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  • 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
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Recruiting

Mary Kay’s Lie of “Working Full Circle”

Posted on September 17, 2024

Written by A Former Director Sell. Book. Recruit. Working full circle has never been easier! So that’s all there is to it, huh? Sell. Book. Recruit? *clunking head with V8 bottle* As a director, I’ve taught this “working full circle” Read more…

Failure in MLMSales Directors

Another Loser Mary Kay Team… Want to Join?

Posted on September 16, 2024

Written by Parsonsgreen Anastasia Syzmkowski is a second line director in the Jamie Taylor national area underneath Megan Coleman. In 2021, she had promoted herself to Cadillac Sales director. However, she had lost it by the time Jamie had her Read more…

Pink Truth Critics

You Just Had a Bad Experience

Posted on September 13, 2024

An email from a Mary Kay lady who knows all the catch phrases…. I know I shouldn’t bother, because you probably get tons of emails like the one I am writing but what can I say…it’s my personality to defend Read more…

Culture & Manipulation

A Series of Lies in Mary Kay

Posted on September 12, 2024

Written by Raisinberry One lie leads to another, leads to another, leads to another… Kind of like Mary Kay boiling a frog without the frog noticing. Back in the day, my earth science teacher told us that the way a Read more…

Failure in MLM

You Can’t Succeed in Mary Kay

Posted on September 11, 2024

Written by Carolyn A former director’s story of her work never being good enough for success. After devoting 10 years to MK and doing “whatever it took” to keep the unit afloat and move up, she had nothing to show Read more…

Recruiting

A Mary Kay “Interview”

Posted on September 10, 2024

If you have every participated in a Mary Kay “interview”, you’re going to see some common threads in this story from a potential MK victim. We’ve all seen these tactics used before. Sadly, exposing them over and over on Pink Read more…

Failure in MLM

Mary Kay Works When You Do

Posted on September 9, 2024

Written by SuzyQ Sometimes at the unit meeting when the scorecard segment is announced… “Mary had a $300 week! Okay, we make 50% of everything we sell, so, that’s $150 profit. Let’s see, that’s $75 per hour! Not bad for Read more…

Pink Truth Critics

Don’t Be a Whiner

Posted on September 6, 2024

Another Mary Kay lady tells us the “fix” is to get off our butts and do work. I’m not usually rude but you all need to get a real life and quit trying to convince people that their dreams and Read more…

Cults and MLM

Mary Kay Doubles Down on MLM Model

Posted on September 5, 2024

While other companies are changing how they do the business of MLM, Mary Kay will not. Also, they are still pretending to “enrich women’s lives” with their “opportunity”… all the while knowing that almost everyone who gets involved with MK Read more…

Recruiting

Is There Any Help For My Friend?

Posted on September 4, 2024

A concerned friend of a Mary Kay consultant requests advice from the Pink Truth community: A former close friend of mine is a relatively new MK clone. This was after having tried other MLM schemes that crashed and burned. I Read more…

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  1. Frosty Rose on Fortenberry Failures in AugustAugust 25, 2026

    https://www.pinktruth.com/2025/11/27/how-to-do-it-right-and-make-no-money/ https://www.pinktruth.com/2024/10/08/you-cant-make-money-selling-mary-kay-products/ https://www.pinktruth.com/2007/09/02/mary-kay-math-gets-a-reality-check/ There are more, but this gives a good picture.

  2. Data Junkie on Fortenberry Failures in AugustAugust 25, 2026

    Ooh I love these deep dives! I did some back of the napkin stuff to see how you came up…

  3. Destiny Angel on Fortenberry Failures in AugustAugust 25, 2026

    If they made executive grade pay by sales, it would be reflected in the wholesale orders. We can see that…

  4. Pinkboo on Fortenberry Failures in AugustAugust 25, 2026

    Pink Truth critics cannot dispute these figures and there is no way to defend them. The numbers will only get…

  5. Pinkiu on Fortenberry Failures in AugustAugust 25, 2026

    Oh, BUT they will say, “We also make money selling products!!!!” What they don’t tell you is that they way…

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