Written by Raisinberry It occurred to me the other day that Mary Kay Ash transferred her unhealthy workaholic tendencies to thousands of women all over America. What seemed like good counsel was her notion that each achievement one attains should Read more…
Written by Frosty Rose There was a long-standing policy in Mary Kay, unwritten as far as I can find, of buying back 100% of a deceased active consultant’s inventory from her estate. Granted, there were hoops to jump through (when Read more…
If you’ve spent any time in or around Mary Kay (or any other mutli-level marketing company, for that matter), you’re familiar with the recruiting lies that are told. There are plenty of scripts used to mislead, and earnings claims make Read more…
Written by MaryKayExploitsWomen Many sales directors in Mary Kay are very hesitant about recruiting personal use consultants. Their excuse is that they don’t want to invest all of their time in training personal use consultants if they aren’t going to Read more…
Are you wondering how the latest and greatest Mary Kay national sales directors got there? It’s simple. They churned DIQs (directors in qualification) fast and furious. Those who don’t make it to director really don’t matter because there are plenty Read more…
Written by Frosty Rose Mary Kay and its MLM ilk have long tussled with the FTC regarding deceptive income claims. Corporate wrings its hands and proclaims that its consultants are independent contractors and there’s only so much they can do Read more…
Written by Frosty Rose I spent a long time, both during and after my Mary Kay career, being angry with my director. You see, I was a high driver, high achieving, high D (for those who know the DISC behavior Read more…
Written by Raisinberry Here on Pink Truth, we have daily contact with women from all over who have become victims of this MLM cancer. It entered their lives under the guise of being something good and right and noble. After Read more…
But Mary Kay isn’t a pyramid scheme!!! A woman is beside herself because she mentioned Mary Kay in a group and got a negative reaction. There were a bunch of supportive comments, but the funniest one was that “pyramid schemes Read more…
Written by Frosty Rose and Parsonsgreen We spend a lot of time here talking about Jamie Taylor and her national area. Why? Is it because she’s unique? No. Does she stand out? Only in her wide-open social media presence. Jamie Read more…
This right here is the Big Snag. We blame ourselves. I didn’t work right. I didn’t try hard enough. I…
Of course her director Johna Safriet thinks she should try again. How much did that failed effort add to Ms…
Here’s the problem, though. She thinks her inability to make money from sales is all her fault. Her failure is…
Here is the chain of events, as I see it: 1. Misty signs up to help someone else. 2. She…
$ 408 party means maybe $60 in profit. Not really executive income.