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Pink Truth

Pink Truth

  • 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
    • Mary Kay Consultant Agreement (2026 version)
    • Mary Kay Consultant Agreement (2019 version)
    • Mary Kay Sales Director Agreement
    • Mary Kay National Sales Director Agreement
    • NSD Compensation Chart
    • NSD Guide
    • Mary Kay’s Official Stance on Pink Truth
    • Business Opportunity Rule
    • Mary Kay NSD Emeritus Guide
    • Applause Magazine (US)
    • Applause Magazine (Canada)
  • Discussion Board
Pink Truth

Pink Truth

Consultants

Being a Personal Use Consultant Costs How Much?

Posted on August 8, 2007

Written by So Lost In Wisconsin So, I signed up for Mary Kay. I only wanted to be a “personal use” consultant. What that meant to me was fifty percent off my skin care and cosmetics, and maybe a little Read more…

Business Basics

Mary Kay and the Country Music Association Awards

Posted on August 7, 2007

Mary Kay Cosmetics is the “Official Beauty Sponsor” of the 41st Annual CMA Awards, airing on November 7 on ABC. In support of the Pink Truth mission of exposing the predatory practices of Mary Kay and other MLMs that prey Read more…

Culture & Manipulation

Be a Mary Kay Model

Posted on August 7, 2007

One common gimmick to get women to hold skincare classes and facials is a “model portfolio.” The Mary Kay consultant asks you to be a “model” and do a before and after photo. Mary Kay Inc. has created a contest Read more…

Culture & Manipulation

Mary Kay “Stays True to What They Know”

Posted on August 6, 2007

In the August issue of Applause Magazine, Mary Kay Inc. has a short piece about “staying true to what they know.” This is Mary-Kay-speak for “don’t look at that negative website.” It’s the typical “pay no attention to the man Read more…

Scripts & Training

Stalking Potential Victims on the Phone

Posted on August 6, 2007

This is a highly recommended script to be used when a potential Mary Kay victim (either customer or potential recruit) has been avoiding you like the plague. We’ve all been there… You show up for the appointment, see the curtains Read more…

Cars

You Earned That Mary Kay Car… Now What?

Posted on August 5, 2007

Now you finally earned the Mary Kay car and you get to go pick it up. So what can you expect to have to pay for and what does the company offer? Well, here are some answers for you: First, Read more…

Recruiting

A Little Market Research Conducted By One of Our Members

Posted on August 5, 2007

It may not be scientific research, but this survey of 130 women by PinkRealityBites is very telling. She chose to speak to a wide variety of women, including professionals, soccer moms and retired women. Her methodology was simple. She used Read more…

Consultants

Forbidden Phrases in Mary Kay

Posted on August 4, 2007

Written by So Lost In Wisconsin No matter what they tell you, you’re not independent in Mary Kay. Not at all. You must follow the company line all the way. Mary Kay Ash once said, “People like to be able Read more…

Pink Truth Press

Mary Kay nsd Mattie Dozier’s Comments About Pink Truth

Posted on August 4, 2007

Mary Kay national sales director Mattie Dozier is tells her sales directors what she thinks of the “losers” and “evil” people who read Pink Truth. Yes, ladies, that “Go Give Spirit” is alive and well. Mattie Dozier is not mincing Read more…

Quitting Mary Kay

A Quitting Consultant’s Letter to Her Sales Director

Posted on August 4, 2007

This is a letter from one of our readers (we’ll call her Peggy) to her sales director when she decided to quit Mary Kay. Peggy is just like many of this. She was a “don’t wear makeup” type of lady Read more…

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Pink Truth Discussion Board

Visit the Pink Truth Discussion Board to discuss any topic you like. No praise or promotion of MLM is allowed. Please read the site rules carefully before signing up.
  1. SpunSilk on Talking a Consultant Out of Returning Her InventoryOctober 8, 2026

    Thankfully, I never had to speak to my director when I sent back inventory. But there was nothing she could…

  2. Lazy Gardens on Lying About the Mary Kay Inventory Buyback ProgramOctober 8, 2026

    And absolutely NO EXIT INTERVIEW ... she'll pull out a whole bag of tricks to get you to stay in…

  3. Lazy Gardens on Lying About the Mary Kay Inventory Buyback ProgramOctober 8, 2026

    Yes.

  4. Ubi on Lying About the Mary Kay Inventory Buyback ProgramOctober 7, 2026

    I have never heard of any talk of this buy - back among the consultants here in this part of…

  5. MultiLevelMoneyLosing on Lying About the Mary Kay Inventory Buyback ProgramOctober 7, 2026

    “I know that’s not true, but…” No excuse for this, especially in a “Christian” company

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