Pink Truth: The Myth of Stability In Mary Kay

Pink Truth Facts, opinions, and the real story behind Mary Kay Cosmetics.

The Myth of Stability In Mary Kay Nov 20th 2012, 12:00 A favorite passtime of many Mary Kay sales directors is bashing “Corporate America.” They refer to jobs as “J.O.B. – Journey of the Broke” and generally criticize the lack of flexibility surrounding traditional jobs. What they forget to mention is the steady paycheck, the benefits, the paid vacation, and all sorts of nice things. One [...]

Pink Truth: Fake it Till You Make It in Mary Kay

Pink Truth Facts, opinions, and the real story behind Mary Kay Cosmetics.

Fake it Till You Make It in Mary Kay Nov 19th 2012, 12:00 Written by MaryKayExploitsWomen “Fake it Till You Make It” is the mantra that Mary Kay directors foist upon their consultants, and especially upon their women in Direcor-In-Qualification (DIQ). Why do they insist that you “fake it till you make it”?  Simple.  If you are honest at the pow-wows about your ACTUAL retail sales, the water [...]

Pink Truth: Premier Club Director Gail’s Earnings

Pink Truth Facts, opinions, and the real story behind Mary Kay Cosmetics.

Premier Club Director Gail's Earnings Nov 16th 2012, 12:00 I wanted to examine the income of a Premier Club sales director. There are about 13,000 sales directors in the United States, and only a few thousand of those are Premier Club or Cadillac drivers. When you make it to those levels, you are assumed to be doing well, as not many sales directors get [...]

Pink Truth: Your Downline’s Failure is Your Gain

Pink Truth Facts, opinions, and the real story behind Mary Kay Cosmetics.

Your Downline's Failure is Your Gain Nov 15th 2012, 12:00 Written by Raisinberry It's time to share one of the most self serving and diabolical aspects of National Sales Directorship in Mary Kay Cosmetics. While you may have thought you had heard it all, you have not. There's more. To highlight the aspect I am about to share, we need to be reminded about what [...]

Pink Truth: Feeling the Mary Kay Love…

Pink Truth Facts, opinions, and the real story behind Mary Kay Cosmetics.

Feeling the Mary Kay Love… Nov 14th 2012, 12:00 I always find it amusing that women who are so “positive” and “fulfilled” through their Mary Kay Cosmetics experience can hurl such insults and threats at us. Gosh, if we’re so horrible, why do they want to stoop down to our level? Check out the advice for us from this happy and loving Mary Kay [...]

Pink Truth: Mary Kay NSD Pamela Shaw on Interviewing

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Mary Kay NSD Pamela Shaw on Interviewing Nov 13th 2012, 12:00 Written by The Scribbler If this script were made into a movie, it would be titled, “Is there any reason why we couldn't get your Starter Kit ordered?"  The pushy phrase is shoved into the potential recruit’s face a minimum of three times. 1. Cast the Vision “I appreciate your time and want you to [...]

Pink Truth: The Cult of Mary Kay’s Guide For Targeting & Manipulating Women

Pink Truth Facts, opinions, and the real story behind Mary Kay Cosmetics.

The Cult of Mary Kay's Guide For Targeting & Manipulating Women Nov 12th 2012, 12:30 Written by Dienekes No matter what type of personality you are, the Cult of Mary Kay has a script to use on you For the last few years that my spouse was in Mary Kay, I became extremely suspicious of what I  began to refer to (and still do) as “The Cult.” Of course, this [...]

Pink Truth: Top Ten Reasons to Get Out of Mary Kay Directorship

Pink Truth Facts, opinions, and the real story behind Mary Kay Cosmetics.

Top Ten Reasons to Get Out of Mary Kay Directorship Nov 9th 2012, 12:00 Written by Raisinberry #10- No longer having to attend the annual clap and cry session in Dallas, awarding women for their ability to use multiple credit cards. #9- To relearn proper spelling of words like, “bee-lieve”, Bee-come, Bee-long, Un-bee-lievable, bee-tween, bee-half, bee-no, un-bee-table…. #8- To develop intelligent language skills to replace, “awesome! dream big! pink [...]

