As a Mary Kay Director-in-Qualification (DIQ) attempts to round up enough recruits and production to become a sales director, orders are often placed on behalf of consultants. Here are the company’s rules regarding this practice…. DIQs in Mary Kay finish Read more…

Written by Lazy Gardens The career of the local Mary Kay Lady may have a tragic end if Cecil has his way. He views her as a threat to his lifestyle.

How often do we hear that Mary Kay is all about the wonderful product? “You and sell it and you can make a profit!” Yeah, well if you’re like 99% of the other women in Mary Kay, you won’t sell Read more…

Thanks for your suggestion Raisinberry…. Until the forum is fixed, we’ll just keep having our discussion on the front page. Don’t feel bad if you want to make off-topic comments. We’ve got to keep things going somewhere! I mentioned in Read more…

Is Mary Kay Cosmetics celebrating or lamenting today’s article in the New York Times on their business in China? While the Mary Kay spin machine got its typical praise for the pink Cadillacs and the “unlimited opportunity,” the article also Read more…

Mary Kay Cosmetics is currently running a “special” for new consultants. Instead of paying the regular $100 to sign up and receive a full starter kit, you can pay just $50 and get a mini kit in the month of Read more…

Mary Kay consultants and directors are always trying so hard to prove that the company is “on trend.” Never mind that the company has been way behind on plenty of trends, including tinted moisturizer, tinted lip balm, microdermabrasion, and more. Read more…

The CBS affiliate in Philadelphia ran a story yesterday about women doing direct selling in a recession to “supplement” their income. Of course, Rhonda Shasteen of Mary Kay got to have her say…. telling the world that women will spend Read more…

The Dallas Morning News ran this lovely article focusing on Mary Kay , and just like all the other articles on this topic in the last few months, the writer apparently did no fact-checking. The charade that multi-level marketing companies Read more…

In August of last year, Mary Kay ran a promotion offering a “$100 rebate” for new consultants. This gimmick worked the first time around, according to Mary Kay: Rhonda Shasteen, Mary Kay’s Chief Marketing Officer, point out, “In fact, in Read more…