Written by The Scribbler My frustrated toddler hurled her juice cup across the room while I made another toy-recovery loop around the house.  Scientists haven’t yet figured out the basics of teleportation, but it’s only because they haven’t gone to Read more…

Mary Kay is now delivering products directly to customers for participating national sales directors and sales directors. It’s currently considered a “pilot” program, presumably to see how well it works. Only sales directors who are “star consultants” can participate in Read more…

The following are notes taken by a Mary Kay sales director on Chief Marketing Officer Rhonda Shasteen’s presentation at a recent “Power Up” in Minnesota. I’ll let the notes speak for themselves, but be sure to pay close attention to Read more…

A note sent by one of our readers… I stumbled on your website a few weeks ago and get a kick out of all the stories everyone has and am too horrified about the debt people put themselves into for Read more…

Written by The Scribbler Sassy Senioritas, if there was ever a time to keep one tastefully-shadowed eyeball over your shoulder in careful vigilance, it’s now, because hard-charging Mary Kay Sales Directors have their Go-Give switches flipped to “Search and Destroy” Read more…

A submission from a reader of Pink Truth: Last week I find out from a mutual friend of a co-workers that it is my co-worker’s birthday.  The mutual friend asked if I would make sure the office did something nice Read more…

It’s easy for us to forget that other MLMs suck just as bad as Mary Kay. I haven’t yet found one that isn’t a basic recruiting scheme, with the “real” money given out for recruiting (since the companies can’t stay Read more…

Written by Blessed (A Mary Kay Husband) Leaning against my car, waiting for my gas tank to fill, I took a moment to appreciate the October sky. It was the “golden hour” when the sun is low and the colors Read more…

Canada now has a “Do Not Call List”, and Mary Kay Inc. is advising consultants that they are subject to it. The way I read MK’s explanation, if a consultant in Canada wants to call “referrals,” they’re going to have Read more…

Written by A Mary Kay Husband This email is making the rounds in Mary Kay: Last night, I was talking with the awesome XXX XXXXXXX about the changes in her job and her plans to replace that money with her Read more…