Pink Truth: None of These Mary Kay Women Could Relate

Pink Truth Facts, opinions, and the real story behind Mary Kay Cosmetics.

None of These Mary Kay Women Could Relate Nov 8th 2012, 12:00 Another love note from the pink cult: This site is scary, to say the least.  Wow… these women are so bitter.  Why don't they just move on?  Mary Kay is not the devil and not all of the women involved in MK are mindless robots.  I do not sale MK, but I do use the [...]

Pink Truth: Defogging From Mary Kay and Coming Back to Reality

Pink Truth Facts, opinions, and the real story behind Mary Kay Cosmetics.

Defogging From Mary Kay and Coming Back to Reality Nov 7th 2012, 12:00 Written by SuzyQ Welcome to my world.  I thought this would be a fun time to tell you about my little former wanna-be area. I think we are interesting, but maybe the rest of you won't. We'll see. My senior director has had an interesting career with MK. I think we are going on about [...]

Pink Truth: D.I.S.C. Manipulation in Mary Kay

Pink Truth Facts, opinions, and the real story behind Mary Kay Cosmetics.

D.I.S.C. Manipulation in Mary Kay Nov 6th 2012, 12:00 Written by DePinkMe There is great value in understanding people’s personality types.  Many companies use systems like D.I.S.C with great success in training their sales staff, not just Mary Kay. Have you ever heard anyone make this comment about a workaholic: “He’s such a type A personality.”  There are other analysis systems that use A,B,C,D.  [...]

Pink Truth: Secrets to Mary Kay Success: Churn as Many DIQs as Fast as Possible

Pink Truth Facts, opinions, and the real story behind Mary Kay Cosmetics.

Secrets to Mary Kay Success: Churn as Many DIQs as Fast as Possible Nov 5th 2012, 12:00 Are you wondering how the latest and greatest Mary Kay national sales directors got there? It’s simple. They churned DIQs (directors in qualification) fast and furious. Those who don’t make it to director really don’t matter because there are plenty of others trying. (And even though some don’t finish DIQ, they add thousands to the [...]

Pink Truth: Don’t Let Anyone Steal Your Dream

Pink Truth Facts, opinions, and the real story behind Mary Kay Cosmetics.

Don't Let Anyone Steal Your Dream Nov 2nd 2012, 11:00 Written by Raisinberry There is a very curious thing about being told by a Mary Kay  NSD, not to let anyone “steal your dream”. When you dissect this directive, you begin to discover an elaborate straw man, used against you to misdirect objective thought. The first time I heard it, I wondered how she knew [...]

Pink Truth: Rush for Red: Why Do it Slow When You Can Do it Fast?

Pink Truth Facts, opinions, and the real story behind Mary Kay Cosmetics.

Rush for Red: Why Do it Slow When You Can Do it Fast? Nov 1st 2012, 11:00 Written by LighterShadeOfPink This is part of my "I story" and how I became a Red Jacket. I started out as a Mary Kay customer with a facial with my soon-to-be Sales Director.  My first purchase was the Miracle Set, eye products, and Satin Lips.  My SD said, "I think you would be great at [...]

Pink Truth: For Mary Kay Sales Directors Who Need More Production

Pink Truth Facts, opinions, and the real story behind Mary Kay Cosmetics.

For Mary Kay Sales Directors Who Need More Production Oct 31st 2012, 11:00 Some coaching from a Mary Kay senior sales director on how her offspring directors can get consultants to order more at month end…. Let's not kid ourselves. This is the heart of the pyramid scheme: recruit and frontload. Notice that this email has absolutely NOTHING to do with selling the product. It is pure recruiting [...]

Pink Truth: No One Put a Gun to Your Head!

Pink Truth Facts, opinions, and the real story behind Mary Kay Cosmetics.

