A few years ago, former Mary Kay national sales director Amy Dunlap was sued by Mary Kay Inc. for breaching her agreement with them. It’s interesting how these women such as Amy and Allison LaMarr (now known as Chaya Mushka Read more…
“We’re not a pyramid scheme!” “We’re not an MLM!” You hear Mary Kay’s loyal followers chant these themes over and over. I think it’s pretty clear that Mary Kay Cosmetics is a barely legal product-based pyramid scheme. The company is Read more…
Thank you for seeking out Pink Truth. You may have just seen the story on Mary Kay Cosmetics on ABC’s 20/20, and you probably want more information. Contrary to what our critics will tell you, this site is not full Read more…
Yesterday we discussed the lawsuit between Mary Kay Cosmetics and former National Sales Director Amy Dunlap. Mary Kay is suing Amy for using information on MK consultants to recruit to Isagenix. Amy is counterclaiming, saying that MK lies to women Read more…
A 1997 article from Forbes magazine does an excellent job of explaining the pyramid that is multi-level marketing. And I don’t think anyone is going to accuse Forbes of being “bitter ex-MK consultants who coudn’t make it” or “anti-MLM zealots Read more…
Mary Kay Inc. still hasn’t gotten the message. While the owners of the company and the fat cats at the top of the pyramid get rich off the millions of women below, there is no incentive for them to change Read more…
I love showing the numbers for Mary Kay product sales. What better way of proving that this company is a product-based pyramid scheme? Yes, I said it. Pyramid scheme. Almost no one is making a living from selling products. So Read more…
This article comes from a site called StopSpam.org. The site’s primary purpose seems to be stopping email scams. However, they included this article which addresses the multi-level marketing (MLM) and pyramid scheme issue. I think that Mary Kay falls under Read more…
An October 2005 article from Smart Money for someone considering joining Mary Kay. QUESTION: A Mary Kay representative told me that if I became a rep, I could deduct the cost of my skin-care and cosmetics products from my taxes Read more…
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