I’ve long felt that Avon is really no better than any other MLM out there which pushes recruiting and building the pyramid. For years, Avon did have more of a focus on retail sales, but the profits to be made Read more…
Written by Lazy Gardens We’ve made of fun of Kaybonics, the repetitive slogans, sayings and jargon that fills Mary Kay e-mails and speeches. But it’s not funny. In a high-control group like Mary Kay, Kaybonics serves a purpose: it gives Read more…
A college student critiques Pink Truth. And I just have to say that if one has to buy friends for $100, and Mary Kay is their only way to do so, they’ve got more problems than we can help them Read more…
On our discussion board, members are talking about how the numbers in Mary Kay are down. It’s being seen across units, and the message is clear when MK execs are talking about record numbers of “visits” to the corporate website Read more…
Same old same old. It seems the only tricks Mary Kay Cosmetics has left up their sleeve are: 1. Packaging changes or unnecessary "new and improved" products that are really only a ploy to make consultants order more, or 2. Read more…
I am so happy that one Mary Kaybot had the presence of mind to ask what the real story is behind this website and the owner. She certainly couldn’t have looked at this page and read about us there. The Read more…
A couple of weeks ago there were some important rulings in the lawsuit Mary Kay Cosmetics brought against Touch of Pink Cosmetics and Amy and Scott Weber. Parts of their case were thrown out of courts, while others will proceed Read more…
In August of last year, Mary Kay ran a promotion offering a “$100 rebate” for new consultants. This gimmick worked the first time around, according to Mary Kay: Rhonda Shasteen, Mary Kay’s Chief Marketing Officer, point out, “In fact, in Read more…
The person in the #10 spot for "personal + team" had a mere $1200 in combined orders! That's pitiful!
I think it is very telling that Jamie does not let her consultants see the totals for the directors!!!
I saw that series! Kirsten Dunst played the lead and the show was loosely based on Amway.
Excellent eye opener!
There was a TV series on MLMs 5 years ago, I caught it, and it was frighteningly realistic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Becoming_a_God_in_Central_Florida Again,…