Written by Raisinberry How a sinking company makes a sinking consultant. You may not have noticed that your journey in Mary Kay was littered with multiple prize promotions. “Sure I did,” you say, “That was one of the selling points.” Read more…
An email from a new reader: Today I spent my lunch hour at the local mall where a young woman approached me on my way out to tell me that “I look just like the type of girl Mary Kay Read more…
Each quarter, Mary Kay Cosmetics sends out a “Preferred Customer” mailing. It goes to 6 million women. There are 700,000 U.S. consultants. That means that on average, each consultant has 8.5 customers on their preferred customer list. And for most Read more…
Step right up, ladies and gentlemen. Today we have something dazzling for you to see. Something downright amazing. Women. Hundreds of thousands of them. Selling gobs and gobs of Mary Kay Cosmetics to actual customers who can’t seem to get Read more…
Thing being a Cadillac sales director in Mary Kay is prestigious? Think they’re the ones making the big bucks and they’ve “really taught their girls to sell?” Think again. These are retail orders placed by consultants from July 1 through Read more…
Written by SuzyQ It seems that we have more than a few new readers on Pink Truth in the last couple of days. We are crediting the director suit picture in the email that “should not have been forwarded” for Read more…
Written by Robin Peters In my comments and forum postings on Pink Truth, I have observed that I consider it desirable for a cosmetics company to "tweak" its line of color cosmetics every season to reflect the changes in garment Read more…
Written by Raisinberry This is Raisinberry’s response to a Mary Kay sales director who wrote to her fellow directors, urging them not to read the “negative” websites. Thanks for your prayers. And thanks for at least trying to help your Read more…
More Mary Kay slogans… How many times will units hear about how things are “great in 2008” in Mary Kay? And how many times will consultants think they’re the only ones failing to get bookings and failing to sell products? Read more…
Multi-level marketing companies always hang their hats on the “unlimited earnings” gimmick. They make you feel bad about your current job and earnings, and tell you how you are limited only by how hard you’re willing to work in an Read more…
A colleague of mine is leaving her job at the university to be a full time mom. Another will be…
You’re not alone. I’m still in contact with former coworkers from almost 30 years ago.
I remember my first year as a consultant going to an event shere an up-and-coming hotshot sales director was telling…
That was what finally kicked my butt out of Mary Kay. I’m a grown adult and nobody gets to tell…
I'm still in birthday/Christmas/ anniversary FaceBook contact with people I worked with 20-40 years later. I doubt if I am…