No One Put a Gun to Your Head! Oct 30th 2012, 11:00 Written by Lazy Gardens Seven for Seven: Team Building Tactics for Wanna-Bees Mary Kay upliners are fond of numbered lists, so here’s a list of seven proven tactics* to gain control over another person without putting a gun to her head. I mean, guns are tacky, right? And Mary Kay is against tackiness, unless it [...]

Pink Truth: Mary Kay Directors and Ethics

Pink Truth Facts, opinions, and the real story behind Mary Kay Cosmetics.

Mary Kay Directors and Ethics Oct 29th 2012, 11:00 This message was recently posted by a sales director on a board for Mary Kay directors only: Anybody have a letter or email you send to a new DIQ’s team members?  I have a new DIQ with a very weak team and I really want to encourage them to rally behind her! Thanks! And the [...]

Aside from the fact that Tracy is stretching quite a bit and reading quite a bit into this situation (her own reader kind of calls her out on it), the questions are good questions and worthy of considering - assuming that her assumptions are accurate.

Pink Truth: Caption This Mary Kay Photo

Pink Truth Facts, opinions, and the real story behind Mary Kay Cosmetics.

Caption This Mary Kay Photo Oct 27th 2012, 17:51 This is one of my all-time favorite photos of a Mary Kay event. Leave your caption in the comments section!

Every time that Pink Truth does this (pick on a picture of Mary Kay), they demonstrate their lack of anything constructive to say. This picture, as well as many before it, is just a picture of MK women having fun and breaking out of their "normal" comfort level (an important exercise for anyone engaging in sales). I think what irritates me about Pink Truth doing this is that those are meant to be 'safe' environments where you can lighten up a little and have fun and NOT be made fun of.  It is somehow a violation to hear/see women teasing other women for letting down their guard for a few minutes and having fun. If Pink Truth truly feels (as I know they do) that these women letting their guard down is detrimental, a word of warning is in order. But teasing and making insulting, injurious comments is unwarranted and sickening.

Pink Truth: How Many Cons Can You Run Trying to Recruit Someone Into Mary Kay

Pink Truth Facts, opinions, and the real story behind Mary Kay Cosmetics.

How Many Cons Can You Run Trying to Recruit Someone Into Mary Kay Oct 26th 2012, 11:00 I got this email  and was amused at the variety of creepy/dishonest tactics this Mary Kay recruiter used to try to lure someone into Mary Kay. I sincerely want to thank Pink Truth from the bottom of my heart for the information posted on this website!  I am a Pink Truth success story.  My eyes were opened [...]

It will be interesting to see if anyone on Pink Truth asks this vivacious gal for proof of her $100k/year - $150/hr work at home, flexible hours job that has left her with credit card debt... Just one of the holes in this story that jumps out at me.

Pink Truth: The Non-Retail “Direct Selling” Company

Pink Truth Facts, opinions, and the real story behind Mary Kay Cosmetics.

The Non-Retail "Direct Selling" Company Oct 25th 2012, 11:00 Written by Robert FitzPatrick As market-based economies become the prevailing global model, millions of people are being exposed to sales promotions, income opportunity solicitations, and investment schemes with which they have no experience or knowledge. Vulnerability to deception and the need for consumer education correspondingly reach global heights. One especially dangerous deception is now luring [...]

We finally see where the 99% figure comes from.  Some observations. 1. This article itself suggests that 99% "will not see profit" which is different from "lose money" which is what Pink Truth often trumpets. 2. As applied to Mary Kay, (and II think most companies of this sort) is untrue or misleading.  There is no definition of "profit", but if we suggest that profit means more money coming in than going out, than even people with no one under them stand to see a profit (albeit a small one). 3. Even if the ones that have no one under them don't sell any of their product, but only use it themselves and pass it around to friends, they genuinely have not made a profit, but would not really be considered to have lost money either.  I don't suggest that most people who shop in a Best Buy lose money just because they left the store with less money than they had when they went in.  They have purchased products.  They have transacted business.  We don't call that losing money. In other observations, he closes by saying that "cold facts" are what expose these so called pyramid schemes, but I don't see any cold facts in this article, only opinions, woefully lacking math skills and inaccurately drawn conclusions. Pity.

