An October 2005 article from Smart Money for someone considering joining Mary Kay. QUESTION: A Mary Kay representative told me that if I became a rep, I could deduct the cost of my skin-care and cosmetics products from my taxes because I’d be running my own business. She assured me …
Written by A former Cadillac “future executive senior sales director” I started MK 4 years ago. To save money on product only. Went to a career breakfast and saw tons of sharp, happy, women who were “making money” and I thought why not. I was totally broke, but called and …
The May 2007 issue of Mary Kay’s Applause Magazine has an interesting piece called “Inventory Answers: Coaching Your New Team Members to Success.” And they have the audacity to claim that Mary Kay has “never been about ordering.” But everything else in Mary Kay is contrary to that claim. Naturally, …
This item has been attributed to Sean Key, one of the Vice Presidents at Mary Kay Inc. Enjoy all the rah-rah and hype surrounding Seminar! Do you notice any subtle pressure to order? And how many standard MK “lines” can you find in this one? It’s May! Can you believe …
Written by Raisinberry So Mary Kay announced a new FAQ website, supposedly to address concerns from the sales force. I would have more respect for the company if they simply said “Wow, we’re sorry.” Imagine opening your Intouch page and having, “We’re Sorry” across the top? Imagine a list of …
In January 2007, Mary Kay Cosmetics launched a web initiative to help counteract the effect of Pink Truth’s wide dissemination of information. Mary Kay consultants got news of Mary Kay Inc.’s latest attempt to “deal” with the information being put forth by Pink Truth. I had heard that corporate decided …
FAQ – Frequently Ass-ked Questions These are the usual insults we receive from the Kaybots… Okay, so they’re not really questions. But you know what we mean. If you’re planning on using any of these insults, don’t. We’ve heard it all before. 1. You’re losers / failures / whiners / …
Yesterday, someone asked to see the actual fax that was sent from Darrell Overcash at Mary Kay Inc. to the company’s national sales directors. Ask and you shall receive! The actual fax is shown below. I have appreciated all of the comments on the letter and on the site. I …
Well ladies, here it is. The moment you’ve all been waiting for! I’ve finally got the letter from Mary Kay Inc. to the nsds about the Mary Kay Sucks blog! On the cover sheet of the fax from Darrell Overcash at Mary Kay Cosmetics to the national sales directors: Dear …
*sigh* Every so often, I have to post something about the most recent, baseless allegations floating around courtesy of the Kaybots and the Mary Kay Apologists. They are so tired and boring. They really have nothing to talk about in their pink worlds except us. But I feel the need, …
