I will never tire of exposing the false earnings claims in Mary Kay. Often it is the flaunting of supposed wealth from women who are not making anything close to executive income. It is regularly lies about how much product Read more…

Here is a recent post in a Mary Kay group on Facebook. The poor consultant can’t find new customers, and knows she’s going to have to do the “warm chatter” thing. (For those who are new, “warm chatter” means walking Read more…

Yes, the Mary Kay ladies are guilty of repeatedly making false earnings claims. The 50% profit lie is probably the most common. And even Mary Kay Inc. is guilty of pushing this lie. (It’s not just those “independent consultants” who Read more…

The Mary Kay legal department has issued a letter to all National Sales Directors about earnings claims. It seems they may be trying to head off trouble from the FTC, since it is widely known that Mary Kay consultants, directors, Read more…

False income claims abound in Mary Kay and all MLMs. You hear about “full-time pay for part-time hours” and the “executive level of income” and the “unlimited earnings.” It’s not true. There are a handful of lucky souls who make Read more…

Sales director Ali Zornes: Also Ali Zornes:

We regularly talk about the false earnings claims made by Mary Kay sales directors. It’s an important issue because the MONEY is what gets so many women to sign up as beauty consultants. They’re led to believe they can make Read more…

Another unsurprising instance of lying about profits by a Mary Kay sales director. This time we have Chelsea Claytor saying she “played in makeup and ate cookies and cupcakes” and “made $300 profit.” False earnings claims again. Chelsea uses Mary Read more…

Mary Kay has come up with a new schedule for paying bonuses to consultants, directors, and NSDs. Instead of the old once-a-month payment of bonuses, they’re now going to do it 1 to 3 days after bonus was earned. I Read more…

A couple of years ago, I posted an article about the false earnings claims being made by Mary Kay NSD Dacia Weigandt. I had a problem with her statement that the average part-time consultant makes $5,000 to $10,000 per year. Read more…