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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

Mary Kay is a Real Job?

Posted on December 27, 2022

This is retired Mary Kay NSD Gloria Mayfield Banks comparing Mary Kay to a “real job.” Mary Kay isn’t a real job because 99% of the people involved spend money on it instead of getting a paycheck. Because it’s an Read more…

Failure in MLM

Women Join Mary Kay to Make Extra Money

Posted on December 26, 2022

Let’s take a look back to the 2012 Harper’s Magazine cover story, The Pink Pyramid Scheme: How Mary Kay Cosmetics Preys on Desperate Housewives. Mary Kay Inc. immediately responded to the article, but with almost no substance. There have been Read more…

Inventory & Selling

Pressure For Orders at the End of the Month

Posted on December 22, 2022

In Mary Kay Cosmetics, it’s all about the wholesale order. No one really cares if you ever sell anything to a customer, as long as you keep ordering from the company. Of course they have to SAY that selling products Read more…

Cars

Earning a Mary Kay Car is Easy

Posted on December 21, 2022

The lies Mary Kay consultants and directors tell about how “easy” it is to earn a car in Mary Kay and how little time it takes! This is a training document which completely downplays the amount of time and effort Read more…

Culture & Manipulation

“Sometimes” Success Scam in Mary Kay

Posted on December 20, 2022

Written by Raisinberry How do I explain what I did when I was a director? My unit trusted me. Just like I trusted those above me. And even though I didn’t buy into all the hype, “hook, line and sinker”… Read more…

Career Ladder

Getting to the Top in Mary Kay

Posted on December 19, 2022

A “top director” put together instructions for getting to the top in Mary Kay. Finally! The secret to making it big and doing it the right way. Step-by-step instructions from a “Queen.” Except there’s a bit of irony here. The Read more…

Seminar

Complaining About Mary Kay Events

Posted on December 15, 2022

Not everything is rainbows and sunshine with Mary Kay! This is an interesting thread from Facebook that was posted right after seminar in August. Some people were so happy to be back in person, even if the event was smaller. Read more…

Numbers

Pin Your Dreams on Pink

Posted on December 14, 2022

Written by DebiUnpinked The only way to get to the bottom of whether Mary Kay is for you is to research Mary Kay Inc. and then MOST IMPORTANTLY check out the numbers.  Any business worth investing your precious time and Read more…

Recruiting

Not Really “Golden Rule Thinking”

Posted on December 13, 2022

We’ve talked before about how to “properly” recruit the customer of another Mary Kay consultant. If you have to go through that much to justify going after the recruit, is it really ethical? Here is more on recruiting someone else’s Read more…

Inventory & Selling

Should You Order Inventory?

Posted on December 12, 2022

Well what a silly question! If you’ve just joined Mary Kay, of course you should order inventory. In case you didn’t know, your recruiter doesn’t make any money unless you order inventory! You don’t actually need to sell anything. If Read more…

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Pink Truth Discussion Board

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  1. Ubi on Anyone Can Succeed in MKAugust 4, 2026

    “ gave me a different perspective. They weren’t moving Mom in with them—they were probably moving in with Mom.” YES!!!…

  2. Ubi on Anyone Can Succeed in MKAugust 4, 2026

    Yes, that is true. The directors who have an “elite” lifestyle have either a rich husband or husbands who have…

  3. Jurneeka on Anyone Can Succeed in MKAugust 4, 2026

    And that was almost two years ago. AFAIK she’s due for another beg a thon in a month or so.

  4. Data Junkie on Anyone Can Succeed in MKAugust 4, 2026

    For most MLM success stories, the "right time" is at the founding, long before the market is saturated. Those MK…

  5. MSgtK on The Mary Kay Beauty CoatAugust 4, 2026

    What I see: you got 2 $20 orders for looking like an idiot for 3 days. You are still in…

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