Written by Raisinberry Time is truly the great healer. I offer that today as a message of hope for all the readers of Pink Truth. The day will come when in “full circle” fashion, you will return to your former Read more…
What do you do when you’ve run out of people to bother about Mary Kay? This is the reason so little of the products that are ordered from MK actually end up in the hands of a real consumer. Because Read more…
I found this piece on an old site that hasn’t been updated in almost a decade. But it’s a great read from someone who wants you to know that your failure in Mary Kay is all your fault. It was Read more…
Written by Raisinberry After I resigned from Mary Kay, I found that I gained greater clarity over time. Where little white lies once seemed to be no big deal, I started to realize the damage that they caused. Actions that Read more…
Written by JTA After I left my role as “NSD to be,” I observed some very interesting and disturbing things with my Mary Kay offspring. They were doing fake orders (i.e. ordering products they don’t need and won’t sell) to Read more…
Mary Kay sales director Jaci Baccus went to church last week and heard something she didn’t like. She heard the truth from her pastor: That MLMs (like Mary Kay) are abusive scams. As a result, Jaci felt ashamed of what Read more…
This is a piece that is supposed to teach new directors how to really “work” Mary Kay and grow their numbers fast. Unknowingly, she gives a glimpse into the truth about MK: that the numbers work against the director. After Read more…
Written by Raisinberry If you have been in Mary Kay for any length of time you are aware of a typical meeting involving a “scoreboard line up” of top sellers in your unit. The count up begins for what was Read more…
Why do Mary Kay sales directors push so hard for consultants to be “star consultants”???? It’s not because it helps the consultants. A star consultant is simply someone who has ordered $1,800 wholesale or more during a quarter. In real Read more…
Pink Truth has been around a long time. We started on July 4, 2006, first as “Mary Kay Sucks” and then becoming Pink Truth a few months later. That’s over FIFTEEN years ago. And at the time, Mary Kay Inc., Read more…
Decisions, decisions. Pay $2400 for some unsellable cosmetics, and get a $50 vacuum cleaner for free, or else use your…
And don’t forget, they tax these “prizes” on your 1099. They are reported as income after a certain level.
Big time using FOMO against the sales force! I was my biggest motivator ... and my SD MIL used that…
The first 1800 star points each quarter are a 1-1 equivalent to wholesale dollars. $1,800 wholesale (consultant cost) order =…
They use Fear of Missing Out to the worse degree