Written by Lila If you’re reading this as a consultant, please know that every word is true and meant to help you learn the other side of the MK story. My story may be old, but please understand that NOTHING Read more…

Mary Kay’s “Destination Red” promotion offered a free cruise on Royal Caribbean’s Navigator of the Seas in October. And apparently it was a HUGE success with 3,700 winners, according to NSD Kristin Sharpe. The old line “there has never been Read more…

The concept of “retail sales” should be so easy to define. And yet, in Mary Kay it is one of the biggest lies that is repeatedly told at all levels. You would think that a “retail sale” would be a Read more…

There is always a huge push to “finish” your goals by June 30. It’s the end of the seminar year, so there are extra prizes and sometimes you get to go on stage at seminar. Everyone is pushing in June, Read more…

Mary Kay ran their “Destination Red” promotion from January through June, offering a 4-night cruise on Royal Caribbean as an incentive. To win this prize you had to: Buy $3,600 of wholesale inventory in the 6 month contest period Recruit Read more…

Mary Kay sales director Ali Zornes saying she’ll never wear a uniform again for the rest of her life. Also Ali Zornes: wearing the Mary Kay sales director uniform that is required to be worn at all MK events.

Why do women want a pink Cadillac from Mary Kay? It’s a great marketing tool, and that’s why Mary Kay offers it. It essentially costs them nothing out of pocket, since directors squeeze more orders out of consultants to qualify Read more…

This image comes courtesy of the Anti-MLM subreddit. I can totally imagine the desperate directors who want to finish their Cadillacs by June 30 sending these out. How would you respond?

Mary Kay NSD Dacia Wiegandt threw a tantrum yesterday because her Louis Vuitton bag was stolen off the baggage claim carousel in Atlanta. She was required to gate check her bag because there was no room in the overhead bins Read more…

Where do I begin with this email to one Mary Kay national area? I believe that she may have had 12 women there. (Rare, but possible) I believe she may have sold $500. ($41 a person is not unheard of.) Read more…