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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
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Recruiting

A Truthful Recruiting Pitch

Posted on December 7, 2023

If a Mary Kay recruiter was being truthful about the “opportunity,” this is what it might sound like. Hi Perfect Stranger! I have just bought into a huge Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) scheme and I would like to get in your Read more…

Inventory & Selling

How To Dial For Dollars

Posted on December 6, 2023

The concept of “dialing for dollars” is as old as MLM itself. These days, your sales director can email or text you, but we still call it dialing for dollars. The end of the month is coming. Commission checks have Read more…

Failure in MLM

Holiday Open House Failure

Posted on December 5, 2023

How many of you felt (or feel, if you’re still in) the sting of the holiday open house failure in Mary Kay? Your upline insisted that you order a ton of Christmas products. After all, they’re going to sell out Read more…

Culture & Manipulation

The Mary Kay Way: Lies

Posted on November 30, 2023

If I had to boil down my beef with Mary Kay Cosmetics into one word, it would be LIES. I can’t stand all the lies that consultants and directors tell. Corporate actively encourages telling the lies and blatantly misleading others, Read more…

Sales Directors

Being a Sales Director During the Holidays

Posted on November 29, 2023

Written by SuzyQ I’m just sayin’… that it would be incredibly difficult to be a director in Mary Kay during the winter holidays. Those who are “working their businesses” have scheduled open houses to show their holiday gift packages. Lots Read more…

Sales Directors

Directors, We Are the 2% That Keeps Dreams Alive!

Posted on November 28, 2023

A Mary Kay sales director talking to her sister directors about how blessed they are. How they should trust that God has put them there. Does this convince you that being a director is fabulous? Even though the vast majority Read more…

Relationships

The Lie of Making Money While at Home With Your Children

Posted on November 27, 2023

Written by SuzyQ The truth is that can’t stay at home with your children and make a living at Mary Kay. It takes lots and lots of time away, no matter what they tell you when they’re trying to recruit Read more…

Culture & Manipulation

Fake Mary Kay Statistics

Posted on November 22, 2023

Mary Kay ladies never pass up an opportunity to make up fake statistics. This one came from a Facebook thread on which the original poster was asking for strategies to do an “individual close” with each person who attends a Read more…

Inventory & Selling

Mary Kay Products Being Discontinued?

Posted on November 21, 2023

Yesterday Mary Kay Inc. announced a big sale to consultants. Instead of the normal 50% off suggested retail pricing, consultants can buy certain products for 60% off suggested retail price. They’re calling this Mary Kay Pink Weekend. And you know Read more…

Cults and MLM

Not Drinking the Pink Kool-Aid Anymore

Posted on November 20, 2023

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…

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Pink Truth Discussion Board

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  1. Super Executive Spaghetti Director on Somer’s Directors Are Planning For Last Minute MiraclesSeptember 1, 2026

    "Her August 30 numbers show less than $2,500 wholesale per director". I think directors get 10-13% of that, depending on…

  2. BP on Somer’s Directors Are Planning For Last Minute MiraclesSeptember 1, 2026

    If you meet one of these sales (ordering) or recruiting milestones, Somer with her “executive income” will gift you with…

  3. Mountaineer95 on Somer’s Directors Are Planning For Last Minute MiraclesSeptember 1, 2026

    But so many of them won’t understand; they sit like children with their fingers in their ears yelling “I CAN’T…

  4. Pinkboo on Somer’s Directors Are Planning For Last Minute MiraclesSeptember 1, 2026

    More actual numbers and data provided by current MK consultants proving the MK “opportunity” is a scam. Critics of Pink…

  5. Popinki on Somer’s Directors Are Planning For Last Minute MiraclesSeptember 1, 2026

    Frosty, I really appreciate how you break down down numbers so people can understand how well they are(n't) doing.

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