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Pink Truth

Pink Truth

  • Welcome
    • For New Mary Kay Consultants
    • Mary Kay Truths
  • 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
  • Mary Kay Documents
    • Mary Kay Consultant Agreement (2026 version)
    • Mary Kay Consultant Agreement (2019 version)
    • Mary Kay Sales Director Agreement
    • Mary Kay National Sales Director Agreement
    • NSD Compensation Chart
    • NSD Guide
    • Mary Kay’s Official Stance on Pink Truth
    • Business Opportunity Rule
    • Mary Kay NSD Emeritus Guide
    • Applause Magazine (US)
    • Applause Magazine (Canada)
  • Discussion Board
Pink Truth

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Inventory & Selling

Sales Strategies in a Real Business

Posted on April 11, 2024

A reader offers this discussion of how companies analyze a market (and the territories) to decide where to place distributors/retailers. Of course, Mary Kay does no such thing, telling consultants to ignore the concept of saturation and that countless reps Read more…

Quitting Mary Kay

What I Don’t Miss About Directorship

Posted on April 10, 2024

Written by PinkPeace Our friends. I have made/re-ignited real friendships in the real world, once I didn’t have to worry about hanging out only with “positive” people and trying to recruit every new person I met. Make-up stashes. Mine consisted Read more…

Culture & Manipulation

Mary Kay Predator and Prey

Posted on April 9, 2024

Written by Blackbird Every successful predator knows how to hunt its prey, right? Some predators use speed, agility, or ambush to accomplish their goals. Really intelligent predators though, don’t bother wasting time and their own energy chasing or stalking things. Read more…

Failure in MLM

Consultants Can’t Sell Mary Kay Products

Posted on April 8, 2024

Written by Parsonsgreen Lacey Bradford is a Mary Kay sales director who submitted for DIQ ten years ago. On one of her anniversaries, she posted about how Mary Kay had changed her life.  She was able to quadruple her yearly Read more…

Failure in MLM

More Than Meets the Eye

Posted on April 4, 2024

Written by A Mary Kay Husband As much as I love my wife, I truly resented the magnitude of the pressure she was under to perform the Mary Kay marketing plan. To do her sales job with this cosmetics company, Read more…

Videos

Mary Kay’s Deceptive Pinky Promises

Posted on April 3, 2024

This video is a few years old, but it’s a good one. Truth in Advertising went through the Mary Kay lies that are so common. Their list included: 1. Earn career-level income 2. Say goodbye to car payments 3. Go Read more…

Cults and MLM

Podcasts About MLM and Mary Kay

Posted on April 2, 2024

I have two recent podcasts that are wonderful for women coming out of multi-level marketing (MLM) and women looking to learn more about MLM.  I was on the Divorce Survival Guide podcast with Kate Anthony, in an episode entitled The Read more…

Quitting Mary Kay

Reaching the Tipping Point

Posted on April 1, 2024

Written by SuzyQ The process of deciding to leave Mary Kay is daunting. There are so many unanswered questions, a lot of fear, guilt, anger and grief. We get into Mary Kay and Mary Kay gets into us. At one Read more…

Caption This PhotoCareer Conference

Caption This Photo

Posted on March 30, 2024

We haven’t done this in a long time! This is a photo from Career Conference 2024. It’s sales director Sherrie Purvis and a pair of giant pink panties. I presume this is a “put on your big girl panties” talk Read more…

Pink Truth Critics

Sending Pink Truth Links to Consultants is Devastating

Posted on March 29, 2024

Tell me….. If Pink Truth is filled with lies…. And if we’re just crazy people who didn’t work hard… And if our opinions of Mary Kay are much like people saying God isn’t real… And we’re just all around silly… Read more…

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Pink Truth Discussion Board

Visit the Pink Truth Discussion Board to discuss any topic you like. No praise or promotion of MLM is allowed. Please read the site rules carefully before signing up.
  1. Dave on September 2026 Nsd CommissionsOctober 15, 2026

    Good lordt, mail order croissants by TV? What a world we live in lol. Which reminds me, it's grocery day…

  2. Juliet on You Allowed Yourself to Be DeceivedOctober 15, 2026

    Something that worked for you, in the depths of depression, doesn't at all make it a good thing for anyone…

  3. Popinki on September 2026 Nsd CommissionsOctober 15, 2026

    I used to use Laura Geller color cosmetics, which come in ceramic pans, and one time received one damaged. But…

  4. BP on September 2026 Nsd CommissionsOctober 14, 2026

    On recommendation from someone on the board, I got the Cetaphil cleanser, $15 for 16 oz. No snail snot in…

  5. Dave on September 2026 Nsd CommissionsOctober 14, 2026

    Ah yes the (in)famous fuzzy socks and mint foot lotion. Eyeshadow sticks that don't work (dry out, crumble, don't twist…

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