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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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Recruiting

Talk Your Friend Out of Mary Kay

Posted on March 14, 2023

We often get the same question from family and friends of someone who has fallen victim to the Mary Kay Cosmetics scam: How do I talk my friend of of Mary Kay? If the friend, husband, sister, mother, etc. is Read more…

Culture & Manipulation

Why Wash Your Face With Mary Kay

Posted on March 13, 2023

why_wash_your_face Written by Frosty Rose Years ago, NSD Diana Sumpter put out a piece titled “Why wash your face.” It was a feel-good marketing piece about all the ripple effects of purchasing Mary Kay products. It focused on supporting small, Read more…

Quitting Mary Kay

Not Going Back to Mary Kay

Posted on March 9, 2023

A story from a reader. She was reluctant when she signed up, but got turned off by the immediate demands that she borrow money and order inventory. They did not take no for an answer, and they turned her off Read more…

Culture & Manipulation

Don’t Let Anyone Steal Your Dream

Posted on March 8, 2023

Written by Raisinberry There is a very curious thing about being told by a Mary Kay NSD, not to let anyone “steal your dream.” When you dissect this directive, you begin to discover an elaborate straw man, used against you Read more…

Inventory & SellingNumbers

Executive Pay For Part-Time Work

Posted on March 7, 2023

Written by Frosty Rose A few weeks ago, we looked at how little money sales directors are actually earning, backed by real numbers out of the Jamie Taylor national area. But what about the other half of the equation that Read more…

Business BasicsInventory & Selling

Find the Money For Your First Order

Posted on March 6, 2023

A Mary Kay sales director’s entire life revolves around recruiting and initial inventory orders. Units are maintained with initial inventory orders. Cars are won with initial inventory orders. The first order a consultant makes almost always represents the most product Read more…

Culture & Manipulation

Questions For Mary Kay Inc.

Posted on March 2, 2023

Written by SuzyQ Dear Mary Kay Cosmetics, Pink Truth has been around for almost 17 years. I’ve been here almost as long. The things I criticized in the beginning are unchanged. I know  someone at the corporate offices has monitored Read more…

Business Basics

The Real Cost of Mary Kay

Posted on March 1, 2023

Written by Lexie Happy Mary Kay Consultant… You say you are making money in Mary Kay. And you’re happy. You think MK is fun. Except you are in debt. You just don’t realize it. Please Google the term opportunity cost. Read more…

Business Basics

Truth Behind the “Avenues of Income”

Posted on February 28, 2023

Written by Raisinberry If you were paying attention at your “practice” recruiting interview or guest event, you’ll recall your recruiter or Future Director telling you about all the ways that you can make money in Mary Kay. Ultimately it came Read more…

NSD

Bankruptcy Attempt By Mary Kay NSD Mia Mason Porter

Posted on February 27, 2023

Written by Frosty Rose National sales director Mia Mason Porter is the stuff of Mary Kay legend. Debuting as an NSD in 2012, she became the younger half of the first African American mother-daughter NSD pair in company history. She Read more…

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    FTW wins lawsuit against Amway for deceptive business practices. Mary Kay, you may be next! No wonder Ryan is scrambling.…

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    But “even though this restaurant isn’t the best and the service is, well, poor, I’d still like to leave a…

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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…

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