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    • For New Mary Kay Consultants
    • FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions
    • Mary Kay Truths
  • About Pink Truth
    • Site Guidelines and Rules
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    • Contact Pink Truth
  • Mary Kay Facts
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    • The Mary Kay Pyramid
    • Information for Mary Kay DIQs
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    • 99% Lose Money in MLM
    • Not Taught at Harvard
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    • FAQ About Quitting Mary Kay
    • Returning Your Starter Kit
    • Product Date Codes
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    • Mary Kay National Sales Director Agreement
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Culture & Manipulation

It’s All Scripted in Mary Kay

Posted on June 28, 2023

Written by Happy and Free The love, the encouragement, the enthusiasm, the “heart-to-heart” conversations with your Mary Kay sales director, it has all been scripted. I didn’t realize this until after I left and found Pink Truth. I was in Read more…

Culture & Manipulation

Maximize Mary Kay Orders

Posted on June 27, 2023

Written by Raisinberry Everything in Mary Kay is set up to maximize team and unit ordering. It doesn’t matter to corporate if a single product is sold to a bona fide customer, although those sales do help perpetuate the con. Read more…

Quitting Mary KaySales Directors

Why a Top Director Quits Mary Kay

Posted on June 26, 2023

This is the story of a former top director in Mary Kay who was nearing NSD status. See why she gave it all up. I was in Mary Kay for 12 years and a top director for 10 of those Read more…

Inventory & Selling

Talking a Consultant Out of Returning Inventory

Posted on June 22, 2023

This email has been circulating for years. It is meant to seem professional, almost as if it was a real live exit interview from a real live job. It also makes it seem as if your sales director cares why Read more…

Seminar

You Need to Attend Seminar!

Posted on June 21, 2023

Written by Raisinberry They want you at SEMINAR SO BADLY that they are willing to SHAME you if you work YOUR BUSINESS! In-person events are back in full effect and there is all sorts of pressure to attend Seminar. Here Read more…

Culture & Manipulation

More Mary Kay Myths

Posted on June 20, 2023

Written by DupedByPinkFriend We frequently discuss some of the falsehoods and partial truths in the Mary Kay recruiting spiels that tend to hook women who are only looking to get their products at a discount, or just want to earn Read more…

Culture & Manipulation

Debunking Mary Kay Myths

Posted on June 19, 2023

Written by DupedByPinkFriend If you are here at Pink Truth today for the first time, and you are reading this because you want to know all the facts before you sign up, you are already ahead of the game! You Read more…

Pink Truth Critics

Your Efforts to Claim Fame

Posted on June 16, 2023

Mary Kay consultant Cindy Jackson-Williams posted this comment on our article about Mia Mason Porter’s bankruptcy attempt. Cindy was sure I wouldn’t post her comment. I wouldn’t want to disappoint her, would I? Wow, is bashing Mary Kay on your Read more…

Failure in MLMSales Directors

Mary Kay Director Heather Wickstrom Bites the Dust

Posted on June 15, 2023

Heather Wickstrom has been a long-time Mary Kay sales director, as well as a long suffering Pink Truth Critic. Heather was a big MARY KAY FOR LIFE person…. so it’s a little amusing that she just got the boot as Read more…

Inventory & Selling

Frontloading Inventory

Posted on June 14, 2023

We’ve talked before about sales directors ordering too much inventory, so let’s go back to ABC’s 20/20 segment about Mary Kay and Pink Truth. Two of the biggest problems in Mary Kay Cosmetics are the lack of retail sales of Read more…

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Pink Truth Discussion Board

Visit the Pink Truth Discussion Board to discuss any topic you like. No praise or promotion of MLM is allowed. Please read the site rules carefully before signing up.
  1. KeepItSaltySweetie on It Is Painful to Leave Mary KayJuly 7, 2025

    That last paragraph made me twitch haha. It really is funny how when we’re neck deep in Mary Kay, we…

  2. MSgtK on Chelsea Did Not Hit a Million AGAINJuly 6, 2025

    WoW! I can't believe Jamie wrote that!!! MK sure has change over the decades :0. I wish MK could see…

  3. MSgtK on Heather Wickstrom Spills the Beans AgainJuly 6, 2025

    For those who haven't had the opportunity in the "real" business world: you never speak or compare your product to…

  4. Popinki on Chelsea Did Not Hit a Million AGAINJuly 6, 2025

    Tracy, I just want to thank you for using that particular picture of Chels because it looks like she got…

  5. TRACY on Chelsea Did Not Hit a Million AGAINJuly 5, 2025

    But we are the big meanies for talking about that. How dare we talk about a child!!!!

 

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