Probably the most frequent challenge I hear to our real-life experiences with Mary Kay Cosmetics (other than “no one held a gun to your head!”) is “Oh, there’s always one bad apple in the bunch. Don’t judge the entire company Read more…

Written by SuzyQ I was going to write an open letter to Mary Kay NSDs and sales directors, and I know they read here, but it seemed to be a futile gesture. I wanted to ask them to think, to Read more…

Written by Francine I was a Mary Kay consultant for two years and it financially devastated our family. We literally declared bankruptcy and I humbly and ashamedly want to express that we NEVER, not in ten million years, thought we Read more…

Written by Raisinberry From the day you start in Mary Kay, you are exposed to deception on multiple levels, and expected to accept that if you want to “move up.” There are times when I think I have no more Read more…

Written by SuzyQ I want to talk to you about being a Mary Kay sales director. We are not all monsters. There are some who are monsters… and those women should not be allowed to work with people anywhere. But Read more…

Written by SuzyQ Oh, I wish I had the magic words! Just what does it take to get the message across to the pink believers that MK is a scam? What part don’t they get? Maybe a short reminder would Read more…

Written by Raisinberry The longer I am away from Mary Kay, the more I am reminded to clearly define what the boundary lines are to my own sales approach. I spent some time thinking about how the lines got blurred Read more…

Written by Raisinberry One lie leads to another, leads to another, leads to another… Kind of like Mary Kay boiling a frog without the frog noticing. Back in the day, my earth science teacher told us that the way a Read more…

Written by Frosty Rose Building schools for girls in developing countries. Saving women from domestic violence. Curing cancers that affect women. “Enriching the lives of women everywhere.” That’s the tagline of the Mary Kay Ash Foundation, and if the company Read more…

Written by Raisinberry Over the years as I have contributed here at Pink Truth, I started noticing that there were largely two groups of Mary Kay victims. Individuals have their distinct stories, but throughout the majority of anti-Mary Kay sentiment, Read more…