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    • For New Mary Kay Consultants
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    • Not Taught at Harvard
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    • FAQ About Quitting Mary Kay
    • Returning Your Starter Kit
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Culture & Manipulation

Mary Kay’s Truth About Abuse

Posted on June 11, 2010

Written by Raisinberry I hope you’re sitting down because you are going to need a chair. Oh and you are going to need duct tape. Wrap it firmly around your head. You are about to experience hypocrisy at such an Read more…

MLM Education

Forbes Calls Multi-Level Marketing a “Pyramid Selling Scheme”

Posted on June 1, 2010

A 1997 article from Forbes magazine does an excellent job of explaining the pyramid that is multi-level marketing. And I don’t think anyone is going to accuse Forbes of being “bitter ex-MK consultants who coudn’t make it” or “anti-MLM zealots Read more…

Relationships

Mary Kay First, Family Second

Posted on May 31, 2010

Last week, the Columbia Business Times featured a Mary Kay sales director in its “People You Should Know” section. And the truth comes out! Mary Kay comes before her children. Here’s what was printed: COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: Other than Mary Kay, Read more…

Business BasicsRecruiting

Mary Kay is All About Recruiting

Posted on April 28, 2010

How often do we hear that Mary Kay is all about the wonderful product? “You and sell it and you can make a profit!” Yeah, well if you’re like 99% of the other women in Mary Kay, you won’t sell Read more…

Inventory & Selling

I Had a $600 Week – And All I Got Was This Bracelet

Posted on April 25, 2010

Written by ContourTHIS Woo-hoo! I had more than $600 in sales last week! And I’m not even counting taxes collected – like SOME people I know. I had 11 sales in 7 days averaging about $56 retail. My director says Read more…

Inventory & SellingNumbers

Who Is Selling Mary Kay Products?

Posted on April 22, 2010

A couple of years ago, I did this exercise on Pink Truth, examining who was really selling these cosmetics. One of our members did a similar thing on the discussion board yesterday, so I thought it was a perfect time Read more…

Business Basics

Please Discuss the Reality With Me

Posted on April 14, 2010

A Mary Kay consultant's letter to her sale director, looking for some real information on Mary Kay. Hi Sales Director:   What I have to tell you in these next few paragraphs has no bearing on what I think of Read more…

Quitting Mary Kay

Life After Mary Kay: Living with Purpose

Posted on April 9, 2010

Written by Rachel On the discussion board last week, our friend Woodchuck77 told us: I got a message from a so-called "friend" saying: "Most people out there have no goals or dreams. Mary Kay teaches us to have goals and Read more…

Quitting Mary Kay

What Are We So Afraid Of?

Posted on March 23, 2010

Written by Rachel A few weeks ago, Pink Truth discussion board members were asked to do a T.V. interview for a really cool show and tell the world what’s wrong with Mary Kay and MLM.  This is something many of Read more…

Business Basics

If It Was Really This Easy…

Posted on March 22, 2010

I hate these kinds of suggestions. “All you have to do is…” “If you just found 10 women who….” “It only takes….”

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