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    • For New Mary Kay Consultants
    • FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions
    • Mary Kay Truths
  • About Pink Truth
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    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact Pink Truth
  • 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
  • Returning Inventory
    • FAQ About Quitting Mary Kay
    • Returning Your Starter Kit
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Pink Truth Press

Fraud Investigator Joins Pyramid Scheme Alert Board

Posted on August 23, 2007

Milwaukee, WI November 22, 2006 — Pyramid Scheme Alert announces that Tracy L. Coenen, CPA, MBA, CFE has been named to the organization’s Board of Advisors. Her consumer education website, PinkTruth.com, which exposes and analyzes the business and recruiting practices Read more…

Products

Video of the New Mary Kay Compacts

Posted on August 23, 2007

They look kinda cool, but that doesn’t stop all the inventory-carrying consultants from being screwed. I know, I know. You have plenty of time to sell those old compacts. And who in good conscience can sell a compact today, knowing Read more…

Culture & Manipulation

Mary Kay Manipulation With Slogans

Posted on August 23, 2007

Written by Raisinberry One of the devices used to achieve mind-numbing compliance with all things Mary Kay was the use of the slogan. We were led down a path of little to no resistance because no matter what ugly objection Read more…

Pink Truth Press

Fraud Investigator Develops Public Awareness Site on Mary Kay

Posted on August 23, 2007

Milwaukee, WI November 20 2006 — Tracy L. Coenen, CPA, MBA, CFE, a nationally-recognized fraud examiner and expert witness, has developed a website to educate and inform the public about the Mary Kay Cosmetics business opportunity. Pink Truth (www.pinktruth.com) has Read more…

Scripts & Training

Mary Kay’s “Sample Conversations”

Posted on August 21, 2007

Mary Kay Cosmetics is always helping its independent sales directors to recruit and retain beauty consultants. Most important, of course, is getting them to purchase inventory and not send it back under the product repurchase option! Here’s a script to Read more…

Inventory & Selling

An Even Higher Inventory Package

Posted on August 21, 2007

If you thought $3,600 wholesale was a lot of inventory in Mary Kay, wait until you see this! For many years, Mary Kay Cosmetics had inventory “levels” or packages that started at $600 wholesale and went up to $3,600 wholesale. Read more…

Culture & ManipulationOther MLMs

Who Says Mary Kay Isn’t Like Amway?

Posted on August 21, 2007

A few years ago, I would have been surprised to find out that Mary Kay was exactly like Amway in certain ways. I knew that they both use the multi-level marketing business models, so there were similarities, but I wouldn’t Read more…

Other MLMs

A Comparison of Mary Kay and Amway

Posted on August 21, 2007

A few years ago, I would have been surprised to find out that Mary Kay was exactly like Amway in certain ways. I knew that they both uses the multi-level marketing business models, so there were similarities, but I wouldn’t Read more…

MLM Education

The FTC on Multi-Level Marketing Companies

Posted on August 15, 2007

This is an interesting little piece from the FTCon multi-level marketing companies (MLMs) that sell health and beauty products. I thought it was worth mentioning because if you look at some of the questions they want you to ask about Read more…

Culture & Manipulation

101 Uses For Old Mary Kay Inventory

Posted on August 14, 2007

Written by PinkPurge Many of us have (or had) a bunch of inventory that was not selling. Some of us turned it back in, others didn’t know if they should or not. Here are a few of my suggestions for Read more…

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  1. T on It’s Not You, It’s Mary KayJune 19, 2025

    Dear Codie: Please look up the definition of "Insanity."

  2. Destiny Angel on It’s Not You, It’s Mary KayJune 19, 2025

    CodieI have gone through my personal Facebook friends list probably 6x now asking if they would join my personal group…

  3. Popinki on It’s Not You, It’s Mary KayJune 19, 2025

    It's not you, Codie. Your area is oversaturated with consultants, the products are overpriced, and as you've seen people just…

  4. Data Junkie on It’s Not You, It’s Mary KayJune 19, 2025

    Codie, its not you. You are describing the reality of these pay-to-play endless-chain recruiting schemes. Most of the "buying" going…

  5. Data Junkie on Using Peer Pressure and GuiltJune 18, 2025

    Thank you Marcy. Now if only there were a consice way to express the freedom one feels after disentangling from…

 

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