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Pink Truth

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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
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Pink Truth Critics

Wasting Time on Pink Truth

Posted on September 29, 2023

A comment left for us by a Mary Kay consultant: I have a feeling that whoever this woman is — writing in Pink Truth… probably putting down NSDs and making stuff up about Gloria Mayfield Banks — must’ve been pretty Read more…

NumbersQuitting Mary Kay

Are You a Mary Kay Hypocrite?

Posted on September 28, 2023

Written by Amy Are you a hypocrite? That is the same question I recently had to ask myself. Since resigning my sales director position and returning all my products, I have had to do quite a bit of soul searching. Read more…

Business Basics

I Will Match My Time With Your Effort

Posted on September 27, 2023

Written by SuzyQ This is a favorite line from directors to new consultants. I love this line. It’s used so frequently, and it has sort of moved from myth status to urban legend. Gee, it even appears on some top Read more…

Inventory & Selling

Is It Sales or Manipulation?

Posted on September 26, 2023

Written by Raisinberry Someone once said that there is a little bit of “BS” is in every sales presentation, and they weren’t talking about better service. Perhaps some time ago, Mary Kay’s sales environment and recruiting system might have been Read more…

Failure in MLM

The Mary Kay Numbers Game

Posted on September 25, 2023

They tell us that multi-level marketing isn’t a pyramid scheme. When I say that it’s endless chain recruiting, they tell me that’s nonsense. But it IS all about recruiting. They pretend it’s about the products, but we’re bombarded by requests Read more…

Culture & Manipulation

Find the Weakness and Fill it With Mary Kay

Posted on September 21, 2023

Written by Raisinberry You may have not realized how sorry your life was before you met your Mary Kay consultant. In fact, you stupidly may have thought things were just kind of alright. You may have even been happy and Read more…

Numbers

Mary Kay Income Disclosures Through Pink Tinted Glasses

Posted on September 20, 2023

Written by Frosty Rose By this point, almost all of us on this site are familiar with government-mandated income disclosures that many direct sales companies (MLMs) are required to publish. Canada, in particular, is a reasonably comparable market to the US Read more…

Quitting Mary Kay

So Much Good After Mary Kay

Posted on September 19, 2023

Written by SuzyQ Back in the early days of Pink Truth (2007), our members got to “watch” me implode as a Mary Kay sales director. It was such a process and I can’t imagine how I would have lived through Read more…

Cults and MLMVideos

The Road to Heaven is Paved With Cosmetic Sales

Posted on September 18, 2023

This 60 Minutes report on Mary Kay Ash from 1979 starts out by noting that Mary Kay doesn’t go a minute without invoking God…. “as if the road to heaven is paved with cosmetic sales.” God wants you to become Read more…

Sales Directors

Mary Kay Truth in Moms Groups

Posted on September 14, 2023

Mary Kay sales director Lacey Bradford is upset because people like us expose the truth about MLM: that you are almost guaranteed to lose money. When women are looking to earn money, MLM is one of the WORST decisions they 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. Data Junkie on Shari’s $20,000 InventoryOctober 20, 2025

    "Mary Kay will make more profit on direct orders rather than stockpiling." Once they eliminate that outrageous commission/bonus overhead, they…

  2. Profreader on Shari’s $20,000 InventoryOctober 20, 2025

    This one from Patricia Picard cracked me up: "“I have been saying this for years—There are not enough WORKING consultants…

  3. KeepItSaltySweetie on Shari’s $20,000 InventoryOctober 20, 2025

    Paula Cole throwing out that there may be no need for people to worry about inventory anymore! So let’s recruit…

  4. Frosty Rose on Shari’s $20,000 InventoryOctober 20, 2025

    Wow. Just wow. There's a whole lot to unpack here, but I'm going to focus on Speshul Sheri and her…

  5. Destiny Angel on Shari’s $20,000 InventoryOctober 20, 2025

    Sales director Shari Schlapman is very very concerned. She has $20,000 inventory on her shelf. Her customers won’t want to…

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