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  • Welcome
    • For New Mary Kay Consultants
    • FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions
    • Mary Kay Truths
  • About Pink Truth
    • Site Guidelines and Rules
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact Pink Truth
  • Mary Kay Facts
    • Top 10 Reasons to NOT Do Mary Kay
    • The Mary Kay Pyramid
    • Information for Mary Kay DIQs
    • Mary Kay Destroying Women
    • What is Multi-Level Marketing?
    • 99% Lose Money in MLM
    • Not Taught at Harvard
  • Returning Inventory
    • FAQ About Quitting Mary Kay
    • Returning Your Starter Kit
    • Product Date Codes
  • Mary Kay Documents
    • Mary Kay Consultant Agreement
    • Mary Kay Sales Director Agreement
    • Mary Kay National Sales Director Agreement
    • NSD Compensation Chart
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    • Business Opportunity Rule
    • Mary Kay NSD Emeritus Guide
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Culture & Manipulation

Manipulation Right From the Start

Posted on February 27, 2025

You’re familiar with the manipulation (lies, coercion, etc.) that goes on during the Mary Kay recruiting process. We know that they use manipulation to get women to purchase inventory packages. But did you know that the manipulation can happen even Read more…

Business Basics

Tax Returns Show No One is Profiting in MLM

Posted on February 26, 2025

Jon Taylor was a well-known researcher of multi-level marketing. One of his studies involved a telephone survey of over 200 tax preparers in Idaho and Utah. His findings were discussed in his 2012 book The Case (For and) Against Multi-Level Read more…

Quitting Mary KaySales Directors

My Decision to Quit MK

Posted on February 25, 2025

Written by Raisinberry When I quit Mary Kay, it was mostly due to reading Pink Truth, and a validation of finally seeing in print, what I thought I alone suspected, all along. The words we were never able to utter, Read more…

Failure in MLMInventory & Selling

Can’t Find Mary Kay Customers

Posted on February 24, 2025

Written by Parsons Green Every week in the Facebook groups, it’s the same old story. A consultant can’t find customers. If you can’t find customers, you can’t sell product. Here’s a recent example of the valuable advice the Mary Kay Read more…

Pink Truth Critics

Pink Truth Affects Our Attitude

Posted on February 21, 2025

From a Mary Kay sales director to other sales directors: Hey Ladies, I’m not sure if everyone realizes this, but every single time we go to a negative MK site “just to see” what is going on there we increase Read more…

Sales Directors

The Backstage Reality of Mary Kay Sales Directors

Posted on February 20, 2025

Written by SuzyQ The backstage reality is what the audience does not see. When the actors are on the stage and the play has begun, you are seeing what you paid to see – a great performance that is designed Read more…

Prizes

Mary Kay Prizes Aren’t Worth the Effort

Posted on February 19, 2025

Written by Sad In Pink During the course of my time in Mary Kay, I never missed being a star consultant. I believed that I deserved those nice gifts they were giving away each quarter, and I managed to accumulate Read more…

Sales Directors

Mary Kay Entitlement on Display: Lost Director’s Jacket

Posted on February 18, 2025

Mary Kay director Casie Hembree messed up. She left her uniform in a public hotel bathroom in San Antonio when she went to Leadership Conference in January. The director’s jacket was left at the Marriott Riverwalk San Antonio. But Casie Read more…

Failure in MLM

Lacey Bradford Continues to Fail

Posted on February 17, 2025

Written by Parsons Green Former sales director Lacey Bradford has been bragging for years about her Mary Kay success! That’s the image in public most of the time. (But behind the scenes it’s a different story when she’s being honest Read more…

Pink Truth Critics

Ignorance, Gossip, and Slander

Posted on February 14, 2025

There are some half-truths and a lot of mistruths and misinformation all rolled into one big convuluted mess on this site. Yes, sales is hard. Contacting your network of people is hard. Investing money you don’t have into a business Read more…

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Pink Truth Discussion Board

Visit the Pink Truth Discussion Board to discuss any topic you like. No praise or promotion of MLM is allowed. Please read the site rules carefully before signing up.
  1. CoralBliss on June is the Make It or Break It MonthJune 30, 2025

    I cannot express how thankful I am to have a whole month of June back, and I can actually enjoy…

  2. pinkpeace on June is the Make It or Break It MonthJune 30, 2025

    My dearest SuzyQ, what a great article! Every word is as true today as when you wrote this. You have…

  3. Popinki on June is the Make It or Break It MonthJune 30, 2025

    For those who "stumble" over the site, please listen to SuzyQ. She's a smart and accomplished person and not, as…

  4. T on June is the Make It or Break It MonthJune 30, 2025

    Wow - extremely well written personal account. ...I wonder if the MK huns will be counter-praying for folks NOT to…

  5. KeepItSaltySweetiel on June is the Make It or Break It MonthJune 30, 2025

    Oh friend. You wrote that for me. It’s all so familiar, and I am so sorry. I pray someone reads…

 

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