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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

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…

Business Basics

Mary Kay Legal Social Media Crackdown

Posted on November 23, 2022

Mary Kay Legal is apparently taking a hard line on the social media posts of consultants and directors. It’s unclear if they have employees actively seeking out violations of the company’s policies, or if their actions are a result of Read more…

Failure in MLM

Losing the Title of Sales Director

Posted on November 21, 2022

One of the many sales directors Jamie Taylor has lost since finishing her national area in Mary Kay is MaryLei Applegate. (If you don’t want to read the linked article, the summary is that since finishing the requirements for NSD Read more…

Quitting Mary Kay

Mary Kay Sales Director Laura Holland Will Not Help You

Posted on November 18, 2022

Laura Holland will recruit you into Mary Kay, but she won’t help you if you want to leave the company. Remember when you were being recruiting into Mary Kay and they told you that if you tried it and you Read more…

Culture & Manipulation

Remember Pink Truth

Posted on November 17, 2022

I’m not completely clear on why Mary Kay sales director Jeannette Turner wants people to remember Pink Truth on a Facebook thread about MK not allowing income claims to be made, but I’m here for it!!!! I wonder when she’ll 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. Data Junkie on Love Bombing in Mary KayOctober 29, 2026

    AKA: MLM grooming.

  2. Enorth on Princess FaithOctober 28, 2026

    Notice how much Faith uses “help”, “support” and “goal.” This is what she was trained to say. She doesn’t sound…

  3. pinkpeace on How Do Women Get Sucked Into Mary Kay?October 28, 2026

    Well written, Suz! How well I remember the love bombing and how I interpreted it as women being supportive of…

  4. Claire on Princess FaithOctober 28, 2026

    At least she is honest about what she REALLY made,..$3.12 (no products either--a key-chain!) She factored in gas/food. Have to…

  5. Heather on Princess FaithOctober 28, 2026

    This is so degrading to her husband. I love that Rick trolled her on FB, but how and why he…

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