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  • 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
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    • 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
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Culture & Manipulation

Secrets of the Rah Rah Sisterhood

Posted on January 2, 2024

Written by Raisinberry Having been a senior director, working towards NSD, and completely enamored of those in Mary Kay leadership, I gave myself over to believing everything that I was told. But, if you are around long enough, sooner or Read more…

Culture & Manipulation

New Year, New You

Posted on January 2, 2024

Every single year in Mary Kay, you will hear the “new year, new you” concept promoted. What a great catch phrase! The idea is that you can do a makeover for yourself to kick off the new year. Or if Read more…

Failure in MLM

MK Director Doesn’t Know She’s In an MLM

Posted on December 28, 2023

I always find it sad when Mary Kay ladies don’t realize they’re in a multi-level marketing company. They’ve been taught that MK is “direct sales” or “dual marketing” or “social selling”…. but certainly not MLM. Even Wikipedia knows that Mary Read more…

Quitting Mary Kay

Defogging From Mary Kay and Coming Back to Reality

Posted on December 27, 2023

Written by SuzyQ Welcome to my world.  I want to tell you about my little former wanna-be area. I think it is interesting, but maybe the rest of you won’t. We’ll see. My former senior director has had an interesting Read more…

Cults and MLM

MLM Warning at Starbucks

Posted on December 26, 2023

Starbucks is a popular place for Mary Kay ladies to troll for new victims. There are two ways to go about it. One method is to go there for a drink and sit at a table looking for potential customers Read more…

Pink Truth Critics

Mary Kay Crazies

Posted on December 22, 2023

It’s always interesting to me when Mary Kay ladies refer to women on Pink Truth as “crazy.” Why are we crazy? For talking about the “other side” of Mary Kay Cosmetics? Incidentally, the other side is the truth that the Read more…

Quitting Mary Kay

Building Sandcastles in Mary Kay

Posted on December 21, 2023

Written by Sad In Pink When I joined Mary Kay, it was to purchase the products at half price and maybe… MAYBE dabble in the business a little to make extra money. I never intended to really go full force Read more…

Recruiting

Mary Kay is Not “Dual Marketing”

Posted on December 20, 2023

Long ago, someone at Mary Kay Inc. came up with this silly idea of calling Mary Kay a “dual-level marketing” program. Apparently, they didn’t like the fact that the system the company uses is multi-level marketing (MLM) so they made Read more…

NSD

20 Reasons I Don’t Want to Be an NSD

Posted on December 19, 2023

This piece was written several years ago by our member JTA. She was a longtime Mary Kay sales director who came close to becoming a national sales director, and then decided to give it all up. I’m running it again Read more…

Sales Directors

Cadillac Director Delivers for Amazon

Posted on December 18, 2023

We’ve told people over and over how “driving a pink Cadillac” does not equal success in Mary Kay. Many of the directors who drive the Cadillac are actually making co-pays every quarter because they don’t make minimum production. Even with Read more…

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  1. BP on Fortenberry Failures in AugustAugust 25, 2026

    And what does she give out for prizes? Temu garbage. “You ordered $4500 this month, here’s a pink plastic ring.”

  2. Frosty Rose on Fortenberry Failures in AugustAugust 25, 2026

    https://www.pinktruth.com/2025/11/27/how-to-do-it-right-and-make-no-money/ https://www.pinktruth.com/2024/10/08/you-cant-make-money-selling-mary-kay-products/ https://www.pinktruth.com/2007/09/02/mary-kay-math-gets-a-reality-check/ There are more, but this gives a good picture.

  3. Data Junkie on Fortenberry Failures in AugustAugust 25, 2026

    Ooh I love these deep dives! I did some back of the napkin stuff to see how you came up…

  4. Destiny Angel on Fortenberry Failures in AugustAugust 25, 2026

    If they made executive grade pay by sales, it would be reflected in the wholesale orders. We can see that…

  5. Pinkboo on Fortenberry Failures in AugustAugust 25, 2026

    Pink Truth critics cannot dispute these figures and there is no way to defend them. The numbers will only get…

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