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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
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Does Mary Kay Know Their Products Aren’t Being Sold?

Posted on September 11, 2012

With the recent spotlight on Mary Kay thanks to Virginia Sole-Smith’s eye-opening article about Mary Kay Cosmetics in Harper’s magazine, the company has repeatedly said it doesn’t know how much is actually sold by consultants. But is that a lie? Read more…

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Caterina Harris: Another Mary Kay Failure

Posted on September 4, 2012

For years, Caterina Harris has been touted as Mary Kay royalty. The best of the best. At the very TOP of the company. Someone who is an example for all women who want to move up in Mary Kay. Part Read more…

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Posted on September 1, 2012
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Former National Sales Director Amy Dunlap Alleges Mary Kay is a Pyramid Scheme

Posted on August 22, 2012

This week Amy Dunlap filed an amended answer in the lawsuit Mary Kay Inc. has filed against her for alleged violations of her national sales director agreement. The most notable part of the answer and counterclaims is the portion in Read more…

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Posted on August 21, 2012

Gloria Mayfield Banks, was presented with a plaque indicating she has received $8 million in gross commissions from Mary Kay Cosmetics during her 24 years with the company. Leave your caption below!

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Sean Key Mugshot

Posted on August 12, 2012

Mary Kay executive Sean Key, always keeping it classy!

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Mary Kay Canadian Commissions Down

Posted on August 9, 2012

Written by Lazy Gardens A common way to evaluate businesses is to do a “year on year” comparison to see if business is up, down, or holding steady from one year or decade to the next. The news from Mary Read more…

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Mary Kay and Allison LaMarr Settling Their Lawsuit?

Posted on August 6, 2012

Nearly a year ago, Mary Kay Cosmetics sued Allison LaMarr, a former national sales director who was accused of violating her contract with the company. Mary Kay Inc. is going after Allison LaMarr for selling products in violation of her Read more…

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Mary Kay Lies: Cynthia Ruccia, Senior Sales Director Makes Six Figures?

Posted on August 3, 2012

Written by The Scribbler After Virgina Sole-Smith’s insightful article, “The Pink Pyramid Scheme: How Mary Kay Cosmetics Preys on Desperate Housewives” was published in Harper’s, it didn’t take long for Mary Kay supporters to ride in and angrily denounce the Read more…

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Pink Truth Hater Hotline

Posted on July 28, 2012

This week’s official release of Harper’s Magazine story “The Pink Pyramid Scheme: How Mary Kay Cosmetics Preys on Desperate Housewives,” along with the NPR’s On Point with Tom Ashbrook episode entitled Investigating Mary Kay has brought out the haters. I Read more…

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  1. Dave on Sad September for Mary Kay DirectorOctober 12, 2026

    That should be a wakeup call, being called a predator. Props to the woman that called her out. Everyone knows…

  2. Dave on Sad September for Mary Kay DirectorOctober 12, 2026

    Genuinely panhandling would make more moolah. But that's what MLMing is - panhandling on social media instead of on the…

  3. Profreader on Sad September for Mary Kay DirectorOctober 12, 2026

    Such denial here. She insists that her "business" is legitimately selling beauty products to customers. If that is the case,…

  4. Profreader on You Allowed Yourself to Be DeceivedOctober 12, 2026

    When I read that last bit about the depression and the job issues, I wondered how much of this was…

  5. Lolo on Sad September for Mary Kay DirectorOctober 12, 2026

    Exactly! They are quite literally just customers of MK…

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