Pink Truth: Little White Lies in Mary Kay

Pink Truth Facts, opinions, and the real story behind Mary Kay Cosmetics.

Little White Lies in Mary Kay Oct 24th 2012, 11:00 Written by Raisinberry Well I think I may have figured out why many of us lingered too long at the Mary Kay dance before coming to our senses. I have been thinking over this past year that I can't believe a woman like me, reasonably intelligent, would have fallen for the hype for so many [...]

Two things come to mind about this post that confused me to the point of making the entire thing seem pointless. 1.  "I am in my first year" when you have only done two or three classes is not a white lie.  It is not a lie at all.  It is true.  "Borrowing" someone else's "I-story" is lying.  I personally don't get the whole "white lie" concept.  Either you are telling the truth or you are not. 2. Did I miss where raisinberry explains why she lied?  I don't see it anywhere. This doesn't sound like a slow spiral downward, it sounds like someone who made a conscious decision to be dishonest.  Was she prompted to do so by someone she thought she could trust? Sounds like it.  Is it a problem that women in Mary Kay are encouraging this behavior?  Of course.  Does it in any way negate raisinberry's ability to be an adult woman and choose for herself?  In my opinion, no. The rest of the post is unreadable for all the white noise surrounding these discrepancies.

Pink Truth: Mary Kay Ash and the Miracle of the 10 Class Week

Pink Truth Facts, opinions, and the real story behind Mary Kay Cosmetics.

Mary Kay Ash and the Miracle of the 10 Class Week Oct 23rd 2012, 11:00 Written by Lazy Gardens You’ve heard legends of old geezers coming back and showing the new generation how it’s really done. John Wayne as the aging gunfighter or grizzled sergeant leads the charge against the bad guys, Lassie comes off her comfy rug to battle a blizzard and save Timmy one more time, or the [...]

I can summarize this really quick and save you the time of reading it yourself. "I hate Mary Kay so I am going to cast a shadow of doubt on this little part of this book by saying "I doubt that" and "Probably more like..." a bunch of times.

Pink Truth: The Real Truth Behind Mary Kay’s “Avenues of Income”

Pink Truth Facts, opinions, and the real story behind Mary Kay Cosmetics.

The Real Truth Behind Mary Kay's "Avenues of Income" Oct 22nd 2012, 11:00 Written by Raisinberry If you were paying attention at your "practice" recruiting interview or guest event, you'll recall your recruiter or Future Director telling you about all the ways that you can make money in Mary Kay. Ultimately it came down to 3 "avenues of income". One way was selling your own product to consumers, [...]

Not sure about the whole thing, but an interesting peek inside from an "I hate Mary Kay" perspective.

Pink Truth: Caption This Mary Kay Photo

Pink Truth Facts, opinions, and the real story behind Mary Kay Cosmetics.

Caption This Mary Kay Photo Oct 20th 2012, 11:00

More Pink Truth silliness.

Pink Truth: Pink Truth Is a “Public Display of Your Fundamental Personality Flaws”

Pink Truth Facts, opinions, and the real story behind Mary Kay Cosmetics.

Pink Truth Is a "Public Display of Your Fundamental Personality Flaws" Oct 19th 2012, 11:00 Really, sometimes the hate mail I receive is so heartwarming. I realize that many Kaybots don’t understand that there is almost no good in Mary Kay. I said it. How much good can really come out of a company in which 99% of women lose money? Not much! Here is a lovely email from a [...]

Really busy this week, no response from me, but here's what Pink Truth has been up to.

Pink Truth: 50 Reasons I’m Happy I Quit Mary Kay

Pink Truth Facts, opinions, and the real story behind Mary Kay Cosmetics.

