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…

The constant push in Mary Kay Cosmetics to order-order-order gets so tiring. Most directors say “I don’t push anyone to order!” Oh, okay. You just remind and nag and encourage and remind and nag and plead and remind and nag Read more…

These women have no shame. Imagine asking people to spend $1,000 on something they don’t need. Wouldn’ t you feel guilty? Not this sales director! She wants that Mary Kay top director trip and she needs $20,000 wholesale today to Read more…

Mary Kay is now delivering products directly to customers for participating national sales directors and sales directors. It’s currently considered a “pilot” program, presumably to see how well it works. Only sales directors who are “star consultants” can participate in Read more…

Who knew it was so easy to make money in Mary Kay. (Never mind the cold hard facts that prove almost all women who get invovled in MLMs lose money.) Well, the truth is that it’s not easy to make Read more…