Something is suspiciously missing from Mary Kay’s photo gallery for Seminar this year: The Class of 2010 debuting sales directors. In years past, we have been thrilled to post the pictures of the director debuts, and witness the shrinking numbers. Read more…
The news of Allison LaMarr quitting Mary Kay has rocked the pink bubble. Sure, the “spin” is that she is “retiring” to do other things. The reality is that she’s a quitter, just like every single one of us at Read more…
The rumor mill is churning, and here is the latest: I have been told that Mary Kay is changing the rules for NSDs. They must have 8 first line sales directors or they can no longer be an NSD. There Read more…
In what must be earth-shattering news for Mary Kay Cosmetics, Allison LaMarr, the woman who made it to National Sales Director fastest, has now become the quickest to bite the dust. After less than four years as an NSD, Allison Read more…
What’s the big deal about being a “Million Dollar Director” in Mary Kay? It’s all about the money and perks that you get once you hit that level. Sounds reasonable, doesn’t it? In the real world, when you hit certain Read more…
Written by DebiUnpinked Who honestly profits from the sales of Mary Kay products? Why is it that one purchasing the highest dollar amount in products from the company is called “The Queen of Sales”? Where are the billions per year Read more…
It always brightens my day when a Mary Kaybot leaves me encouraging comments on my business blog. This is one such comment left by someone who calls herself “The Diva Director” on an article about Mary Kay. If I didn’t Read more…
The end of the “seminar year” in Mary Kay would not be complete without sales directors begging for orders from their unit. Begging for orders is despicable. Why? Because no one should place an order for Mary Kay products unless Read more…
Written by The Masked Commenter Why do women are are seemingly "good people" do unethical and improper things while in Mary Kay? Here is some psychology that may explain it. The two major psychological studies on the effects of obedience Read more…
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…

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This all reminds me of the jingle for the kids' game back in the 1970s... "[MK is] Going...down the drain"
My understanding is that once an nsd retires, MK buys an annuity for them that pays out the prescribed monthly…
Sadly yes. When things go wrong for you in MK Miss Negative Nelly/Lazy Looser(TM) is dropped like a hot dog…
I have no idea what the actual demand for sales outside the pyramid is but it doesn't look much from…
"We all make bad decisions or live in seasons of bad decisions." This is true but these women made fortunes…