50 Reasons I'm Happy I Quit Mary Kay Oct 18th 2012, 11:00 Written by SuzyQ Years after leaving Mary Kay, I think about the emotions I had when I left the big pink cult. The first thing I felt was relief. It was really, really over, and I didn't have to worry about Mary Kay any more.  To this day, I still reflect sometimes on all the [...]

Really busy this week, no response from me, but here's what Pink Truth has been up to.

Pink Truth: Your Husband’s a Shallow Schmuck!

Pink Truth Facts, opinions, and the real story behind Mary Kay Cosmetics.

Your Husband's a Shallow Schmuck! Oct 17th 2012, 11:00 Written by The Scribbler Yes, you have heard this one – many potential recruits have. Oh sure, the recruiter's not going to come right out and tell you what a Neanderthal the company thinks your hubby is; she's going to reweave the line – as she's been taught – into something a little silkier: "I [...]

Really busy this week, no response from me, but here's what Pink Truth has been up to.

Pink Truth: What Your Husband Doesn’t Know Won’t Hurt Him

Pink Truth Facts, opinions, and the real story behind Mary Kay Cosmetics.

What Your Husband Doesn't Know Won't Hurt Him Oct 16th 2012, 11:00 Written by The Scribbler This is where the sub-par treatment of husbands begins, friends: with the customers! I like to call this bunch of statements the Unholy Trinity – three sales objection-overcomers that deal specifically with skinflint spouses. If your husband was in MK, how would you feel knowing that he was telling his clients… [...]

Really busy this week, no response from me, but here's what Pink Truth has been up to.

Pink Truth: Don’t Blame Mary Kay For Being a Failure

Pink Truth Facts, opinions, and the real story behind Mary Kay Cosmetics.

Don't Blame Mary Kay For Being a Failure Oct 15th 2012, 11:00 Email from a Pink Truth Critic:  I've been reading all the different topics that a lot of the Kaybots have been posting on this website. I find all your posts very amusing. A lot of the women in here seem to be having a big hangup about Mary kay and about the way that Mary [...]

Although I don't fully agree with the writer of this letter, I agree more with him/her than I do with the comments following the letter.  Particularly "jjenkins" who says, " I find it interesting that this inflammatory letter does nothing with argumentative writing and instead yells and tries to belittle people. If you are trying to prove a point, please support your points with facts and persuasive writing."  This is particularly interesting to me as this is what Pink Truth is known for.  She goes on to say, " The articles I have read on this site have not cussed, belittled, or blatantly attacked." Not sure what site she has been reading, but that is all I ever see on Pink Truth, and the reason that I started this site in the first place.

Pink Truth: Caption This Mary Kay Photo

Pink Truth Facts, opinions, and the real story behind Mary Kay Cosmetics.

Caption This Mary Kay Photo Oct 14th 2012, 11:00

Yet again, "we can't think of any constructive critiques so lets just make fun of a picture"

Pink Truth: Do You Want More From Mary Kay?

Pink Truth Facts, opinions, and the real story behind Mary Kay Cosmetics.

Do You Want More From Mary Kay? Oct 12th 2012, 11:00 Ick. Another propaganda piece to assure Mary Kay consultants that if they just pray enough and want it enough, they can be successful in Mary Kay. If they are not successful, they must not have had a high enough “deserve level” or they’re lazy losers (like us – LOL). Please respond to this ONLY if [...]

Why I don't understand what Pink Truth wants from Mary Kay.  When they (Mary Kay) talk in terms of 'ordering", Pink Truth complains about how no one is interested in selling Mary Kay.  When they suggest ways (albeit ways requiring *gasp* actual work) to sell product and get new clients, Pink Truth groans about how impossible the task seems and how these ideas are just ploys to make them look lazy. What is your definition of lazy if not "unwilling to do work in order to see a result"?

