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  • Welcome
    • For New Mary Kay Consultants
    • FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions
    • Mary Kay Truths
  • About Pink Truth
    • Site Guidelines and Rules
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    • Contact Pink Truth
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    • The Mary Kay Pyramid
    • Information for Mary Kay DIQs
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    • 99% Lose Money in MLM
    • Not Taught at Harvard
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    • FAQ About Quitting Mary Kay
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    • NSD Compensation Chart
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Sales Directors

Unit Clubs Help Us Calculate “Executive” Pay

Posted on February 15, 2023

Written by Raisinberry For decades, Mary Kay published commissions in Applause Magazine for the women at the top of the pyramid. The vast majority of the directors never graced those pages, so you couldn’t find out how much they were Read more…

Business BasicsInventory & Selling

New Consultant Can’t Sell Mary Kay Products

Posted on February 14, 2023

A new Mary Kay consultant is feeling “totally defeated” because no one wants her products. But it must be HER fault, right? Because Mary Kay is HUGE company. Bigger than MAC! (Except the truth is that MAC sells over $1 Read more…

NumbersSales Directors

Executive Income For Part-Time Mary Kay Work

Posted on February 13, 2023

Written by Frosty Rose Pink Truth has reported time and time again how little money Mary Kay sales directors earn. But how did we get to those income figures?  Surely, all those numbers are from grumpy former directors from years Read more…

Sales Directors

Dress Code at Leadership Conference

Posted on February 9, 2023

Written by Frosty Rose and Parsons Green Ah, Leadership Conference. Where the best of the best in Mary Kay, the directors and nationals, gather for three days of fellowship, pageantry, and glamour. With a heaping side dish of body shaming, Read more…

Numbers

How Many Leads You Need

Posted on February 8, 2023

Mary Kay is such a simple business! All you have to do is work the numbers. If you do the activity, you’ll get the results. They always forget to mention that you have to find the women first. They make Read more…

Recruiting

Build It and Give It Away

Posted on February 7, 2023

Written by Frosty Rose When I was deep in the Pink Fog, I spent a lot of time at the feet of the “great” Linda Toupin. Her stories of work ethic, of grit and tenacity, and of doing things “the Read more…

Business Basics

Doing Mary Kay My Way

Posted on February 6, 2023

I received this email from a relatively new Mary Kay consultant who wanted to share her experience with us. Hello and thank you for allowing me the opportunity to send you an e-mail. I have been a Mary Kay consultant Read more…

Sales Directors

Complaints about Leadership Conference in Nashville

Posted on February 2, 2023

Written by Frosty Rose Leadership conference, the “exclusive” gathering in January open only to sales directors and above, is always ripe with fodder for Pink Truth. Today, let’s take a peek at what the directors are saying behind closed doors Read more…

Quitting Mary Kay

Nothing Has Changed in Mary Kay

Posted on February 1, 2023

Written by SuzyQ Hello again. Did you know that I sent my inventory back to Mary Kay in 2007? (Yes, that was almost 16 years ago!) And that many of the articles on Pink Truth authored by me were written Read more…

NumbersSales Directors

Sales Directors Make Minimum Wage

Posted on January 31, 2023

I’ve broken down director income before. Out of 9,000 sales directors in the U.S: at least 5,100 make less than $16,800 per year. 3,000 sales directors make between $16,800 and $40,800. The other 900 make more than $40,800. But think Read more…

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  1. MSgt K on You Spew GarbageJuly 12, 2025

    I can't click on M. Garbage's letter to see all that she wrote. Just one thing, you have been in…

  2. MSgt K on It Is Painful to Leave Mary KayJuly 11, 2025

    Don't expect anyone to call you unless they are considering leaving MK. To acknowledge you, they would have to acknowledge…

  3. CoralBliss on You Spew GarbageJuly 11, 2025

    I have been part of MK for 26 years. Despite doing everything that was suggested and more to succeed, much…

  4. Destiny Angel on You Spew GarbageJuly 11, 2025

    According to Ms. Shuri, we spew garbage and yet she didn't take time to point out one piece of garbage…

  5. KeepItSaltySweetie on You Spew GarbageJuly 11, 2025

    If what you were saying was false, Mary Kay Corp would sue your pants off for defamation. No suit. Proceed.

 

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