Sales director Allyson Jankowski says you can earn a Mary Kay car by Christmas. The company gives you 4 months to do it, but you can do it in 3 months if you just know her “secret sauce.” Allyson spent Read more…

Mary Kay is so cutting edge! This isn’t your grandma’s cosmetic company. MK is on trend! And to prove it, they are huge into social media and they use words like “bestie” for recruiting promotions! There’s a little coupon that Read more…

This sign is brilliant, and I wish more businesses would create policies like this. Who wants to go to Target or Starbucks or any place of business and be harassed by MLM-bots? Oh I know, they’re taught that they’re not Read more…

Mary Kay is a bunch of mean girls. They often talk about the “big girls club” (directors and above), and once you get there, they have even more little groups based on number of offspring or unit production. Last year Read more…

I’m bringing back an article we published a few years ago about false earnings claims. I love these videos of sales directors lying about how much money is made in Mary Kay. The false earnings claims are so rampant because Read more…

Here’s another one of those Mary Kay “training” items that is really meant to make you feel like you just didn’t work hard enough. Who couldn’t five extra hours a week to do something important like Mary Kay??? This piece Read more…

By now you have probably heard that last week AdvoCare got tagged by the FTC for $150 million because they’re a pyramid scheme. What? We’re multi-level marketing! We’re direct sales! We’re not a pyramid scheme!!!! Indeed, that’s what all MLMs Read more…

A high level Mary Kay sales director did training piece called The Art of Networking.  And what fun to look at her suggestions here. I object to many of the sales and recruiting techniques taught to Mary Kay consultants because Read more…

Written by Lazy Gardens There are four phases to a gambling addiction. It struck me that Mary Kay (or participation in any MLM, for that matter), is an awful lot like a gambling addiction. See if you agree when you Read more…

Written by BestDecision A recent Instagram story by Mary Kay NSD Pamela Shaw illustrates how bad attrition is in MK. This image is the inside of Pam Shaw’s personal planner. First, look at the left side, row 3.  “DYL” stands Read more…