Mary Kay’s director in qualification (DIQ) process is one of the worst things you can go through as a consultant. It involves scrambling for 1 to 4 months to get enough recruits who order enough products so you can “qualify” Read more…

This story was sent in by a woman who signed up for Mary Kay and then quit, all in the same week. It was a funny thing how it all happened, I mean “becoming” a Mary Kay Consultant. (I might Read more…

A “wanted” ad for women who seek unlimited income is sometimes presented with additional information about being a sales director. What they don’t tell you when focusing on directorship, is that being a Mary Kay Sales Director actually sucks and Read more…

A reader sent this to me to thank us for helping her avoid the Mary Kay scam. I love these emails! This, my friends, is the whole reason we exist. I want resources to be available to those who take Read more…

Written by SuzyQ I don’t think any of us have written about this experience so I will. As God is my witness, I thought it was 2016 but I don’t think that is accurate (Tracy: 2015, but close enough) and Read more…

A favorite pass time of many Mary Kay sales directors is bashing “Corporate America.” They refer to jobs as “J.O.B. – Journey of the Broke” and generally criticize the lack of flexibility surrounding traditional jobs.What they forget to mention is Read more…

I can’t help but feel sorry for this Mary Kay consultant. She is somewhere below Red Jacket level, but appears to really believe she’s going to be a national sales director in 5 years. She’s decided that she will have Read more…

A note from a reader who almost became a consultant… Hello, I just found your site today because I’m doing research on Mary Kay.  I have a friendly acquaintance who is a consultant and I’ve gone to two of her Read more…

It’s that time of year when the focus is creating class envy in Mary Kay. The haves and the have nots. The main even is the annual national sales director trip. Mary Kay loads up all of the nsds and Read more…

Mary Kay sales director Azzari Jones takes exception with us revealing MK’s change to the Timewise line early. She is so bothered by Pink Truth that she left us multiple comments. You may find it interesting that she scolds Frosty Read more…