For nearly the entire existence of Mary Kay, there was a little loophole in the recruiting rules that allowed a sales director to unfairly benefit after a woman completed DIQ and became a director. Under the old rules, anyone recruited Read more…
Mary Kay ladies will never tell you the truth about being a sales director: You’re likely to make only minimum wage. You’re likely to miss the minimum monthly production over and over, so if you want to keep your unit, Read more…
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. I hope you can enjoy your day free from the burden of pushing Mary Kay products on your family and friends. Today I’m thankful for the opportunity to build a business that I love, one that supports Read more…
Written by The Scribbler When your sales director or NSD “believe” (or in Mary Kay-speak, “bee-lieve”) in you, it is easier to get you to order products you don’t need. The “business” of MK is based heavily on emotional manipulation. Read more…
Almost ten years after Robert FitzPatrick wrote his 10 Big Lies of MLM, he wrote the flip side of it, the 10 Big Truths of MLM. Again, he is spot on with his analysis and nearly all of his points Read more…
More than ten years ago, Robert FitzPatrick wrote “The 10 Big Lies of Multi-Level Marketing.” Robert has studied MLMs and pyramid schemes for decades and is the author of the book False Profits and the head of Pyramid Scheme Alert. Read more…
One of the biggest challenges in Mary Kay (or any MLM, for that matter) is getting new people interesting in holding parties. Where do you find these women? You can only hang out in Starbucks or the aisles at Target Read more…
When you first become a Mary Kay Consultant, you are told that the “real money” is in becoming a sales director. They flaunt the “high commission checks” and make you believe that these “high checks” are normal checks. (Note: They’re Read more…
Every month Mary Kay’s truth is published in black and white. It’s called Applause Magazine. Mary Kay publishes the top earners and recruiters in the U.S. because the bragging rights help recruit more people and get consultants and directors to Read more…
This summer (when she was desperately trying to qualify for a Cadillac), Ali Zornes was waxing poetic on Instagram about how lucky she was to find Mary Kay. And all the way at the end, she says that the Mary Read more…
I am a Mary Kay Beauty Consultant and I love it! I feel so bad that many of you have…
She ain't showing us her Schedule C. She won't even bother to give us a number. I think every time…
"Were you all forced at gunpoint to place a large inventory order. " ... Lying for profit is called FRAUD…
“How can a company founded on ideals such as, “Enriching Women’s Lives” “Faith first, Family second, and Career third” and…
It’s getting really boring to hear beauty consultants repeating the same damn script. I guess my 10 years in the…