As a sales director in Mary Kay, you will constantly be struggling to make the minimum production numbers of $4,500 per month. As a consultant, you’re told it’s easy. But the reality as a sales director is much different, and Read more…

Written by SuzyQ The backstage reality is what the audience does not see. When the actors are on the stage and the play has begun, you are seeing what you paid to see – a great performance that is designed Read more…

This story was submitted to us by “Suzanne” more than 10 years ago. I have no idea who she really was, and I wonder if she’s still in Mary Kay. I’m running the story again because I think it’s so Read more…

Mary Kay Inc. held its first in-person cult indoctrination session in two years! It was Leadership Conference, and it was held in Atlanta. This is where all sales directors and national sales directors gather for “training” and motivation. The event Read more…

Written by Raisinberry When I quit Mary Kay, it was mostly due to reading Pink Truth, and a validation of finally seeing in print, what I thought I alone suspected, all along. The words we were never able to utter, Read more…

There is a special way that the game is played in Mary Kay. You can’t get to directorship without signing up family and friends (and then buying products in their names) to round out your numbers. That’s the mild end Read more…

NSD…. the elusive dream. Almost no on gets there, despite so many who are actively working, trying, and doing all the things they were taught would lead to success. You only get to NSD with the right combination of luck, Read more…

If women in Mary Kay told the truth about the “opportunity,” they’d never recruit anyone. The truth is that it’s not about selling products, it’s about recruiting. Very little of the products that are ordered are actually sold to customers. Read more…

We’ve seen this before. The transition to quitting Mary Kay. Leah Cade is considered a “top director” in MK since she sometimes appears in Applause magazine. Her commissions that have shown up in the last year ranged from 6,000 to Read more…

Imagine devoting more than 30 years of your life to Mary Kay, and still not getting to the top. Cindy Machado Flippen doesn’t have to imagine. She has lived it. For 30 years she has been grinding… trying to get Read more…