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…
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…
Hello, false earnings claims from MK consultant Lauren Wagner. Lauren is a former sales director. Multiple-time contestant as a DIQ. Currently on the DIQ hamster wheel again. She likes to say that you do the “princess court” which is $20,000 Read more…
Written by SuzyQ You get into Mary Kay, and Mary Kay gets into you. Yesterday I talked about the culture of Mary Kay and how it becomes an obsession. I got out of Mary Kay, so why did I still Read more…
Written by SuzyQ Have you heard the saying that you get into Mary Kay and Mary Kay gets into you? It describes how immersed women get in the Mary Kay culture. It’s meant to be a fun phrase to throw Read more…
Years ago someone set out to “debunk” our Top 10 Reasons to NOT Do Mary Kay. There is lots of rambling in the rebuttal to us (really, me), but I was especially amused by this: It is clear that unfortunately Read more…
Poor Chelsea Adkins. She is delusional about this “business” she runs. She was going to be a national sales director by January 2022. She was going to be a million dollar director years ago. It’s all about smoke and mirrors Read more…
This is the story of a new director who felt a lack of support and training, and who was topping off production to meet the $4,500 wholesale minimum. Lest you should think that is unusual and not the “Mary Kay Read more…
This is long but worth it. So many of the scripts and catch phrases are still the same, more than 40 years later. Mary Kay is a horrible, horrible scheme that has robbed women of billions of dollars with lies Read more…
Written by SuzyQ I used to look forward to Labor Day as a “real” excuse NOT to call potential models, and NOT have to do my Monday meeting. In my Mary Kay days, I would be exhausted from the end Read more…
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I wouldn't say they are dead but a nearly 40% drop in sales over the past 10 years instead of…
I'm wondering that too. $10K commission check, but the director paid $8K to keep the status. PLUS shipping..PLUS discounts on…
Don't NSDs have to pay their expenses from those commission checks? I imagine they have LOTS of expenses.
At least he seems to want to switch to an affiliate and retail model. Keeping directors in jackets is costing…
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