Get In On the Ground Floor!
Written by Parsons Green
Pink Truth Superfan and failed Mary Kay Director Heather Wickstrom announced that the MLM she went to after her MK termination, Bellame, is opening in several international markets. She would like you to join her team.
And Heather sure has the MLM talking points down pat! This is a “ground floor” opportunity!!!! This is scam-speak to create urgency. You have to get in NOW because it’s so early and you have a greater chance of success!
Meanwhile, Heather is selling some of her old Mary Kay jewelry. I wonder why Heather needs this cash?
Paula thinks she should have the diamonds reset into a brand new piece, while Shalome offers a different suggestion.
The scam continues. Same scam, different company name. Much like it was during her time with MK, Heather thinks Bellame is the best ever, and she’s in this company for life, and she’s never seen something so incredible.
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“I could not buy something nor wear something I did not earn like this.”
For Pete’s sake, it’s a crummy pair of earrings, not the Congressional Medal of Honor.
I know these things are planned in advance but expanding into Canada when there have been tariffs and counter-traffics threatened?
Well, I for one am intrigued by this fauxportunity and intend to watch Heather…
She left MK and “rocketed” up the ladder at Bellame, likely by bringing over some MK people. She seems to now be stuck.
It’s no surprise that Bellame products are overpriced. For comparison, here are prices for 1oz. of Hyaluronic Acid:
— Bellame $64
— CeraVe $25
— The Ordinary $10
A Bellame mascara is $27, plus $13 shipping, plus tax. You need to order $125 to get free shipping. To get price and shipping breaks, you need to have an “active subscription.”
It’s a big, expensive pain.
“Hey…how’d you like to create a money-losing downline for me in your country? There is even a very small chance that you personally will not lose money! Doesn’t that sound like a great opportunity?”
Well, surely it’s like mary kay and recession proof — it’s tariff proof earnings! You won’t earn anything and you will sell below cost so you won’t even notice the punitive tariff factor in the end! And they even have their own MKASH!!! She’s got three names, Cindy Draper something!! Oh surely this must be divine intervention for Heather!!! A new MLMmamallama!!! Oh Joyous Days Are Here Again!!
Popinki – NAILED IT!!! I chucked audibly and still am at Congressional Medal of Honor! Worship the jewelry GIRLS, worship the jewelry!
Arghhh — I did NOT chuck. I chuckled! Sorry Popinki!!!! CHUCKLED CHUCKLED CHUCKLED
LOL I didn’t even notice the typo. As long as you’re chucking stuff at Heather and not me XD
By the time the masses hear about the “ground floor opportunity”, the upper ranks are filled with the cronies of the founders, high-ranking folk from other MLMs who have been bribed to jump ship, and high ranking folk from the parent MLM.
You will be pushing them up the pyramid.
I don’t think she’s being very transparent about the word “founder”. The founders were in place from the beginning. But she knows she must recruit, or see no money.
If “getting in on the ground floor” is a prerequisite to success, that’s a big tipoff that this is a pyramid scheme.
$550 for a crappy bar pin that anyone that earned it would have, unless they lost it and really?
I loved Sarah’s responses.
Who is going to pay that much money for that pin? 🤨 Get the jewelry appraised by a professional. Mary Kay inflates the value so you’ll take the jewelry instead of the cash bonus.