This email has been circulating for years. It is meant to seem professional, almost as if it was a real live exit interview from a real live job. It also makes it seem as if your sales director cares why Read more…

We’ve talked before about sales directors ordering too much inventory, so let’s go back to ABC’s 20/20 segment about Mary Kay and Pink Truth. Two of the biggest problems in Mary Kay Cosmetics are the lack of retail sales of Read more…

Written by Pinkpeace How many times have we heard it or read it? “No one put a gun to your head to make you go into debt.” Well, technically Ms. Kaybot, that is a true statement. Years ago when I Read more…

Written by SuzyQ They tell you… “If you do not have a full store, and are attempting to sell out of an empty wagon… not only will you have an upset customer, she might even call another consultant who has 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…

You’ve just been recruited into Mary Kay, and your recruiter and sales director are telling you that you need inventory. You can’t sell from an empty wagon! No one wants to wait for their products! Sephora has products on their Read more…

Written by Frosty Rose There was a long-standing policy in Mary Kay, unwritten as far as I can find, of buying back 100% of a deceased active consultant’s inventory from her estate. Granted, there were hoops to jump through (when Read more…

Written by MaryKayExploitsWomen Many sales directors in Mary Kay are very hesitant about recruiting personal use consultants. Their excuse is that they don’t want to invest all of their time in training personal use consultants if they aren’t going to Read more…

Written by Frosty Rose A few weeks ago, we looked at how little money sales directors are actually earning, backed by real numbers out of the Jamie Taylor national area. But what about the other half of the equation that Read more…

A Mary Kay sales director’s entire life revolves around recruiting and initial inventory orders. Units are maintained with initial inventory orders. Cars are won with initial inventory orders. The first order a consultant makes almost always represents the most product Read more…