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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

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…

Recruiting

Mary Kay Ash on Recruiting

Posted on December 8, 2022

Cleta Colson-Eyre, a never-nsd in Mary Kay once posted this fabulous letter from Mary Kay Ash to her. This letter was written back in 1990, which means Cleta has been a sales director for more than 32 years, and still Read more…

Inventory & Selling

Mary Kay Pink Power Day

Posted on December 7, 2022

Mary Kay Inc. is offering 60% off all products to consultants today, and today only. This is a curious turn of events. I can’t remember MK ever reducing the wholesale cost of products to consultants. Now to be clear… this Read more…

Recruiting

Don’t Recruit Your Warm Market

Posted on December 6, 2022

Written by DupedByPinkFriend When a new consultant begins her Mary Kay journey, she is instructed to practice giving facials and skin care classes with her friends and family.  This sounds reasonable, and seems to make sense, as many women who Read more…

Inventory & Selling

Warning: Placing an Order for a Consultant

Posted on December 5, 2022

If you spent any time in Mary Kay, you probably became aware of sales directors and DIQs placing inventory orders for others. Sometimes it’s legit, and sometimes it’s not. The not: someone is trying to finish a unit or a Read more…

Culture & Manipulation

Four Phases in Mary Kay

Posted on December 1, 2022

A former director remembers being “trained” on this as a new director. It is one of the many things that set off alarms in the back of her head. Sales directors are warned in advance of the exact path their Read more…

Inventory & Selling

I Had a Huge Inventory Stash

Posted on November 30, 2022

Written by PinkPeace I had THOUSANDS of dollars in  Mary Kay inventory when I was a sales director. The most frequent question I get is… WHY? Why did I have so much product? Why did I think I was going 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. Destiny Angel on Some of Us Actually Like ItSeptember 25, 2026

    Everytime (sic) I read Pink Truth I wonder if any of you ever actually enjoyed Mary Kay. I'm not sure…

  2. Pinkiu on Some of Us Actually Like ItSeptember 25, 2026

    Clearly you are not in any director groups or you'd understand. You are using MK as a hobby. Perhaps you…

  3. Data Junkie on Mary Kay Hides Real ResultsSeptember 25, 2026

    Here is a summary of MKC's business plan: "Fool customers into thiking they are business owners so they order way…

  4. Frosty Rose on Mary Kay Hides Real ResultsSeptember 25, 2026

    From the director level all the way up to corporate, it is painfully obvious which directors are buying minimum production…

  5. Data Junkie on Magic Words to Help You RecruitSeptember 24, 2026

    You are absolutely right about the educational opportunity. But notice, I mentioned this is for strangers. Educating strangers is likely…

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