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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

We Did Not Work Hard Enough

Posted on July 27, 2023

Written by Raisinberry It’s time to get off the soap box. Face reality. Hike up our “big girl panties”. Let’s just face it. We all didn’t do 3 classes a week. We didn’t even work more than an hour or Read more…

Cults and MLMVideos

Mary Kay, Pink Predator

Posted on July 26, 2023

Several years ago, I appeared on HuffPost Live, discussing multi-level marketing and its negative effects on those who become distributors. Below is a clip in which I discuss my opinion that Mary Kay Cosmetics is one of the most predatory Read more…

Recruiting

Did Someone Ask You to Sign Up For Mary Kay?

Posted on July 25, 2023

Written by Heather Are you impulsive? Do you tend to make life-altering decisions on a whim, or are you the type to think things over before embracing a new venture? Do you think with your heart or with your head? Read more…

Quitting Mary KaySales Directors

Advice From a Former Mary Kay Director

Posted on July 24, 2023

This is the advice of a former Mary Kay director who quit, sent back tens of thousands of dollars of inventory and sent back her “free” car. It has been 3 years since I returned my product, returned my “free” Read more…

Relationships

I Wasn’t Really Selling

Posted on July 20, 2023

Written by Natalie I have 3 kids, and I’m going through a divorce. I was dragged to a Mary Kay party. I had been looking for a job at the time. I fell in love with the products and was Read more…

Inventory & Selling

Chelsea’s Team Did Not Sell $602,000 of MK Products

Posted on July 17, 2023

Why do I have to expose this over and over? You’d think the Mary Kay ladies would eventually start telling the truth about their pretend businesses, but no. One of our favorites, Chelsea Adkins, encouraged her team and customers to Read more…

Inventory & SellingQuitting Mary Kay

Liquidating $21k of Mary Kay Inventory

Posted on July 13, 2023

How does one end up quitting Mary Kay … and having $21,000 of inventory to unload? THIS IS HOW. She was “queen of sales”… which is code for queen of ordering. In Mary Kay, any time they talk about “my Read more…

Cults and MLM

For Pink Truth Critics

Posted on July 12, 2023

Written by Happy and Free To all of our critics… We were once you. We know it seems hard to believe that we could ever say anything against Mary Kay. We know your director, your Sr. Director, your National Sales Read more…

Products

Pretend Mary Kay is Prestigious

Posted on July 11, 2023

Every so often, my former area in Mary Kay would get on this kick about pretending Mary Kay was a prestigious product and that the consultant’s time at a skin care class was a rare and valuable thing. We were Read more…

Business Basics

Money Madness in Mary Kay

Posted on July 10, 2023

Written by SuzyQ Every time Mary Kay announces a a new ordering contest or bonus offered by Mary Kay, I have to laugh. They happen so often. They’re all the same. Nothing is “new” in Mary Kay. Order more and 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. OnelessSD on Mary Kay Seminar 1992July 21, 2026

    Spunsilk! That was my very first seminar as well! I was 2 months in by the time I had arrived…

  2. lulutoo on Watching Seminar From a DistanceJuly 21, 2026

    My ex loved the Consumer Electronics Show and we probably went every year for 15 years, at least. I had…

  3. SuzyQ on Watching Seminar From a DistanceJuly 21, 2026

    Take a look at all that has changed since I wrote this! It gets worse, much worse. I am with…

  4. Popinki on Something’s Coming at Mary KayJuly 21, 2026

    Wouldn't that just be a kick in the pants for Jamie? No more downline to shame, no retirement payout as…

  5. pinkpeace on Watching Seminar From a DistanceJuly 21, 2026

    OMG, so spot-on Suz! My first Seminar, I was a DIQ and utterly lost in the pink fog. I walked…

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