How does a Mary Kay sales director finish her unit club? After begging and begging and begging (all the while disregarding whether or not the consultants will actually be able to SELL the products they’ve been conned into buying)… when Read more…

Written by The Scribbler If you want proof of how difficult Mary Kay is to sell (and how little is being sold), just take a look at recent listings from Craigslist: Hi, I am just getting started here. I am Read more…

Written by The Scribbler “…we are going to have to take some risks.  And that includes all of you reaching out beyond your comfort zone and holding more classes.  I only wish we had Mary Kay here to lead the Read more…

Written by ContourTHIS Woo-hoo! I had more than $600 in sales last week! And I’m not even counting taxes collected – like SOME people I know. I had 11 sales in 7 days averaging about $56 retail. My director says Read more…

A couple of years ago, I did this exercise on Pink Truth, examining who was really selling these cosmetics. One of our members did a similar thing on the discussion board yesterday, so I thought it was a perfect time Read more…

Mary Kay Inc. claims that they really want consultants to sell products. The truth is that corporate really only cares about ORDERS, and they don’t care what the consultant does with it after the order is placed. Here’s the proof. Read more…

Really? Mary Kay is this easy? Just wear nice clothes and act nice and you’re going straight to the top? Does anyone really fall for this anymore? By NSD Kathy Goff-Brummett As strange as it may seem, booking, coaching, selling, Read more…

Written by Raisinberry When Mary Kay recently announced a national contest encouraging consultants and directors to hold skin care classes, I felt hope. I am an eternal optimist, even while railing on the destructiveness of multi-level marketing. Could “Party With Read more…

While in and out of Mary Kay, you undoubtedly were told over and over how easy it is to sell Mary Kay Cosmetics. You were probably told that the products fly right off the shelf. And you sold some products Read more…

On our discussion board, members are talking about how the numbers in Mary Kay are down. It’s being seen across units, and the message is clear when MK execs are talking about record numbers of “visits” to the corporate website Read more…