketing company) is the PRODUCTS. The person trying to recruit you shows you how you buy a product for $1, sell it for $2, and you’ve Read more…

We get the same comments from Mary Kay supporters over and over: Mary Kay works when you do, don’t steal someone’s dream, it’s not a get rich quick scheme, it is a business and you have to treat it like Read more…