Written by Frosty Rose Ah, June. The season of slow days, swimming pools, camping and chasing fireflies. Idyllic school-free days full of smores, popsicles and ice cream. Unless you’re in Mary Kay. This self-declared bastion of work-life balance, of God Read more…

A lovely Mary Kay consultant named Angie Halley was so kind as to leave this comment on a 16 year old article on my business blog about how Mary Kay burns through tens of thousands of recruits each month. It’s Read more…

It’s time to mention it all in the Mary Kay directors only group on Facebook. On the thread about dead consultants and returning products to MK Inc for a refund, sales director Pamela Anderson posted this bit about how it’s Read more…

If you need to be reminded just how awful some people are, check out this thread from the Mary Kay directors only group on Facebook. A Mary Kay consultant dies, and the most pressing issue to sales director Nina Swank Read more…

Written by Frosty Rose and Parsonsgreen Mary Kay national sales director Lynnea Tate never disappoints. She shared recognition in the Directors Only Facebook page, bragging on the top consultants in her whole wide area, so impressive! Surely, there’s nothing for Read more…

I’m not sure what your background is; but, why are you so negative toward Mary Kay in particular. Any person or company has to use marketing as a way to reach & sell to customers. I assure you that those Read more…

Written by Parsonsgreen One of the biggest lies told in Mary Kay is that consultants make 50% profit on what they sell. This assumes that product is sold at the full suggested retail and does not include any expenses. Anyone Read more…

This is a little old, but it’s a really funny video about multi-level marketing. It’s sad how true it is. It covers all the talking points used with distributors, as well as the truth behind those catch phrases and platitudes. Read more…

The lies about the money made in Mary Kay are rampant. Almost no one makes money in MLM. But they’ll convince you that if you make it to sales director, THEN you’ll be making BIG GIRL MONEY. After all, it’s Read more…

Written by Parsonsgreen Earlier this month, Mary Kay held a retreat in Florida for Sales Directors who had at least 3-5 offspring sales directors. At this “Empowered Leaders Event,” Megan Coleman and Taylor McKnight attended from Jamie Taylor’s area. And Read more…