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  • Welcome
    • For New Mary Kay Consultants
    • FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions
    • Mary Kay Truths
  • About Pink Truth
    • Site Guidelines and Rules
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact Pink Truth
  • 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
  • Returning Inventory
    • FAQ About Quitting Mary Kay
    • Returning Your Starter Kit
    • Product Date Codes
  • Mary Kay Documents
    • Mary Kay Consultant Agreement
    • Mary Kay Sales Director Agreement
    • Mary Kay National Sales Director Agreement
    • NSD Compensation Chart
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Pink Truth Critics

You Allowed Yourself to Be Deceived

Posted on March 1, 2024

A Mary Kay consultant tells us we’re wrong. Mary Kay isn’t that bad. It’s just a few bad people. And you were lied to because you ALLOWED yourself to be lied to. Mary Kay is not as bad as you Read more…

Business Basics

How MLMs Stay In Business

Posted on February 29, 2024

If multi-level marketing is one huge scam, how do they stay in  business? How is it that consumers don’t know it’s a pyramid scheme? Why are thousands of people signing up for MLMs each day? Haven’t they heard by now? Read more…

Sales Directors

In Defense of Directors

Posted on February 28, 2024

Written by Raisinberry Why Mary Kay still won’t work when you grow a conscience. There is a part of the whole pro/anti Mary Kay debate that usually isn’t discussed. In most comments, consultants share the nasty self-serving character traits of Read more…

Religion & Spirituality

God Brought Chelsea an Order

Posted on February 27, 2024

It’s been a while since we’ve discussed our favorite Mary Kay trainwreck, Chelsea Adkins. Once she started “bible school” she became much quieter on social media. But fear not! Chelsea has not given up blatant blasphemy. On Sunday, Chelsea LITERALLY Read more…

Career Ladder

An Unlimited Number of Mary Kay “Executives”?

Posted on February 26, 2024

This was an awesome comment on an older post about the lies they tell about sales director income. I thought it needed to be a post of its own. Written by Mountaineer95 Companies do not promise unlimited numbers of executive Read more…

Pink Truth Critics

Don’t Run Your Mouth About Mary Kay

Posted on February 23, 2024

Someone who calls herself Norma Hawkins left this as a comment on a post at Pink Truth. It’s a shame that Norma doesn’t know Mary Kay isn’t a Job. You don’t own anything. So if Norma thinks she’s telling people Read more…

Quitting Mary KaySales Directors

Mary Kay Director Termination

Posted on February 22, 2024

Earlier this month, former Mary Kay lifer Heather Wickstrom spilled the beans on her termination from Mary Kay in 2023. Her whole screed is at the bottom of this post, but the TLDR version is this… Mary Kay was limiting Read more…

Business Basics

You Can’t Quit Your Job and Do Mary Kay Full-Time

Posted on February 21, 2024

This is one of those sad, sad dreams that Mary Kay directors and recruiters like to build up for you. They tell you how easy it is to “replace your income” with Mary Kay. And it’s nonsense. Because we’ve seen Read more…

Culture & Manipulation

Mary Kay Inc. Has Always Been Bad

Posted on February 20, 2024

Written by Raisinberry Contrary to popular belief, the abusive state of affairs in Mary Kay didn’t start with the record breakers in the last 10t to 15 years. These were ladies who figured out where to concentrate their time, and Read more…

Sales Directors

It Won’t Get Better As a Director

Posted on February 19, 2024

Written by Frosty Rose Pink Truth often reveals the reality behind the lights, glitter, glamour and recognition of Mary Kay events. The drama, the snark, the ballooning credit cards that are just under the surface of the “girlfriend time” that Read more…

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Pink Truth Discussion Board

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  1. Destiny Angel on Mary Kay Works If You DoMay 10, 2025

    Some of the NSDs appear to hand over their downlines to their children https://www.pinktruth.com/2024/03/26/mary-kay-mother-daughter-nsd/

  2. Disney Princess on Mary Kay Works If You DoMay 10, 2025

    You're not the CEO of your business if you can't sell it or will it to your family.

  3. Lazy Gardens on Mary Kay Works If You DoMay 10, 2025

    " I have been able to raise my children and now take care of my aging parents. All while making…

  4. Parsonsgreen on Diane Mentiply, Shaklee, and the Mary Kay ContractMay 10, 2025

    Rochelle didn’t make it out of DIQ.

  5. J_crane on Mary Kay Works If You DoMay 9, 2025

    "I couldn’t even imagine my life if I had to go punch a time clock." At least when I use…

 

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