The CBS affiliate in Philadelphia ran a story yesterday about women doing direct selling in a recession to “supplement” their income. Of course, Rhonda Shasteen of Mary Kay got to have her say…. telling the world that women will spend Read more…
Multi-level marketing expert Robert FitzPatrick analyzes the commission payouts to Arbonne representatives.
Search the Direct Selling Association’s member database for sellers of skincare and cosmetics, and you’ll find 55 members. Multi-level marketing companies selling beauty products are a dime a dozen. Arbonne International is one of the better known beauty MLMs, right Read more…
Paula Begoun, who calls herself the Cosmetics Cop, reviews Arbonne and a few of the company’s products. Paula says that she receives more email about Arbonne than any other “direct sales” cosmetics line. Now I disagree with the characterization of Read more…
Arbonne Internationalis yet another cosmetics multi-level marketing company (MLM). The company’s claim to fame is that the products are “botanical”. They market themselves as “different” from the other cosmetics MLMs, particularly Mary Kay. The bottom line, however, is that Arbonne Read more…

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Thank you so much for this story. I used MK for 20 years before I became a consultant. I had…
I think it was Barbara Sunden, a now-retired NSD from New Jersey. She was a top NSD that year, but…
“Attended 2 seminars. Saw MK at one where she chastised a NSD on stage. I don’t think MK was too…
Sadly it's UK market only. There is an amateur version mooted to be coming out next year, pro version at…
If you are able to provide deets on this new product, I, for one, would be all ears!