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Pink Truth

  • Welcome
    • For New Mary Kay Consultants
    • FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions
    • Mary Kay Truths
  • About Pink Truth
    • Site Guidelines and Rules
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact Pink Truth
  • 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
  • Returning Inventory
    • FAQ About Quitting Mary Kay
    • Returning Your Starter Kit
    • Product Date Codes
  • Mary Kay Documents
    • Mary Kay Consultant Agreement
    • 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)
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Pink Truth

Culture & Manipulation

Maybe She Needs the Truth

Posted on February 13, 2020

Below is a little piece entitled “Maybe She Needs Me.” Here’s big news: No one needs Mary Kay. They don’t need a consultant’s fake (warm chattering) compliment. They don’t need Mary Kay’s average (or below) products… they’ve got Walgreen’s. They Read more…

Inventory & Selling

Mary Kay Distribution Changes

Posted on February 12, 2020

An employee of Mary Kay Inc. just tipped me off that the company is discontinuing 4 of the 5 distribution centers that were servicing the sales force. All customer service employees other than those at the Dallas facility have been Read more…

Inventory & Selling

The 90% Buyback Guarantee

Posted on February 11, 2020

One of the “selling points” used to lure recruits into Mary Kay is the promise of being able to get 90% of your money back on your inventory. Indeed, a fan of Mary Kay touted this “benefit” to me: A Read more…

Sales Directors

Small (Cadillac) Unit Meetings

Posted on February 10, 2020

Yesterday Cadillac director Ali Zornes posted Instagram stories showing her new Mary Kay office and studio in her family’s basement. She just remodeled it, and it’s cute. But I couldn’t help but notice the unit meeting area. (Yes, she did Read more…

Numbers

Mary Kay Bonus Payments

Posted on February 3, 2020

Mary Kay has come up with a new schedule for paying bonuses to consultants, directors, and NSDs. Instead of the old once-a-month payment of bonuses, they’re now going to do it 1 to 3 days after bonus was earned. I Read more…

Pink Truth Critics

A Pink Truth Critic From Germany

Posted on January 31, 2020

Pink Truth appears to be enriching the lives of women all around the world! This one is from a sales director in Germany. Wie krank und verbittert muss man sein, wenn man erkennt, dass man unfähig ist Erfolg zu haben! Read more…

Failure in MLMNSD

NSD Kristin Sharpe Wants to Be Debt Free

Posted on January 30, 2020

The big selling point for Mary Kay or any MLM is the financial freedom you can have. Despite the fact that 99% of MLM participants lose money, they still crow about how much you can make. A tiny fraction of Read more…

Products

New Products Spring 2020

Posted on January 25, 2020

Here are the new Mary Kay products coming out in spring. Consultants aren’t supposed to know about these until February 1st.

Inventory & Selling

Who Is Selling Mary Kay Products? Not Chelsea Claytor!

Posted on January 23, 2020

At first glance, you may be impressed to hear Chelsea Claytor say that she has sold $200,000 of Mary Kay products in 5 years. Wow! That’s a ton of makeup. But then you dig into the claim, and realize what Read more…

Quitting Mary Kay

Mary Kay Money Problems

Posted on January 22, 2020

A former Mary Kay consultant decided to sell her red jacket. She got a response from her recruiter saying she must really need money. This was her email back. No, I’m not really in need of money, and kind of Read more…

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Pink Truth Discussion Board

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    There was a specific demographic of privileged, usually white families who could afford for Mom to stay home playing bridge…

  2. Destiny Angel on I Can Succeed in Mary Kay Again!July 19, 2025

    You see this attitude amongst fundies women/ trad-wives that women were always and forever stay at home wives and mothers.…

  3. Wasrings90 on I Can Succeed in Mary Kay Again!July 19, 2025

    Ok maybe its just the area I was brought up in, but I have to laugh at the most women…

  4. Frosty Rose on I Can Succeed in Mary Kay Again!July 19, 2025

    I had 4 $1,000 weeks in a row and a really bad month at my J.O.B. I quit so I…

  5. SpunSilk on I Can Succeed in Mary Kay Again!July 19, 2025

    The problem for me wasn’t consistent selling, that part was easy. The hard part was finding new people to sell…

 

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