Mary Kay’s Attrition Justification
Written by Raisinberry The higher up a person in the Mary Kay pyramid, the more she is exposed to the failed reality of a Mary Kay business. Since that goes against her programming, she looks for...
View ArticleBreathing Again After Mary Kay
Written by SuzyQ I used to look forward to Labor Day as a “real” excuse NOT to call potential models, and NOT have to do my Monday meeting. In my Mary Kay days, I would be exhausted from the end Read...
View ArticleSo Much Good After Mary Kay
Written by SuzyQ Back in the early days of Pink Truth (2007), our members got to “watch” me implode as a Mary Kay sales director. It was such a process and I can’t imagine how I would have lived...
View ArticleAre You a Mary Kay Hypocrite?
Written by Amy Are you a hypocrite? That is the same question I recently had to ask myself. Since resigning my sales director position and returning all my products, I have had to do quite a bit of...
View ArticleBuilding Sandcastles in Mary Kay
Written by Sad In Pink When I joined Mary Kay, it was to purchase the products at half price and maybe… MAYBE dabble in the business a little to make extra money. I never intended to really go full...
View ArticleDefogging From Mary Kay and Coming Back to Reality
Written by SuzyQ Welcome to my world. I want to tell you about my little former wanna-be area. I think it is interesting, but maybe the rest of you won’t. We’ll see. My former senior director has had...
View ArticleFinal Farewell to My Mary Kay Offspring
[Reposted from our archives because it was so awesome and is still relevant!] Written by JTA I know you think ill of me and that I am nuts. Some of you even hate my guts. But, I still love each Read more…
View ArticleFriends for Life in Mary Kay
[rerunning this piece from our archives because it’s so powerful] Women in Mary Kay are often heard talking about the lifelong friends that they make. You hear them talking about “doing life together.”...
View ArticleDirectorship Wasn’t What I Thought
Written by I Was Pink I wanted to send you my story. This pains me as I have so many mixed emotions. I think it would be easier if I left Mary Kay directorship just mad. Mad that I’d lost Read more…
View ArticleMary Kay Director Termination
Earlier this month, former Mary Kay lifer Heather Wickstrom spilled the beans on her termination from Mary Kay in 2023. Her whole screed is at the bottom of this post, but the TLDR version is this…...
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