Today we take a trip down memory lane. Almost three years ago, Harper’s Magazine did an expose on the Mary Kay “opportunity” that ruffled a lot of feathers. The story, The Pink Pyramid Scheme: How Mary Kay Cosmetics Preys on Read more…
Written by Lazy Gardens Mary Kay Ash said, “A woman who will tell her age will tell anything.” She never told her age. She also never mentioned other details that might have interfered with her carefully crafted public image as Read more…
Written by The Scribbler Note: If you haven’t yet read the article, “8 Out of 10 Mary Kay NSDs Are Okay With Lying to Customers,” please do so now, as it will provide you with the necessary background information required Read more…
Written by The Scribbler Yesterday I introduced you to a Facebook community called The Million Dollar Message Listeners (M$M ), run by six top directors who are daughters, sisters, or nieces of National Sales Directors (Kristin Rogers, Jordan Helou Eicher, Read more…
Written by The Scribbler I’m a big fan of the TV show Kitchen Nightmares. It’s an entertaining spectacle where restaurant owners contact professional chef Gordon Ramsay for help in turning their sagging businesses around. One of the first things Chef 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…
UPDATE: From July 1, 2011 through January 31, 2012 (7 months), Shelby has ordered less than $11,838 retail ($5,919 wholesale) from Mary Kay. That means her sales per month are less than $1,700 retail, nowhere near what she’d need to Read more…
Written by The Scribbler Last year a book was released titled Ask ME About MARY KAY: The true story behind the bumper sticker on the pink Cadillac, authored by Jackie Brown. Jackie Brown is one of the original consultants who Read more…
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Mary Kay’s pride and joy, Allison LaMarr, continues to do the company proud. She was the fastest ever get to the position of National Sales Director, and now she claims she made $1 million faster than anyone in Mary Kay. Read more…
Wow! Those colors were actually my favorite ones in my palette. Glad I've moved on and don't have to worry…
About “You know, if you are like I was, you probably want to think about it because you want to…
I can see these tactics working on women in the 60’s. Most women in this era stayed at home and…
If the product really sold itself, a whole lot more directors would be taking the alleged 50% for themselves instead…
Compare this combative dialog with that of purchasing from a retail outlet like Alta or Sephora. This, my prospective MLM…