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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
    • NSD Guide
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    • Business Opportunity Rule
    • Mary Kay NSD Emeritus Guide
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NumbersRecruiting

Mary Kay: Still Not the Answer to the Economy

Posted on April 28, 2009

The Dallas Morning News ran this lovely article focusing on Mary Kay , and just like all the other articles on this topic in the last few months, the writer apparently did no fact-checking. The charade that multi-level marketing companies Read more…

Pink Truth Critics

Forgive and Move On!

Posted on April 13, 2009

Another Mary Kay lover has some advice for me and the rest of the Pink Truth community. I like how she refers to us as “ridiclues”… I think maybe she should “get a clue.” As usual, I am also amused Read more…

Lawsuits

More on the Touch of Pink Case

Posted on April 4, 2009

We still await the judge’s order in the case Mary Kay Cosmetics brought against Touch of Pink Cosmetics. The jury made its decisions, which all went against TOP. However, the case is not concluded until the judge actually rules. The Read more…

Lawsuits

Jury Rules Against Touch of Pink in Case Brought by Mary Kay

Posted on April 1, 2009

To say I'm stunned that Touch of Pink lost on all issues would be an understatement. The history of the case can be found in articles here. The verdict in the case is here. UPDATE: There is a chance that Read more…

Other MLMs

Is Avon Just Another Pyramid Scheme?

Posted on March 25, 2009

I’ve long felt that Avon is really no better than any other MLM out there which pushes recruiting and building the pyramid. For years, Avon did have more of a focus on retail sales, but the profits to be made Read more…

Culture & Manipulation

Cancel, Cancel, Cancel! Thought Terminating Clichés in Mary Kay

Posted on March 21, 2009

Written by Lazy Gardens We’ve made of fun of Kaybonics, the repetitive slogans, sayings and jargon that fills Mary Kay e-mails and speeches. But it’s not funny. In a high-control group like Mary Kay, Kaybonics serves a purpose: it gives Read more…

Pink Truth Critics

There Are Not Opportunities Like Mary Kay Available For People Like Me

Posted on March 13, 2009

A college student critiques Pink Truth. And I just have to say that if one has to buy friends for $100, and Mary Kay is their only way to do so, they’ve got more problems than we can help them Read more…

Inventory & Selling

How Do You Like This Mary Kay Reality?

Posted on March 11, 2009

On our discussion board, members are talking about how the numbers in Mary Kay are down. It’s being seen across units, and the message is clear when MK execs are talking about record numbers of “visits” to the corporate website Read more…

Products

Mary Kay’s New Spring 2009 Products *yawn*

Posted on March 9, 2009

Same old same old. It seems the only tricks Mary Kay Cosmetics has left up their sleeve are: 1. Packaging changes or unnecessary "new and improved" products that are really only a ploy to make consultants order more, or 2. Read more…

Pink Truth Critics

What Is the Full Story Behind This Website?

Posted on March 8, 2009

I am so happy that one Mary Kaybot had the presence of mind to ask what the real story is behind this website and the owner. She certainly couldn’t have looked at this page and read about us there. The Read more…

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  1. Popinki on Mary Kay or a Job?September 23, 2026

    Ugh, I hear you so hard on being desperate to find a job, any job. The promise of steady income…

  2. Dave on Director Closes Down Her My ShopSeptember 23, 2026

    I just order online on Sephora for my gf. The Sephora fairies deliver seamlessly and discreetly. No parties, no follow-ups,…

  3. Dave on Director Closes Down Her My ShopSeptember 23, 2026

    before long it'll be So Long from MK and thanks for the fish

  4. jurneeka on Director Closes Down Her My ShopSeptember 22, 2026

    It is to laugh, did her "700 customers" sign a contract in blood saying that they would always order from…

  5. donewiththepink on Director Closes Down Her My ShopSeptember 22, 2026

    Bless their hearts. Apparently someone thinks that deleting a consultant from MyShop means she has now vanished from Mary Kay’s…

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