A former Mary Kay sales director tells us how booking, selling, and recruiting the way she was taught still did not lead to success. I have been reading your site on and off for the past year. When I first Read more…

A visitor to Pink Truth, who failed at Mary Kay twice, says we are all just angry and bitter. Mary Kay is actually wonderful, and we are apparently stopping women from experience all of its wonderfulness. (No, dear reader, I Read more…

Have you heard your Mary Kay upline say “No doesn’t mean no. It just means I need more information.”??? I always hated this concept in MK. No DOES mean no. It’s none of your business why, she said no. And Read more…

I was recently looking at a letter that Mary Kay Inc. wrote to the FTC in 2006. The FTC was coming up with a Business Opportunity Rule to protect consumers, and MLMs were scrambling to get themselves an exemption. (MLMs Read more…

Written by Raisinberry We here at Pink Truth are still human. We didn’t de-fog out of Mary Kay and suddenly become vicious negative sub-human life forms, contrary to the Pink spin about this website. It’s no wonder that NSDs really Read more…

This is an old Facebook post from a private Mary Kay group called “Let’s Talk Pink.”  But I wanted to post it because it’s so instructive about what it’s like to be in the Pink Fog. We’ve been at it Read more…

Written by Cathy I am not new to reading Pink Truth but this is my first time commenting. I was a consultant for 6 months and became very discouraged by my experience. I will admit that when I first started Read more…

Written by Raisinberry Yesterday I talked about the various slogans and one-liners that Mary Kay directors and NSDs use to get consultants to stop thinking for themselves. Today we look at the purpose behind using slogans. Mary Kay corporate has Read more…

Written by Raisinberry Before Mary Kay I worked in human resources and taught supervision and organizational development with a large international firm. Part of my acquisition of information required that I attend some of the seminars of the major players Read more…

When your Mary Kay unit misses production, what do you do? Sales directors are required to have a minimum of $4,500 in wholesale orders from the unit each month. If your unit orders less than that, you’ve “missed production.” Mary Read more…