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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
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    • Mary Kay Consultant Agreement (2019 version)
    • Mary Kay Sales Director Agreement
    • Mary Kay National Sales Director Agreement
    • NSD Compensation Chart
    • NSD Guide
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    • Business Opportunity Rule
    • Mary Kay NSD Emeritus Guide
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Culture & ManipulationVideos

A Mary Kay Thanksgiving With Barbara and Danny

Posted on November 26, 2015

Written by Lazy Gardens Is it really “Faith first, family second, career third” in Mary Kay? Hardly. It’s all Mary Kay, all the time. Especially on holidays.

Business Basics

Mary Kay Sales Directors Enriching the Lives of Their Assistants?

Posted on November 20, 2015

A Mary Kay sales director surveyed sister directors to see how much they paid their office assistants. Check out the responses she got…  $8.50 per hour is what I pay my assistant… she updates my unitnet site, mails “I” status Read more…

NumbersQuitting Mary KaySales Directors

Mary Kay Sales Director Earnings: Less Than Minimum Wage

Posted on November 13, 2015

The hallmark of pyramid schemes (masquerading as something legitimate under an innocent-sounding name like multi-level marketing) is false earnings claims. We at Pink Truth know that time and again, research shows that more than 99% of people LOSE MONEY in Read more…

Scripts & Training

You Only Need a Few Hours a Week to Do Mary Kay

Posted on November 11, 2015

Written by The Scribbler For those that aren’t familiar with the MRS. CAB recruiting script, it is an acronym designed to show potential recruits the reasons why women join Mary Kay: Money, Recognition, Self-Confidence and Personal Growth, Cars, Advancement, and Read more…

Quitting Mary Kay

A Sales Director’s Letter to Her Unit

Posted on November 10, 2015

This is a heartwarming email that a sales director sent to her unit as she was leaving Mary Kay. Three cheers for the truth! I wanted to take a moment to let you know that I was just notified that Read more…

Relationships

A Husband’s Response to a Sales Director Quitting

Posted on October 7, 2015

Following the receipt of a letter from a long-time Mary Kay sales director to her unit, the husband of a consultant sent this response. This letter is likely representative of what so many Mary Kay husbands and boyfriends see. That Read more…

Cults and MLMPink Truth CriticsPink Truth PressQuitting Mary Kay

Hello Mary Kay Directors Who Saw 20/20

Posted on October 4, 2015

Written by Suzy Q So, we taped hours and hours of painful, humiliating, humbling information about our experiences in Mary Kay, and ABC diluted it down to about 12 minutes. However, it made an impact and I was pleased to Read more…

Business BasicsCulture & ManipulationNumbersPink Truth CriticsPink Truth Press

Mary Kay on the 20/20 “Not So Pretty In Pink” Story

Posted on October 3, 2015

Mary Kay Cosmetics was hoping that ABC’s 20/20 would share their version of the story: that lots of products are sold, lots of money is made, and Mary Kay enriches women’s lives. Unfortunately for them, Rebecca Jarvis dug into the Read more…

MLM Education

Welcome, New Visitors to Pink Truth

Posted on October 2, 2015

Thank you for seeking out Pink Truth. You may have just seen the story on Mary Kay Cosmetics on ABC’s 20/20, and you probably want more information. Contrary to what our critics will tell you,  this site is not full Read more…

Business BasicsFailure in MLMPink Truth PressQuitting Mary KaySales Directors

Pink Truth and Mary Kay on ABC’s 20/20

Posted on September 29, 2015

Tune in to 20/20 on ABC on Friday October 2  for a story on the truth behind Mary Kay’s multi-level marketing “opportunity.” MLM is not a business opportunity, it’s a clever scam that has been made to look like a Read more…

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  1. Latergator on Nsd Commissions for July and August 2026September 12, 2026

    Patricia and Sonia are in the same lineage~ Patricia’s Con Cache area ( I think that’s the name) is so…

  2. MSGTK on Stop Blaming the CompanySeptember 12, 2026

    Question for you, are you capable of an original thought? Why do you waste time regurgitating what has been repeated…

  3. Imewise on Stop Blaming the CompanySeptember 12, 2026

    “I was reading some of these stories and all I could think was, “Where was your common sense?’ I was…

  4. Onegative on Nsd Commissions for July and August 2026September 11, 2026

    Did her SIL retire? A few years ago she made inner circle so of she didn't retire, she fell fast.

  5. Heather on Nsd Commissions for July and August 2026September 11, 2026

    Because people do not reorder after front-loading. There is no consistency (hence all of the contests out there by NSDs…

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