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…
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…
Glitter galore on this chocolate brown creation.
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…
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…
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…
Written by Whiz Many here on Pink Truth have commented at the seemingly exorbitant cost of earning a Mary Kay Career Car. Considering the full co-op payments (or full cash compensation in lieu of using a career car) range from Read more…
Every year at Mary Kay’s annual seminar in Dallas, TX, debuting sales directors get a chance to be on stage together. We’ve compared 2006 and 2007 directors on stage at seminar, and notice a significant drop in 2007 in each Read more…
Mary Kay Inc. attempts to cover itself on the issue of earnings… often inflated during recruiting pitches and guest events. One of my many complaints with this product-based pyramid scheme is the pervasiveness of false earnings claims. Mary Kay sales Read more…
On January 16, 2007, Pink Truth announced that Mary Kay was changing its entire color cosmetic line, to include lipsticks, compacts, eyeshadows, blushes, and eyeliners. Mary Kay Inc. intended to make the announcement in July 2007, and in fact the Read more…
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Everytime (sic) I read Pink Truth I wonder if any of you ever actually enjoyed Mary Kay. I'm not sure…
Clearly you are not in any director groups or you'd understand. You are using MK as a hobby. Perhaps you…
Here is a summary of MKC's business plan: "Fool customers into thiking they are business owners so they order way…
From the director level all the way up to corporate, it is painfully obvious which directors are buying minimum production…
You are absolutely right about the educational opportunity. But notice, I mentioned this is for strangers. Educating strangers is likely…