A few years ago, Kristin Sharpe was bragging on social media about all the Million Dollar Directors in Mary Kay. She thought this was a huge accomplishment.

Heather Daniel Kent has been “almost an NSD” for years now. Every single year brings the mantra: “THIS is our year to become a national area!” But poor HDK never gets any closer. Here’s where she stands currently:

Mary Kay is slowly dying in the U.S. In 2006 when Pink Truth started, the company had over 14,000 sales directors. They had about 700,000 consultants in the U.S. at that time. By 2008, the company had only 13,000 directors Read more…

Chelsea Claytor (Adkins) is excited because she picked up an official Mary Kay pink Cadillac. Her first Cadillac was one she leased on her own, since she didn’t meet the driving record requirements to drive one leased by Mary Kay. Read more…

Mary Kay sales director Jaci Baccus went to church last week and heard something she didn’t like. She heard the truth from her pastor: That MLMs (like Mary Kay) are abusive scams. As a result, Jaci felt ashamed of what Read more…

Mary Kay Inc. held its first in-person cult indoctrination session in two years! It was Leadership Conference, and it was held in Atlanta. This is where all sales directors and national sales directors gather for “training” and motivation. The event Read more…

NSD…. the elusive dream. Almost no on gets there, despite so many who are actively working, trying, and doing all the things they were taught would lead to success. You only get to NSD with the right combination of luck, Read more…

If women in Mary Kay told the truth about the “opportunity,” they’d never recruit anyone. The truth is that it’s not about selling products, it’s about recruiting. Very little of the products that are ordered are actually sold to customers. Read more…

We’ve seen this before. The transition to quitting Mary Kay. Leah Cade is considered a “top director” in MK since she sometimes appears in Applause magazine. Her commissions that have shown up in the last year ranged from 6,000 to Read more…

Imagine devoting more than 30 years of your life to Mary Kay, and still not getting to the top. Cindy Machado Flippen doesn’t have to imagine. She has lived it. For 30 years she has been grinding… trying to get Read more…