How about the latest love checks??? Here are the Mary Kay national sales director incomes through January 2007(7 month total). The top dogs have made: PEARL Jan Harris………………………………$277,342.08 Nan Stroud …………………………….244,167.64 Cheryl Warfield………………………..235,334.29

Finally there is an email circulating amongst Mary Kay sales directors with which I agree! I have heard plenty about “The Secret” and women using this as part of Mary Kay events and meetings. I am not in agreement with Read more…

The FTC has issued some guidance to help people evaluate MLMs. Look at these and ask yourself how many of these really do point to your MLM.

Eric Scheibeler, a former high level distributor for Amway, details his experience with the push to attend company events, in his book Merchants of Deception:

I don’t know who started the rumor that Mary Kay’s classic basic skin care was being discontinued, but Darrell Overcash denied it in February 2007. The rumors persist, however, that the classic line will be replaced with the botanical line Read more…

A December 2006 seminar by the Direct Selling Association included this breakout session on bloggers who oppose multi-level marketing:

Search the Direct Selling Association’s member database for sellers of skincare and cosmetics, and you’ll find 55 members. Multi-level marketing companies selling beauty products are a dime a dozen. Arbonne International is one of the better known beauty MLMs, right Read more…

Once again, Mary Kay Cosmetics claims “best selling brand” status with some fancy math. Another year, another claim to be the “best selling brand.” I dispute that title for the following reasons:

This piece comes from Crown Financial Ministries, a Christian organization that teaches financial principles. Multilevel sales programs by Crown Financial Ministries

This is courtesy of Ann Vertel, a woman who “helps” Mary Kay sales directors move up. Her writings fit perfectly with Mary Kay, as they promote the ever-popular cult-like tactic of not talking to anyone who doesn’t “believe”. Naturally, this Read more…