Pink Truth: Another Jab For the Lazy Losers Who Failed at Mary Kay

Pink Truth Facts, opinions, and the real story behind Mary Kay Cosmetics.

Another Jab For the Lazy Losers Who Failed at Mary Kay Oct 11th 2012, 11:00 When 99% of your “sales force” loses money with your business venture, you’ve got to believe that there’s something wrong with the system. If less than 1% of people are able to turn a profit, that suggests to me that the system is terribly messed up. Of course, I don’t expect that everyone who tries [...]

What an unusual prayer.  There are definitely some great pleas in there.  And some odd ones too.  I am not sure where Pink Truth finds these, but this one is a real gem.

Pink Truth: My Favorite Mary Kay Lies

Pink Truth Facts, opinions, and the real story behind Mary Kay Cosmetics.

My Favorite Mary Kay Lies Oct 10th 2012, 11:00 I thought it would be fun to tell you about some of my favorite lies told in Mary Kay. Lies? Lies, you say? But you thought Mary Kay was a "Christian" company! Wrong! It's a company that exploits Christianity for monetary gain. By spouting things about Christianity, they get women off their guard. Their defenses [...]

Ironic that Pink Truth - reputed for lies themselves - is calling Mary Kay out for lying.  Without reading this article at all, I can tell you that there will be some good points in here and some ludicrous ones.

Pink Truth: Hybrid Her Says No to Multi-Level Marketing

Pink Truth Facts, opinions, and the real story behind Mary Kay Cosmetics.

Hybrid Her Says No to Multi-Level Marketing Oct 9th 2012, 11:00 This is a sponsored post, paid for by Hybrid Her. Written by Beth Smith, Co-Founder of Hybrid Her We know you aren't looking to make money by recruiting other women and having someone else profit from your hard work!  You don't want confusing pay plans that give more money to those above you in the [...]

This is rich. Tracey finally got some of her loyally readers to step out of line and question her.  This has ALL the trappings of EXACTLY what Pink Truth claims to stand against. The post itself, if you take a step back, tells you all you need to know.  They are not soliciting customers, they are soliciting sellers. Funny to read Tracey's 'excuses' for why she felt she was justified taking money to promote the exact thing she claims to oppose!

Pink Truth: Why Your Director is Pushing You To “Be a Star” This Quarter

Pink Truth Facts, opinions, and the real story behind Mary Kay Cosmetics.

Why Your Director is Pushing You To "Be a Star" This Quarter Oct 8th 2012, 11:00 Your “stars” help your sales director get cars and make a unit club for seminar. Do you think Mary Kay is a numbers game? It sure is to your sales director! Here’s one email about it… One way to build a million-dollar unit is to build Star Consultants. Independent Elite Executive Senior Sales Director xxxx [...]

Age old "conundrum" Mary Kay says "order" more with no mention of "sell" more.  Is it assumed that people are selling and the directive to order more implies selling more, or does no one care about selling and are only interested in orders and commissions? Pink Truth's stance is clear, but are they right?

Pink Truth: Caption This Mary Kay Photo

Pink Truth Facts, opinions, and the real story behind Mary Kay Cosmetics.

Caption This Mary Kay Photo Oct 5th 2012, 23:00

More, "we can't think of anything constructive to say, so we are posting a picture for our readers to make fun of".  But from the looks of it, even the readers are running out of creative negative comments about Mary Kay.

Pink Truth: A Consultant’s Letter to Her Director

Pink Truth Facts, opinions, and the real story behind Mary Kay Cosmetics.

A Consultant's Letter to Her Director Oct 3rd 2012, 11:00 All the reasons why Mary Kay is not for this consultant. Hey SD: Thanks for the talk today. I’m working hard on hearing God’s purpose for me, and I am not sure that Mary Kay is His message. I know it is mine, but I’m not sure it is His. I have to let Go [...]

Maybe it's not my world, or maybe I am just not interested in this trivial stuff today, but this one left me confused.  Not sure which way is up with this one.  Have a read if you wish.