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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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Cults and MLMVideos

The Road to Heaven is Paved With Cosmetic Sales

Posted on September 18, 2023

This 60 Minutes report on Mary Kay Ash from 1979 starts out by noting that Mary Kay doesn’t go a minute without invoking God…. “as if the road to heaven is paved with cosmetic sales.” God wants you to become Read more…

Sales Directors

Mary Kay Truth in Moms Groups

Posted on September 14, 2023

Mary Kay sales director Lacey Bradford is upset because people like us expose the truth about MLM: that you are almost guaranteed to lose money. When women are looking to earn money, MLM is one of the WORST decisions they Read more…

Failure in MLM

Lauren Wagner, Mary Kay Thousandaire

Posted on September 13, 2023

Hello, false earnings claims from MK consultant Lauren Wagner. Lauren is a former sales director. Multiple-time contestant as a DIQ. Currently on the DIQ hamster wheel again. She likes to say that you do the “princess court” which is $20,000 Read more…

Cults and MLM

…And Mary Kay Gets Into You

Posted on September 12, 2023

Written by SuzyQ You get into Mary Kay, and Mary Kay gets into you. Yesterday I talked about the culture of Mary Kay and how it becomes an obsession. I got out of Mary Kay, so why did I still Read more…

Cults and MLM

You Get Into Mary Kay

Posted on September 11, 2023

Written by SuzyQ Have you heard the saying that you get into Mary Kay and Mary Kay gets into you? It describes how immersed women get in the Mary Kay culture. It’s meant to be a fun phrase to throw Read more…

Pink Truth Critics

I Didn’t Want To Do the Work

Posted on September 8, 2023

Years ago someone set out to “debunk” our Top 10 Reasons to NOT Do Mary Kay. There is lots of rambling in the rebuttal to us (really, me), but I was especially amused by this: It is clear that unfortunately Read more…

Sales Directors

Chelsea Pretends to Be a Million Dollar Director

Posted on September 7, 2023

Poor Chelsea Adkins. She is delusional about this “business” she runs. She was going to be a national sales director by January 2022. She was going to be a million dollar director years ago. It’s all about smoke and mirrors Read more…

Sales Directors

Missing Unit Production

Posted on September 6, 2023

This is the story of a new director who felt a lack of support and training, and who was topping off production to meet the $4,500 wholesale minimum. Lest you should think that is unusual and not the “Mary Kay Read more…

Cults and MLM

Nothing Has Changed in Mary Kay Since 1980

Posted on September 5, 2023

This is long but worth it. So many of the scripts and catch phrases are still the same, more than 40 years later. Mary Kay is a horrible, horrible scheme that has robbed women of billions of dollars with lies Read more…

Quitting Mary Kay

Breathing Again After Mary Kay

Posted on September 4, 2023

Written by SuzyQ I used to look forward to Labor Day as a “real” excuse NOT to call potential models, and NOT have to do my Monday meeting. In my Mary Kay days, I would be exhausted from the end 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.
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    "retailers all run sales and special offers that cut into their profits" ... they have HIGHER markup, often 3-6x their…

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    I was not taught how to keep my books by my director/recruiter/NSD Kay Hall beyond basics of tracking items, keeping…

  4. Data Junkie on There Is No 50% ProfitSeptember 17, 2026

    As is the way with MLMers, they misuse or conflate business terms. If you pay $10 for an item and…

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    Don’t you have to provide your SS# to sign up? Or are people signing up “Grandma” who’s in a nursing…

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