Pink Truth: The Time Commitment in Mary Kay

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

The Time Commitment in Mary Kay Mar 6th 2012, 12:00 Mary Kay recruiters and sales directors are notorious for downplaying the time and effort involved in selling Mary Kay. Have you ever been asked if you have a “few hours a week” to devote to Mary Kay? Here’s the real story. When the Mary Kay opportunity is presented, we’re told we can be successful holding [...]

While there is some beneficial information here, there are no real hard numbers for either assertion made. 1. "Mary Kay directors and recruiters are 'notorious' for downplaying the time and effort involved in selling Mary Kay. First of all, what do you mean downplaying?  Second, what do you mean notorious?  Do you mean all the gals on your site did it to their recruits?  Do you mean that more than half of all directors and recruiters do this? 2. "This is how much time you should expect to spend in Mary Kay" Interesting that this "day in the life of" comes from Tracy who has never actually sold Mary Kay.  Who also supposedly runs her own small business.  Once again, Pink Truth is combining the "worst of both worlds" to paint an ugly picture of Mary Kay.  While I have no doubt that there are recruiters (possibly even the majority of) that paint an overly rosy picture of Mary Kay, Pink Truth benefits no one by laying out such unrealistic expectations. If you want to spend a little time each week and make a little extra money you can do that. If you want to dive in with the kind of time you would expect to need to start a business, you can go that route. When Pink Truth says that you will work a lot of long hours and not make any money, they are simply wrong.