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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

There are so many methods a Mary Kay recruiter will use to get you to say yes. Any objection you have, they can overcome. Any need in your life, they can fill. Anything that makes you happy, they can make Read more…

Written by Raisinberry I can remember when things were much different in Mary Kay. I think that for the most part, that old school mental image was in our minds when we conducted every recruiting interview, every career talk. We Read more…

This is the story of a former Mary Kay director who was taught to deceive women in order to get the numbers to move up. When her directorship finally ended, she and her husband were forced to put their dreams Read more…

Written by Frosty Rose Mary Kay recruiting pitches always lean in on the fact that the “business opportunity” is so low-risk. “You’re in business for yourself, but not by yourself.” And, “This company has been around for over 60 years. Read more…