Mary Kay lives and dies by initial inventory orders. That is where corporate makes their money, because the initial order is almost always the MOST a consultant will order in their tenure with MK. Sales directors make their money with Read more…

Written by Frosty Rose Last week, as normal, I opened my Facebook memories. Drizzled among the funny kid sayings and pictures were the highlights of my Mary Kay end-of-month at Seminar from seven years ago. What the public saw were Read more…

Why do I have to expose this over and over? You’d think the Mary Kay ladies would eventually start telling the truth about their pretend businesses, but no. One of our favorites, Chelsea Adkins, encouraged her team and customers to Read more…

How does one end up quitting Mary Kay … and having $21,000 of inventory to unload? THIS IS HOW. She was “queen of sales”… which is code for queen of ordering. In Mary Kay, any time they talk about “my Read more…

This email has been circulating for years. It is meant to seem professional, almost as if it was a real live exit interview from a real live job. It also makes it seem as if your sales director cares why Read more…

We’ve talked before about sales directors ordering too much inventory, so let’s go back to ABC’s 20/20 segment about Mary Kay and Pink Truth. Two of the biggest problems in Mary Kay Cosmetics are the lack of retail sales of Read more…

Written by Pinkpeace How many times have we heard it or read it? “No one put a gun to your head to make you go into debt.” Well, technically Ms. Kaybot, that is a true statement. Years ago when I Read more…

Written by SuzyQ They tell you… “If you do not have a full store, and are attempting to sell out of an empty wagon… not only will you have an upset customer, she might even call another consultant who has Read more…

Somer Fortenberry wants to be a Diamond Circle nsd this year, meaning that she would bring in $200,000 in commissions (before subtracting any business expenses). The only way to do that is for lowly consultants to spend their hard-earned money Read more…

You’ve just been recruited into Mary Kay, and your recruiter and sales director are telling you that you need inventory. You can’t sell from an empty wagon! No one wants to wait for their products! Sephora has products on their Read more…