Written by Popinki Recently my cousin and I met up for a late breakfast at a local restaurant.  The place wasn’t very crowded because it was late for breakfast and too early for lunch.  The closest people to us were Read more…

We’ve heard these things before. A million and one ways to justify recruiting another Mary Kay consultant’s customer. Is it technically stealing? Probably not. After all, the NSDs will teach you how to bend the rules far enough that you Read more…

Check out this recruiting script. It has all of the manipulative tactics you have come to expect from Mary Kay recruiters. (Really, recruiters for any MLM will use these.) There is the body language and the false flattery. Then you Read more…

Written by SuzyQ Sales directors are continually taught that their job is to bring in new recruits. New recruits mean new inventory purchases and more production means a higher monthly commission check. For those of you who are laboring under Read more…

The Mary Kay ladies need you to believe that home parties are not dead. Remember, in Mary Kay we pretend that the “business” is retail sales and everyone is selling lots of products. We’re not supposed to talk about how Read more…

A few years back, it was a big deal to be a “brand ambassador” for a company. To get a big one like Lululemon (when they were in their heyday) or cosmetic name like Smashbox was HUGE. You’d be your Read more…

Our friend Jamie Taylor wants you to believe that multi-level marketing (MLM) and direct selling are different! You’re supposed to look at this real so you can understand the difference. No one has accused Jamie of being smart. The post Read more…

Here’s a great way to lose your friends: Recruit them into Mary Kay! But of course MK is asking you to leverage your friendships and “bring your besties” into the company. Recruit them as soon as you sign up, and Read more…

Chelsea Claytor Adkins wants to be a “million dollar director,” and she will exploit you to get there. A Mary Kay sales director gets to “million” through lots of recruiting and getting women to order inventory packages (we call that Read more…

A woman in a “sales director only” group on Facebook wants to know Jamie Taylor’s secret to getting to NSD. The responses do not disappoint. They give great insight into how it’s done. If you don’t want to have to Read more…