Pink Truth gets another big mention in the summer issue of Brain Child , the Magazine for Thinking Mothers. The author, Stacey Schultz, took a hard look at the multi-level marketing business model after seeing mothers who lost thousands of Read more…
Dear Mary Kay friends and family, It is with much thought, prayer and consideration that my husband and I have decided to resign my Directorship. I could no longer justify the time and money that I put into my Mary Read more…
Written by Lazy Gardens Someone commented, “I know we talk about brain washing here, and cult dynamics, but honestly I still haven’t read a good reason why this worked on me and how it still works on women who normally Read more…
I recently received some very interesting information from someone about a "hot" area in Mary Kay. It doesn't really matter whose area it is…. just know that it is a newer national sales director who is worshipped by many in Read more…
Written by Raisinberry Never thought you would ever see that headline, did you? Well don’t get too excited. It’s a prophecy of sorts. It will come about as soon as the pro-Mary Kay lurkers reading here on Pink Truth realize Read more…
One popular piece of Mary Kay Fiction is called How to Make $100,000 a Year as a New Director. Of course, the program outlined in this document is next to impossible to achieve. How do I know? There are about Read more…
It’s just good business to maximize your Mary Kay commission check, right? We’ve all heard the upline talk about not “leaving money on the table.” In general, I don’t mind the concept of making the most money possible. Yet when Read more…
Inevitably, at every Mary Kay event, you will be told that things have never been better for the company. The company has never been stronger! This is the greatest [insert event name] ever! How exciting to be a part of Read more…
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…

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And Sales Directors come and go. I followed a handful in my local area over the past few years and…
The 2% figure comes from a time in the early 2000s when there were about 600,000 consultants and 12,000 sales…
I also wonder the percentage of car drivers who do NOT have to pay copays. Another thing that eats into…
July 1 means the new interns have arrived. So don't do anything stupid over the Independence Day weekend. Many of…
I have no data to back it up, but I imagine the 2% make it to Sales Director is a…