About 6 months before Mary Kay's scheduled announcement, Pink Truth announced that Mary Kay Cosmetics was planning on changing its entire line of color cosmetics. That would include compacts, lipsticks, cheek colors, eye colors, foundations… the whole works with Read more…
Written by Robin Peters In my comments and forum postings on Pink Truth, I have observed that I consider it desirable for a cosmetics company to "tweak" its line of color cosmetics every season to reflect the changes in garment Read more…
Why change all the color cosmetics at Mary Kay Inc. Wasn’t the platinum packaging nice? Wasn’t it hip? Didn’t our customers like it? Apparently not. In 2008, Mary Kay Cosmetics decided to make a massive change to all of the Read more…
Since I told you over a year ago that Mary Kay was redoing their entire color cosmetic line, I have maintained that the only real reason to make this big change was money for Mary Kay. *gasp* You’re thinking: “But Read more…
Mary Kay consultants and customers are often confused by the date codes used by Mary Kay Cosmetics, as well as what the true shelf life of the products is. This is a short guide to help you decode it all. Read more…
Mary Kay has updated information on the product line changes. New Lipsticks There are a lot of changes… check MK In Touch for details. Here’s what they will look like:
I don’t know who started the rumor that Mary Kay’s classic basic skin care was being discontinued, but Darrell Overcash denied it in February 2007. The rumors persist, however, that the classic line will be replaced with the botanical line Read more…
Apparently the 100% satisfaction guarantee isn’t really 100%, according to one of those emails that gets circulated to death by Mary Kay sales directors and national sales directors. According to this email, corporate is now denying certain requests for product Read more…
After Pink Truth got in the way of Mary Kay’s planned July announcement of major product line changes by announcing it for them in January 2007, Mary Kay offered this information to sales directors who were shocked at the information. Read more…
On January 16, 2007, Pink Truth announced that Mary Kay was changing its entire color cosmetic line, to include lipsticks, compacts, eyeshadows, blushes, and eyeliners. Mary Kay Inc. intended to make the announcement in July 2007, and in fact the Read more…
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,…
Thanks for this great breakdown, Frosty! Seeing a real-life example like this, along with the math of "what's the most…