This piece was written several years ago by our member JTA. She was a longtime Mary Kay sales director who came close to becoming a national sales director, and then decided to give it all up. I’m running it again because it was so important to hear from someone who …
Written by SuzyQ I’ve got that Mary Kay enthusiasm down in my heart. Down in my heart! Down my heart!!!!! This is just a small sample of the cult-like behavior you can see in Mary Kay. But is it all happiness and positivity? Of course not. There is a dark …
Enjoy this video memorializing Mary Kay’s Seminar in 1992. How little things have changed. The fashions may be different, but nearly 30 years later, it’s the same silly event with stages, crowns, and silly skits.
Written by Raisinberry One of the common denominators shared by “career path consultants” on Pink Truth is how they know they are responsible for the decisions they made in Mary Kay, yet they still feel as if they were “led” and manipulated, by the “do what your director says” training …
Former Mary Kay sales director Kimberly Perkins is now a “biz coach.” She admits to cheating and helping her nsd Somer Fortenberry cheat to get her title. But you should listen to her when she talks about leading with integrity and you should hire her to coach you in your …
Written by Raisinberry How did we get you into Mary Kay? It was interviewing manipulation. You were probably reasonably happy when you came to our meeting, career coffee or guest event. But we are on a mission. And that mission is to enrich your miserable life. But first… we must …
Chelsea Claytor Adkins leads the pack when it comes to lying about product sales in Mary Kay. I am so sick of consultants and directors pretending they sell a ton of products when they don’t. They order tons of products, then they pretend they sell them all at full suggested …
Fifteen years ago, on July 4, 2006, Pink Truth was born. We started out as Mary Kay Sucks, and the whole idea was to create an anti-MLM site that never went away. Let’s back up. I was in active in Mary Kay for about 18 months between late 1998 and …
Each month I get a report of search terms people are using to find pinktruth.com. This month’s top growing terms amused me: I love that people are finding us when they are searching for information on seminar. And why are so many people searching for Laura Beitler? So weird, but …
Every year, June is the biggest month for Mary Kay Inc. The most orders are placed as everyone is trying to finish directorship, cars, and unit clubs. Remember: This has nothing to do with products sold. You will see directors say things like “My team is running to finish $1 …
