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Category: Pink Truth Press
The Start of Pink Truth
Have you ever wondered how and why Pink Truth was started? Below is a clip from my appearance on HuffPost Live (10 years ago!), in which I talk briefly about my Mary Kay experience and why I started this site. It all began when I found other women on a …
Pink Truth Turns 13
It’s the lucky 13! Pink Truth has officially been around for 13 years, first as Mary Kay Sucks, and then as the more friendly-sounding Pink Truth. It started as a little blog to make fun of seminar dresses and dish the dirt on directors and consultants. But we got so …
Pink Truth Merchandise
By popular demand, I’ve refreshed the Pink Truth store on Zazzle with a few new products. The items are for fun only. Please don’t buy them because you want to support Pink Truth and contribute to our expenses. I’ve got that covered. I just wanted to offer these items for …
Mary Kay Defends Its “Business Opportunity”
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 damage control mode, while other media outlets slammed the company. …
Mary Kay’s Pink Pyramid Scheme (from Harper’s Magazine)
I thought today was a good day to take a trip down memory lane. In 2012, Harper’s Magazine published an excellent article (the cover story!) about the pink pyramid scheme known as Mary Kay: The Pink Pyramid Scheme: How Mary Kay Cosmetics Preys on Desperate Housewives. The story got tons …
Hello Mary Kay Directors Who Saw 20/20
Written by Suzy Q So, we taped hours and hours of painful, humiliating, humbling information about our experiences in Mary Kay, and ABC diluted it down to about 12 minutes. However, it made an impact and I was pleased to know that. It is not often that Darrell Overcash interrupts …
Mary Kay on the 20/20 “Not So Pretty In Pink” Story
Mary Kay Cosmetics was hoping that ABC’s 20/20 would share their version of the story: that lots of products are sold, lots of money is made, and Mary Kay enriches women’s lives. Unfortunately for them, Rebecca Jarvis dug into the other side… the ugly truth about Mary Kay. The company …
Pink Truth and Mary Kay on ABC’s 20/20
Tune in to 20/20 on ABC on Friday October 2 for a story on the truth behind Mary Kay’s multi-level marketing “opportunity.” MLM is not a business opportunity, it’s a clever scam that has been made to look like a business. Host Rebecca Jarvis takes a look at long-time multi-level …