Written by Emanuel Mary Kay may not technically be a cult, but it has many characteristics of cults. My brother’s wife has been involved with Mary Kay, moving up into the ranks of a car driving sales director. They have Read more…
Written by SuzyQ The truth is that can’t stay at home with your children and make a living at Mary Kay. It takes lots and lots of time away, no matter what they tell you when they’re trying to recruit Read more…
Maybe YOU will be different. YOU could earn a living with Mary Kay while being home with your children. It’s just about working the numbers. What would those numbers be? The chances of making a real living in Mary Kay Read more…
Written by Nutmeg Yes, MK put a wedge in my marriage. I was a stay-at-home mom with 2 children and was feeling a little neglected by my husband’s very busy work/travel schedule. I decided to give MK a try to Read more…
Get involved with Mary Kay. Spend lots of money. And make sure your husband never knows about it. That’s the Husband Unawareness Plan. This is one of the more sinister aspects of Mary Kay Cosmetics. Of course, this is an Read more…
Written by Natalie I have 3 kids, and I’m going through a divorce. I was dragged to a Mary Kay party. I had been looking for a job at the time. I fell in love with the products and was Read more…
Written by NoEscape In Mary Kay we are told to take short term sacrifices for long term gains. But at whose expense? We are told to be women who find a way and make a way. But at whose expense? Read more…
The Mary Kaybots will say you’re unsupportive. They’ll tell your wife that you’re just “trying to hold her back,” or that you “don’t want her to have something just for herself.” You’ll be called negative. They’ll say you just don’t Read more…
Written by SuzyQ One of Mary Kay’s selling points to starry-eyed new recruits is the gift of time they can devote to their families and those they hold dear. After all, the priorities are said to be Faith First, Family Read more…
I’ve been watching the life and business of former Mary Kay “top director” Kelly Brock for a couple of years now. She left MK in late 2019 to start her coaching business. At first I was mostly excited for her. Read more…
I'm surprised any MLM stays in business! So many of them have already gone under or changed their business model.…
When you run the numbers on endless-chain recruiting schemes (as used in MLMs like Mary Kay), you will find that…
Nice catch! I had not noticed the evasion and assumption. === starting with “What if I told you..?”. It’s both…
Another beautifully written piece, Suz. You captured it all perfectly, as usual. The paragraph that starts "In a perfect MK…
But everyone can promote themselves whenever they want. Right?