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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

Pink Truth

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…

Pink Truth Critics

You Are Angry and Bitter

Posted on November 17, 2023

A visitor to Pink Truth, who failed at Mary Kay twice, says we are all just angry and bitter. Mary Kay is actually wonderful, and we are apparently stopping women from experience all of its wonderfulness. (No, dear reader, I Read more…

Culture & Manipulation

NOs Happen in Mary Kay

Posted on November 16, 2023

Have you heard your Mary Kay upline say “No doesn’t mean no. It just means I need more information.”??? I always hated this concept in MK. No DOES mean no. It’s none of your business why, she said no. And Read more…

Cults and MLM

Stifling Enthusiasm in New Mary Kay Consultants

Posted on November 15, 2023

I was recently looking at a letter that Mary Kay Inc. wrote to the FTC in 2006. The FTC was coming up with a Business Opportunity Rule to protect consumers, and MLMs were scrambling to get themselves an exemption. (MLMs Read more…

Culture & Manipulation

Good Directors and the Pollyanna Effect

Posted on November 14, 2023

Written by Raisinberry We here at Pink Truth are still human. We didn’t de-fog out of Mary Kay and suddenly become vicious negative sub-human life forms, contrary to the Pink spin about this website. It’s no wonder that NSDs really Read more…

Culture & Manipulation

What Do We Say to People Reading Pink Truth?

Posted on November 13, 2023

This is an old Facebook post from a private Mary Kay group called “Let’s Talk Pink.”  But I wanted to post it because it’s so instructive about what it’s like to be in the Pink Fog. We’ve been at it Read more…

Inventory & Selling

$4,000 Sold and No Profits

Posted on November 9, 2023

Written by Cathy I am not new to reading Pink Truth but this is my first time commenting. I was a consultant for 6 months and became very discouraged by my experience. I will admit that when I first started Read more…

Culture & Manipulation

Why Does Mary Kay Use Slogans?

Posted on November 8, 2023

Written by Raisinberry Yesterday I talked about the various slogans and one-liners that Mary Kay directors and NSDs use to get consultants to stop thinking for themselves. Today we look at the purpose behind using slogans. Mary Kay corporate has 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. Lazy Gardens on A True MK BelieverSeptember 5, 2026

    yes there are a few that won’t give up. You know who else wouldn't give up? The Donner Party. What…

  2. Popinki on A True MK BelieverSeptember 5, 2026

    The church I grew up in wasn't cultish, but the pastors were treated like perfect and infallible paragons who had…

  3. Enorth on A True MK BelieverSeptember 4, 2026

    It’s a cult. She feels guilty for leaving. It’s like the Church I was raised in. Members complained vehemently about…

  4. SpunSilk on A True MK BelieverSeptember 4, 2026

    She won’t give up. What is she working toward, more debt? She actually sounds pretty messed up.

  5. enorth on A True MK BelieverSeptember 4, 2026

    "I still have debt...I’ve been sick most of that time...I work when I can, my mk money goes to bills,…

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