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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
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    • Information for Mary Kay DIQs
    • Mary Kay Destroying Women
    • What is Multi-Level Marketing?
    • 99% Lose Money in MLM
    • Not Taught at Harvard
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    • FAQ About Quitting Mary Kay
    • Returning Your Starter Kit
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Failure in MLM

Lauren Wagner, Mary Kay Thousandaire

Posted on September 13, 2023

Hello, false earnings claims from MK consultant Lauren Wagner. Lauren is a former sales director. Multiple-time contestant as a DIQ. Currently on the DIQ hamster wheel again. She likes to say that you do the “princess court” which is $20,000 Read more…

Cults and MLM

…And Mary Kay Gets Into You

Posted on September 12, 2023

Written by SuzyQ You get into Mary Kay, and Mary Kay gets into you. Yesterday I talked about the culture of Mary Kay and how it becomes an obsession. I got out of Mary Kay, so why did I still Read more…

Cults and MLM

You Get Into Mary Kay

Posted on September 11, 2023

Written by SuzyQ Have you heard the saying that you get into Mary Kay and Mary Kay gets into you? It describes how immersed women get in the Mary Kay culture. It’s meant to be a fun phrase to throw Read more…

Pink Truth Critics

I Didn’t Want To Do the Work

Posted on September 8, 2023

Years ago someone set out to “debunk” our Top 10 Reasons to NOT Do Mary Kay. There is lots of rambling in the rebuttal to us (really, me), but I was especially amused by this: It is clear that unfortunately Read more…

Sales Directors

Chelsea Pretends to Be a Million Dollar Director

Posted on September 7, 2023

Poor Chelsea Adkins. She is delusional about this “business” she runs. She was going to be a national sales director by January 2022. She was going to be a million dollar director years ago. It’s all about smoke and mirrors Read more…

Sales Directors

Missing Unit Production

Posted on September 6, 2023

This is the story of a new director who felt a lack of support and training, and who was topping off production to meet the $4,500 wholesale minimum. Lest you should think that is unusual and not the “Mary Kay Read more…

Cults and MLM

Nothing Has Changed in Mary Kay Since 1980

Posted on September 5, 2023

This is long but worth it. So many of the scripts and catch phrases are still the same, more than 40 years later. Mary Kay is a horrible, horrible scheme that has robbed women of billions of dollars with lies Read more…

Quitting Mary Kay

Breathing Again After Mary Kay

Posted on September 4, 2023

Written by SuzyQ I used to look forward to Labor Day as a “real” excuse NOT to call potential models, and NOT have to do my Monday meeting. In my Mary Kay days, I would be exhausted from the end Read more…

Pink Truth Critics

You Chose to Be Negative

Posted on September 1, 2023

It breaks my heart that all of you ladies have such a sad impression of Mary Kay. One of the things that you all don’t understand is that you don’t make full-time money in Mary Kay unless you have a Read more…

Cults and MLM

Mary Kay Ash’s “Leadership”

Posted on August 31, 2023

I thought it would be fun to take a look at an article that ran in Fortune Magazine almost 30 years ago. If you’re wondering how or why the dollar store prizes motivate the sales force, look no further. The Read more…

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Pink Truth Discussion Board

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  1. Lazy Gardens on July 1 in Mary Kay: It Starts All Over AgainJuly 1, 2025

    Unfortunately, although the production and prizes and bonuses reset to zero and you start with a clean slate, the debt…

  2. KeepItSaltySweetie on July 1 in Mary Kay: It Starts All Over AgainJuly 1, 2025

    Amanda wright finished trip but she wanted million. Hdk hasn’t done the extra trip in a couple of years. Joni…

  3. CoralBliss on July 1 in Mary Kay: It Starts All Over AgainJuly 1, 2025

    June 30th's were also the loneliest day of my year....Just me wanting to hit the goal. Just me staying up…

  4. Enorth on July 1 in Mary Kay: It Starts All Over AgainJuly 1, 2025

    I saw several “Queens of Something” and ring winners. A few cars and Budapest trips. But, at what cost? Not…

  5. Claire on July 1 in Mary Kay: It Starts All Over AgainJuly 1, 2025

    Popinki--I had a job where summers were our busiest month. No one could take time off unless it was an…

 

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