One man’s experience with the religious indoctrination practiced in Pre-Paid Legal Services. By Matthew Armstrong I entered the room and took my seat. I was there out of male stupidity. I had been invited by an attractive young woman, but, Read more…

A comparison of commissions paid to distributors in 2005 and 2006. Average commission payments dropped from $101 per quarter in 2005 to $80 per quarter in 2006. During 2005, the Company paid in excess of $147 million in overrides and 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…

National sales director Lisa Madson says you CAN’T FAIL at Mary Kay. Apparently, all you have to do is attend seminar and you are guaranteed success. Sounds like false advertising to me! Here’s what Lisa had on her website about Read more…

This is the story of a former Mary Kay consultant who was  involved in the anti-Mary Kay community since early 2005. One day, I was at a gathering of friends (mostly from work), when one of the women (who had Read more…

Glitter galore on this chocolate brown creation.

After Pink Truth got in the way of Mary Kay’s planned July announcement of major product line changes by announcing it for them in January 2007, Mary Kay offered this information to sales directors who were shocked at the information. Read more…

We’ve been hearing for ages how Mary Kay is the “Best Selling Brand” of this that and the other. I think many of us are wise to how Mary Kay can make such claims: Hire a marketing company to go Read more…

In 2005, a jury found that Mary Kay Inc. infringed on the patent rights of TriStrata Technology Inc. (a subsidiary of Neostrata) in regards to their alpha-hydroyacid (AHA) technology. TriStrata was awarded over $26 million, and Mary Kay appealed. The Read more…

Written by Whiz Many here on Pink Truth have commented at the seemingly exorbitant cost of earning a Mary Kay Career Car. Considering the full co-op payments (or full cash compensation in lieu of using a career car) range from Read more…