A reader sent this to me to thank us for helping her avoid the Mary Kay scam. I love these emails! This, my friends, is the whole reason we exist. I want resources to be available to those who take Read more…

Written by SuzyQ I don’t think any of us have written about this experience so I will. As God is my witness, I thought it was 2016 but I don’t think that is accurate (Tracy: 2015, but close enough) and Read more…

Seriously, is MK all that bad?  I stumbled across your website and am surprised at all the negativity.  I am a firm believer in being in business for yourself and avoiding working at a J.O.B. (Just Over Broke). Its hard Read more…

A favorite pass time of many Mary Kay sales directors is bashing “Corporate America.” They refer to jobs as “J.O.B. – Journey of the Broke” and generally criticize the lack of flexibility surrounding traditional jobs.What they forget to mention is Read more…

I can’t help but feel sorry for this Mary Kay consultant. She is somewhere below Red Jacket level, but appears to really believe she’s going to be a national sales director in 5 years. She’s decided that she will have Read more…

A note from a reader who almost became a consultant… Hello, I just found your site today because I’m doing research on Mary Kay.  I have a friendly acquaintance who is a consultant and I’ve gone to two of her Read more…

It’s that time of year when the focus is creating class envy in Mary Kay. The haves and the have nots. The main even is the annual national sales director trip. Mary Kay loads up all of the nsds and Read more…

Mary Kay sales director Azzari Jones takes exception with us revealing MK’s change to the Timewise line early. She is so bothered by Pink Truth that she left us multiple comments. You may find it interesting that she scolds Frosty Read more…

Written by Raisinberry Being a Mary Kay director is hard! When you’re in DIQ, they tell you to just push through and work your face off. THIS is the hard part, they say. It gets easier after this. Not true. Read more…

Somer Fortenberry wants to be a Diamond Circle nsd this year, meaning that she would bring in $200,000 in commissions (before subtracting any business expenses). The only way to do that is for lowly consultants to spend their hard-earned money Read more…