I’m starting to think that we could do a whole series on the false earnings claims that sales directors and NSDs in Mary Kay do in furtherance of their recruiting activities. Of course, there are laws specifically prohibiting MLM representatives Read more…

One of the ways women are drawn into Mary Kay is with false earnings claims. Look at all the money that is being made! Anyone can do it! You can make a full-time living working part-time hours. Your Mary Kay Read more…

The more things change in Mary Kay, the more they stay the same. In MK, they always like to tell you that you’re in the “right place at the right time.” This is a way of saying that this is Read more…

Did you know that the average Mary Kay sales director makes $5,000 to $25,000 per month? NO THEY DON’T. This figure is a complete fabrication, and it’s just another false earnings claim made by a Mary Kay representative. Mary Kay Read more…

One of my favorite phrases in Mary Kay Cosmetics is “executive level income.” The company and its representatives tout the ability to be self-employed while earning money like an executive. Even better is when women are lured in with the Read more…

This is a plan for increasing your Mary Kay income to $7,500 a month within the next six months. I don’t think I even have to tell you how silly some of these assumptions are. It’s just another plan that Read more…

I wanted to examine the income of a Premier Club sales director. There are about 13,000 sales directors in the United States, and only a few thousand of those are Premier Club or Cadillac drivers. When you make it to Read more…

Written by The Scribbler Remember the Harper’s article “The Pink Pyramid Scheme: How Mary Kay Cosmetics Preys on Desperate Housewives”?  At the time the article came out, there was a flurry of media activity. Mary Kay and its NSDs were in Read more…

This is the tax return data for MaryBeth, a solid Premier Club sales director in Mary Kay. I’ve heard many figures thrown around, and most often seem to hear that car driving directors make between $40,000 and $50,000 per year Read more…

Written by Lazy Gardens Explaining the concept of market saturation, and why it’s next to impossible to build a viable retail selling business with Mary Kay. I’ve noticed some Mary Kay training material that misuses the term “market saturation,” probably Read more…