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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
    • 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

Do Not Hold a Mary Kay Party at Starbucks

Posted on March 5, 2024

The Mary Kay consultant trolling at Starbucks has gotten out of hand. Way back when I was in MK, more than 20 years ago, it was common to go to Starbucks to try to “warm chatter” women. Look for an Read more…

Business Basics

Mary Kay on TikTok

Posted on March 4, 2024

Yet another moment of “you don’t own your own business” when you’re a Mary Kay consultant. If you owned your own business, you’d be able to go on TikTok and talk about it however you choose. But your Mary Kay Read more…

Business Basics

How MLMs Stay In Business

Posted on February 29, 2024

If multi-level marketing is one huge scam, how do they stay in  business? How is it that consumers don’t know it’s a pyramid scheme? Why are thousands of people signing up for MLMs each day? Haven’t they heard by now? Read more…

Sales Directors

In Defense of Directors

Posted on February 28, 2024

Written by Raisinberry Why Mary Kay still won’t work when you grow a conscience. There is a part of the whole pro/anti Mary Kay debate that usually isn’t discussed. In most comments, consultants share the nasty self-serving character traits of Read more…

Religion & Spirituality

God Brought Chelsea an Order

Posted on February 27, 2024

It’s been a while since we’ve discussed our favorite Mary Kay trainwreck, Chelsea Adkins. Once she started “bible school” she became much quieter on social media. But fear not! Chelsea has not given up blatant blasphemy. On Sunday, Chelsea LITERALLY Read more…

Career Ladder

An Unlimited Number of Mary Kay “Executives”?

Posted on February 26, 2024

This was an awesome comment on an older post about the lies they tell about sales director income. I thought it needed to be a post of its own. Written by Mountaineer95 Companies do not promise unlimited numbers of executive Read more…

Quitting Mary KaySales Directors

Mary Kay Director Termination

Posted on February 22, 2024

Earlier this month, former Mary Kay lifer Heather Wickstrom spilled the beans on her termination from Mary Kay in 2023. Her whole screed is at the bottom of this post, but the TLDR version is this… Mary Kay was limiting Read more…

Business Basics

You Can’t Quit Your Job and Do Mary Kay Full-Time

Posted on February 21, 2024

This is one of those sad, sad dreams that Mary Kay directors and recruiters like to build up for you. They tell you how easy it is to “replace your income” with Mary Kay. And it’s nonsense. Because we’ve seen Read more…

Culture & Manipulation

Mary Kay Inc. Has Always Been Bad

Posted on February 20, 2024

Written by Raisinberry Contrary to popular belief, the abusive state of affairs in Mary Kay didn’t start with the record breakers in the last 10t to 15 years. These were ladies who figured out where to concentrate their time, and Read more…

Sales Directors

It Won’t Get Better As a Director

Posted on February 19, 2024

Written by Frosty Rose Pink Truth often reveals the reality behind the lights, glitter, glamour and recognition of Mary Kay events. The drama, the snark, the ballooning credit cards that are just under the surface of the “girlfriend time” that 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. Colleen on Helping Consultants Order MoreNovember 5, 2026

    What's truly in it for me as a consultant to have a lot of inventory vs just encouraging customers to…

  2. Profreader on No Longer a DirectorNovember 5, 2026

    I'm sure you're right, DJ. It's really quite sickening to think how systems like this massively overproduce physical goods, completely…

  3. Popinki on Helping Consultants Order MoreNovember 5, 2026

    That's right, directors, your downline aren't people with tight finances and priorities other than ordering hundreds of dollars worth of…

  4. Data Junkie on Helping Consultants Order MoreNovember 5, 2026

    Outside of MyShop, Mary Kay's compensation plan rewards ordering, but only for folks with a downline. This inherently promotes recruiting…

  5. SpunSilk on Lip Butter DramaNovember 5, 2026

    Half the time the products are already sold out by the time a lowly, non pcp consultant gets the chance…

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