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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
    • 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

Quitting Mary Kay

A Former Sales Director’s Truth

Posted on March 25, 2025

Written by Nutmeg I was recruited by a friend (who quit immediately after ordering her $1800 and never selling any of it). My director (who is a national) had me order full inventory. I have a very large network of Read more…

Inventory & Selling

Don’t Go Broke Selling Mary Kay

Posted on March 24, 2025

Written by Parsons Green The Mary Kay Facebook groups are full of posts like this. Consultants have over ordered products and can’t sell them. The responses are always the same. Either a consultant is in the same boat herself, or Read more…

Caption This PhotoCareer Conference

Caption This Mary Kay Photo

Posted on March 23, 2025

We haven’t done this for a while! Give me your best caption for this pic from Career Conference!

Pink Truth Critics

If You Spent As Much Time on Mary Kay….

Posted on March 21, 2025

From a Pink Truth critic: If you spent as much time and effort in your own business rather than running down Mary Kay you may find yourself as successful as the many thousands of women who do direct sell Mary Read more…

Failure in MLMSales Directors

Give Chelsea Adkins a Chance

Posted on March 20, 2025

Written by Parsons Green Chelsea Adkins has a big goal this seminar year! She wants to be a million dollar director. AGAIN. In Mary Kay math, this doesn’t mean her team has sold a million dollars, even though that’s what Read more…

Culture & Manipulation

Mary Kay Guilt Trip

Posted on March 19, 2025

Written by Sad In Pink Guilt and shame are two of the most powerful manipulative tools in the tool box of MLMs and especially Mary Kay. It is one reason so many women stay in the company and find it Read more…

Culture & ManipulationSales Directors

Not Making a Living After 35 Years in Mary Kay

Posted on March 18, 2025

This story was submitted to us by “Suzanne” more than 10 years ago. I have no idea who she really was, and I wonder if she’s still in Mary Kay. I’m running the story again because I think it’s so Read more…

Failure in MLMSales Directors

Behind the Applause

Posted on March 17, 2025

Written by Parsons Green Mya Hull is a sales director who was featured in a profile piece in this month’s Applause magazine! The article doesn’t give specifics as to what cars she’s earned or the level of success she’s achieved, Read more…

Sales Directors

Pray For the Mary Kay Jacket

Posted on March 14, 2025

The saga of the missing Mary Kay director jacket continues. You can catch up on the story about how MK sales director Casie Hembree carelessly left her jacket behind in a public bathroom, and didn’t figure it out for 33 Read more…

Recruiting

Mary Kay is Nothing But a Recruiting MLM

Posted on March 13, 2025

The 5 red flags of a recruiting MLM were developed by Dr. Jon Taylor, the founder of the website Truth on MLM. He spent decades researching multi-level marketing companies like Mary Kay Cosmetics. He did a variety of research, but Read more…

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Pink Truth Discussion Board

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  1. Frosty Rose on Why Directors Want Star ConsultantsMay 20, 2025

    We threw better slumber parties than that in kindergarten!! At the very least, the hostess gave us pizza and cake!

  2. enorth on Why Directors Want Star ConsultantsMay 20, 2025

    I saw a sleepover advertised at a National's home. The lucky ladies who earned it were requested to bring their…

  3. Parsonsgreen on Why Directors Want Star ConsultantsMay 20, 2025

    I swear there was one time I saw a flyer for a sleepover at a director's house and each winner…

  4. TRACY on Why Directors Want Star ConsultantsMay 20, 2025

    Well these ARE the people who recommend giving hotel bathroom toiletries to unit members as prizes!

  5. Ubi on A 12 Step Program for Mary KayMay 20, 2025

    Thank you Raisinberry. Many hugs to you and those victimised. “Drawn in, we succumbed to a game of comparisons, of…

 

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