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  • Welcome
    • For New Mary Kay Consultants
    • Mary Kay Truths
  • 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
  • Mary Kay Documents
    • Mary Kay Consultant Agreement (2026 version)
    • Mary Kay Consultant Agreement (2019 version)
    • Mary Kay Sales Director Agreement
    • Mary Kay National Sales Director Agreement
    • NSD Compensation Chart
    • NSD Guide
    • Mary Kay’s Official Stance on Pink Truth
    • Business Opportunity Rule
    • Mary Kay NSD Emeritus Guide
    • Applause Magazine (US)
    • Applause Magazine (Canada)
  • Discussion Board
Pink Truth

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Mary Kay Lies: Best Selling Brand

Posted on May 4, 2017

You’ve heard this over and over: Mary Kay is America’s Best Selling Brand. We know Mary Kay isn’t the “best selling brand” and so does Mary Kay. They get away with this charade because they use the wholesale sales to Read more…

Business Basics

Compulsive Consultancy in Mary Kay Cosmetics

Posted on April 28, 2017

Written by Lazy Gardens Compulsive consultancy brings despair and humiliation into the lives of countless thousands of men, women and children. The compulsive consultant is a person who is dominated by an irresistible urge to participate in Mary Kay. Coupled Read more…

Culture & Manipulation

If You Love Mary Kay and the Opportunity…

Posted on April 27, 2017

Written by Blackbird This is an article for those people out there who enjoy being a MK consultant, director, etc. For those who think the company offers a lot of good things to women and who want to see the Read more…

RecruitingScripts & Training

Linda Toupin’s Mary Kay Husband Letter

Posted on April 25, 2017

Getting husbands to buy into the idea of Mary Kay Cosmetics is critical. The wife is almost guaranteed to lose money, so it is important to get the husband on board as soon as she signs up. He has to Read more…

Culture & ManipulationDIQ

The Burden of Positive Mary Kay Lies

Posted on April 24, 2017

Written by Raisinberry “Never give up-never give in” music rolls over the spastic verbiage of her Unit net site. It is just too painful to visit there anymore. It isn’t just the screaming words and colors and pictures of success, Read more…

Business BasicsCulture & ManipulationFailure in MLMPink Truth Press

Mary Kay’s Pink Pyramid Scheme (from Harper’s Magazine)

Posted on April 19, 2017

I thought today was a good day to take a trip down memory lane. In 2012, Harper’s Magazine published an excellent article (the cover story!) about the pink pyramid scheme known as Mary Kay: The Pink Pyramid Scheme: How Mary Read more…

NSD

Oh To “Sit At the Feet” of a (Former) Mary Kay NSD

Posted on April 18, 2017

I never got into the idea of “sitting at the feet” of anyone, much less a Mary Kay national sales director. I am not beneath them, and therefore do not deserve to be sitting “at their feet.” Please. These were Read more…

Quitting Mary Kay

Explaining the Failure of the Mary Kay Business Model

Posted on April 14, 2017

Written by C_Personality My letter to my team when I decided to quit Mary Kay back in 2008. Dear Current and Former Mary Kay Team Members, This is a very different letter than I have ever written.  I have made Read more…

Recruiting

One of the Many Reasons Why I Despise People Recruiting for MLMs

Posted on April 13, 2017

Recently, I got an email from someone who tried to register for Pink Truth, but hadn’t received a confirmation email. I saw the login he used, and immediately had a bad feeling. I just *knew* he was in an MLM Read more…

Business Basics

Avoid LuLaRoe: Six Reasons to LuLaNO

Posted on April 7, 2017

Written by Bridget Jack Jeffries What’s that you say? You’re a stay-at-home mom with $6,000 to spare and no idea what to do with it? Stop right there! Before you even think about spending that money on a vacation, a 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. Pinkisoverrated on No Translations at Seminar, PleaseAugust 10, 2026

    Oh my gosh, my jaw is on the ground. The blatant racism, the pure pettiness, and the derogatory remarks to…

  2. BP on Seminar HacksAugust 10, 2026

    My travel hack: get my own room and don’t do anything related to Mary Kay.

  3. Jen Jen on Seminar HacksAugust 10, 2026

    Um…no. I’m sweaty, crabby, and exhausted just reading that. It sounds like literal hell and it blows my mind that…

  4. Pink Jihad on Seminar HacksAugust 10, 2026

    Seminar sounds like hell on earth!!! I’m too much of an introvert to share a hotel room and a BED…

  5. SuperExecSpaghettiDirector on Seminar HacksAugust 10, 2026

    I also want to add that your spouse has already suffered enough, being married to a MK Consultomer.

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