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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 Sales Director Agreement
    • Mary Kay National Sales Director Agreement
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    • Business Opportunity Rule
    • Mary Kay NSD Emeritus Guide
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Is It Just a Glorified Pyramid Scheme?

Posted on August 23, 2007

Pre-Paid Legal is in need of better reality, not better stories, according to this author. Is it just a glorified pyramid scheme? Monday, July 28, 2003 By PETER S. COHAN Pre-Paid Legal Services, a $359 million multi-level marketer of legal Read more…

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Pre-Paid Legal: Religion & Pyramid Schemes

Posted on August 23, 2007

One man’s experience with the religious indoctrination practiced in Pre-Paid Legal Services. By Matthew Armstrong I entered the room and took my seat. I was there out of male stupidity. I had been invited by an attractive young woman, but, Read more…

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Arbonne Commissions Paid in 2005 and 2006

Posted on August 23, 2007

A comparison of commissions paid to distributors in 2005 and 2006. Average commission payments dropped from $101 per quarter in 2005 to $80 per quarter in 2006. During 2005, the Company paid in excess of $147 million in overrides and Read more…

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Arbonne International Background Information

Posted on August 23, 2007

Arbonne Internationalis yet another cosmetics multi-level marketing company (MLM). The company’s claim to fame is that the products are “botanical”. They market themselves as “different” from the other cosmetics MLMs, particularly Mary Kay. The bottom line, however, is that Arbonne Read more…

NSDSeminar

Lisa Madson Says You Can’t Fail

Posted on August 23, 2007

National sales director Lisa Madson says you CAN’T FAIL at Mary Kay. Apparently, all you have to do is attend seminar and you are guaranteed success. Sounds like false advertising to me! Here’s what Lisa had on her website about Read more…

Culture & Manipulation

Rachel’s Sotry

Posted on August 23, 2007

This is the story of a former Mary Kay consultant who was  involved in the anti-Mary Kay community since early 2005. One day, I was at a gathering of friends (mostly from work), when one of the women (who had Read more…

NSD

The 2007-2008 Mary Kay National Sales Director Suit

Posted on August 23, 2007

Glitter galore on this chocolate brown creation.

Products

Mary Kay’s Explanation of the Major Product Changes

Posted on August 23, 2007

After Pink Truth got in the way of Mary Kay’s planned July announcement of major product line changes by announcing it for them in January 2007, Mary Kay offered this information to sales directors who were shocked at the information. Read more…

Numbers

Mary Kay Is Still NOT Number One

Posted on August 23, 2007

We’ve been hearing for ages how Mary Kay is the “Best Selling Brand” of this that and the other. I think many of us are wise to how Mary Kay can make such claims: Hire a marketing company to go Read more…

Lawsuits

Judgment Against Mary Kay Upheld in TriStrata Case

Posted on August 23, 2007

In 2005, a jury found that Mary Kay Inc. infringed on the patent rights of TriStrata Technology Inc. (a subsidiary of Neostrata) in regards to their alpha-hydroyacid (AHA) technology. TriStrata was awarded over $26 million, and Mary Kay appealed. The Read more…

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  1. enorth on New Mary Kay Social Media GuidelinesSeptember 7, 2026

    Weasel wording: -- "Up to" -- "Potential"

  2. TRACY on New Mary Kay Social Media GuidelinesSeptember 7, 2026

    It is interesting to me that corporate says this is allowed: Share that there is up to a 50% profit…

  3. BP on New Mary Kay Social Media GuidelinesSeptember 7, 2026

    Build yourself as the brand, you can put the link in the bio. Like an AFFILIATE. If you owned your…

  4. TRACY on New Mary Kay Social Media GuidelinesSeptember 7, 2026

    100%

  5. Profreader on New Mary Kay Social Media GuidelinesSeptember 7, 2026

    I suspect that the reason Corporate set up new rules about the use of the company’s name, initials, and branding…

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