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Pink Truth

Pink Truth

  • 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
Pink Truth

Pink Truth

Career Ladder

No Job Security in Mary Kay

Posted on November 6, 2024

You’ve heard the argument that MLM provides a wonderful opportunity. You decide how much you make. You control your own destiny. You can’t be laid off or fired. You’ll be financially independent, and you’ll make money on your own terms. Read more…

Sales Directors

Why I Did Not Become a Sales Director

Posted on November 5, 2024

Written by Teresa For the majority of my Mary Kay career, I was a “sales only” consultant in a high producing, top unit. And even though I wasn’t interested in doing anything more than selling Mary Kay products, I still Read more…

Failure in MLM

No “Right Way” to Do Mary Kay

Posted on November 4, 2024

When you start to become awakened to the truth about Mary Kay, you may double down on the idea that there is a “right way” to do Mary Kay. Especially if you are a sales director, you need to justify Read more…

Pink Truth Critics

Mary Kay Does Not Work For Everyone

Posted on November 1, 2024

A Mary Kay consultant tells us how easy it is to make money in Mary Kay. After all, with minimal effort, she sells $400 to $500 in reorders. And if she worked more, she’d make more. She was told there Read more…

Business Basics

Your First 30 Days in Mary Kay

Posted on October 31, 2024

Written by SuzyQ Oh, your first 30 days in Mary Kay Cosmetics. Such an exciting time! So much to learn! So much to do! 30 faces in your first 30 days! But here’s the reality of what goes on those Read more…

DIQQuitting Mary Kay

I Refused to Buy My Way Through DIQ

Posted on October 30, 2024

A consultant shares her quitting story. She got as far as DIQ, and then finally decided to call it quits. Does her story look like yours? One day I woke up and thought to myself, “I can’t do this anymore.” Read more…

Inventory & Selling

Reconnecting With Old Friends to Push Mary Kay

Posted on October 29, 2024

One of the first things I was taught after I started Mary Kay was how to “reconnect” with old friends in order to sell the product. They get you to make a list of “everyone with skin” that you know, Read more…

Cars

Rachel Ryan Shows Us How to Buy Yourself a Pink Cadillac

Posted on October 28, 2024

(It’s even more expensive than you think!) Written by Frosty Rose The pinnacle of success for a Mary Kay director is the coveted Pink Cadillac. It’s that trophy on wheels that sells the sizzle of a “career” in this company, Read more…

Pink Truth Critics

MLM Is Not the Problem

Posted on October 25, 2024

A comment from a gentleman who believes that people are more likely to fail than succeed at anything they do. What an outlook on life! Why do anything at all in life? What a sad life you are going to Read more…

Inventory & SellingSales Directors

Directors: Don’t Order to Meet Minimum Production

Posted on October 24, 2024

Written by JTA The end of the month is always around the corner. For those not in the know, Mary Kay directors DO have quotas and must have total unit production of at least $4,500 per month. If they miss 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. Colleen on Helping Consultants Order MoreNovember 5, 2026

    What's truly in it for me as a consultant to have a lot of inventory vs just encouraging customers to…

  2. Profreader on No Longer a DirectorNovember 5, 2026

    I'm sure you're right, DJ. It's really quite sickening to think how systems like this massively overproduce physical goods, completely…

  3. Popinki on Helping Consultants Order MoreNovember 5, 2026

    That's right, directors, your downline aren't people with tight finances and priorities other than ordering hundreds of dollars worth of…

  4. Data Junkie on Helping Consultants Order MoreNovember 5, 2026

    Outside of MyShop, Mary Kay's compensation plan rewards ordering, but only for folks with a downline. This inherently promotes recruiting…

  5. SpunSilk on Lip Butter DramaNovember 5, 2026

    Half the time the products are already sold out by the time a lowly, non pcp consultant gets the chance…

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