I always find it sad when Mary Kay ladies don’t realize they’re in a multi-level marketing company. They’ve been taught that MK is “direct sales” or “dual marketing” or “social selling”…. but certainly not MLM. Even Wikipedia knows that Mary Read more…

Written by SuzyQ Welcome to my world.  I want to tell you about my little former wanna-be area. I think it is interesting, but maybe the rest of you won’t. We’ll see. My former senior director has had an interesting Read more…

Starbucks is a popular place for Mary Kay ladies to troll for new victims. There are two ways to go about it. One method is to go there for a drink and sit at a table looking for potential customers Read more…

It’s always interesting to me when Mary Kay ladies refer to women on Pink Truth as “crazy.” Why are we crazy? For talking about the “other side” of Mary Kay Cosmetics? Incidentally, the other side is the truth that the Read more…

Written by Sad In Pink When I joined Mary Kay, it was to purchase the products at half price and maybe… MAYBE dabble in the business a little to make extra money. I never intended to really go full force Read more…

Long ago, someone at Mary Kay Inc. came up with this silly idea of calling Mary Kay a “dual-level marketing” program. Apparently, they didn’t like the fact that the system the company uses is multi-level marketing (MLM) so they made Read more…

This piece was written several years ago by our member JTA. She was a longtime Mary Kay sales director who came close to becoming a national sales director, and then decided to give it all up. I’m running it again Read more…

We’ve told people over and over how “driving a pink Cadillac” does not equal success in Mary Kay. Many of the directors who drive the Cadillac are actually making co-pays every quarter because they don’t make minimum production. Even with Read more…

Another Pink Truth critic thinks that if we had spent as much time on Mary Kay as we do on Pink Truth, we would have found success. My comments to her are in italics throughout her rant. LOL!! Wow reading Read more…

There are so many methods a Mary Kay recruiter will use to get you to say yes. Any objection you have, they can overcome. Any need in your life, they can fill. Anything that makes you happy, they can make Read more…