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  • Welcome
    • For New Mary Kay Consultants
    • FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions
    • Mary Kay Truths
  • About Pink Truth
    • Site Guidelines and Rules
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact Pink Truth
  • 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
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    • FAQ About Quitting Mary Kay
    • Returning Your Starter Kit
    • Product Date Codes
  • Mary Kay Documents
    • Mary Kay Consultant Agreement
    • Mary Kay Sales Director Agreement
    • Mary Kay National Sales Director Agreement
    • NSD Compensation Chart
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    • Mary Kay’s Official Stance on Pink Truth
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Pink Truth

Failure in MLM

Women Join Mary Kay to Make Extra Money

Posted on December 26, 2022

Let’s take a look back to the 2012 Harper’s Magazine cover story, The Pink Pyramid Scheme: How Mary Kay Cosmetics Preys on Desperate Housewives. Mary Kay Inc. immediately responded to the article, but with almost no substance. There have been Read more…

Inventory & Selling

Pressure For Orders at the End of the Month

Posted on December 22, 2022

In Mary Kay Cosmetics, it’s all about the wholesale order. No one really cares if you ever sell anything to a customer, as long as you keep ordering from the company. Of course they have to SAY that selling products Read more…

Cars

Earning a Mary Kay Car is Easy

Posted on December 21, 2022

The lies Mary Kay consultants and directors tell about how “easy” it is to earn a car in Mary Kay and how little time it takes! This is a training document which completely downplays the amount of time and effort Read more…

Culture & Manipulation

“Sometimes” Success Scam in Mary Kay

Posted on December 20, 2022

Written by Raisinberry How do I explain what I did when I was a director? My unit trusted me. Just like I trusted those above me. And even though I didn’t buy into all the hype, “hook, line and sinker”… Read more…

Career Ladder

Getting to the Top in Mary Kay

Posted on December 19, 2022

A “top director” put together instructions for getting to the top in Mary Kay. Finally! The secret to making it big and doing it the right way. Step-by-step instructions from a “Queen.” Except there’s a bit of irony here. The Read more…

Seminar

Complaining About Mary Kay Events

Posted on December 15, 2022

Not everything is rainbows and sunshine with Mary Kay! This is an interesting thread from Facebook that was posted right after seminar in August. Some people were so happy to be back in person, even if the event was smaller. Read more…

Numbers

Pin Your Dreams on Pink

Posted on December 14, 2022

Written by DebiUnpinked The only way to get to the bottom of whether Mary Kay is for you is to research Mary Kay Inc. and then MOST IMPORTANTLY check out the numbers.  Any business worth investing your precious time and Read more…

Recruiting

Not Really “Golden Rule Thinking”

Posted on December 13, 2022

We’ve talked before about how to “properly” recruit the customer of another Mary Kay consultant. If you have to go through that much to justify going after the recruit, is it really ethical? Here is more on recruiting someone else’s Read more…

Inventory & Selling

Should You Order Inventory?

Posted on December 12, 2022

Well what a silly question! If you’ve just joined Mary Kay, of course you should order inventory. In case you didn’t know, your recruiter doesn’t make any money unless you order inventory! You don’t actually need to sell anything. If Read more…

Recruiting

Mary Kay Ash on Recruiting

Posted on December 8, 2022

Cleta Colson-Eyre, a never-nsd in Mary Kay once posted this fabulous letter from Mary Kay Ash to her. This letter was written back in 1990, which means Cleta has been a sales director for more than 32 years, and still Read more…

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Pink Truth Discussion Board

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  1. Frosty Rose on Not Cleta’s “Best Year Ever”July 24, 2025

    I can’t tell you how happy I was to learn that they’re down to 122 nsd’s. We are making a…

  2. JL on The Mary Kay Seminar ExperienceJuly 24, 2025

    I wonder if part of the move to Charlotte is to hide the shrinking size of the sales force.

  3. SpunSilk on The Mary Kay Seminar ExperienceJuly 24, 2025

    I’ll be curious to see what the attendance is for the 2 Seminars,(Ruby/Diamond and Emerald/Sapphire) if you can find accurate…

  4. Madeline on The Mary Kay Seminar ExperienceJuly 24, 2025

    Same thing year after year. Wash, rinse, repeat. The company is shrinking and there will probably be more changes\cuts after…

  5. MSgt K on Not Cleta’s “Best Year Ever”July 24, 2025

    40 straight seminar years??? Ugggg! How? Once was plenty for me. I dont know how anyone can't see thru the…

 

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