Jon Taylor was a well-known researcher of multi-level marketing. One of his studies involved a telephone survey of over 200 tax preparers in Idaho and Utah. His findings were discussed in his 2012 book The Case (For and) Against Multi-Level Read more…

Written by SuzyQ Oh, your first 30 days in Mary Kay Cosmetics. Such an exciting time! So much to learn! So much to do! 30 faces in your first 30 days! But here’s the reality of what goes on those Read more…

Written by Frosty Rose One of the most common rebuttals offered by our Friday Critics when confronted with the abysmal earning reports for Mary Kay consultants is that those disclosures only show commissions on team building. Not everyone chooses to Read more…

In an effort to try and prove why Mary Kay Cosmetics isn’t a pyramid and isn’t like those other bad companies, the author of this document may have inadvertently done the opposite. The Mary Kay legal department offered this document Read more…

Written by Parsonsgreen Megan Coleman, Mary Kay sales director in the Jamie Taylor Verge Area explains the Mary Kay compensation plan on Instagram. It is simple! She neglects to mention – 1. You have to order $225 Wholesale to unclock Read more…

Written by Frosty Rose and Parsonsgreen Mary Kay national sales director Lynnea Tate never disappoints. She shared recognition in the Directors Only Facebook page, bragging on the top consultants in her whole wide area, so impressive! Surely, there’s nothing for Read more…

Written by An Anonymous Reader I’m generally a lurker, but I’ve posted to the site occasionally since I joined. I’ve never been in Mary Kay or any MLM, but I found Pink Truth when looking up “MLM cult” after my Read more…

Robert FitzPatrick of Pyramid Scheme Alert has conducted extensive research on multi-level marketing companies (MLMs). The research can be difficult with companies like Mary Kay, which are privately owned and therefore don’t release hardly any information about the dismal earnings Read more…

Yet another moment of “you don’t own your own business” when you’re a Mary Kay consultant. If you owned your own business, you’d be able to go on TikTok and talk about it however you choose. But your Mary Kay Read more…

If multi-level marketing is one huge scam, how do they stay in  business? How is it that consumers don’t know it’s a pyramid scheme? Why are thousands of people signing up for MLMs each day? Haven’t they heard by now? Read more…