Once a Pink Dreamer

My story isn't very long as I have only been a consultant for a week. But I do want to tell my story as I feel embarrassed and humiliated that I didn't do enough research on Mary Kay before I decided to join.

It all started about a month ago when I saw a women whose make-up was flawless. I asked her what she used and she said Mary Kay. So I immediately got on the internet and went directly to MK's website and placed an order. That's how I met my Sales Consultant and we shall call her "N".

She got me my products right away and got me to invite friends over for a skin care class. It was really fun doing the facial with my friends and trying the products. Then "N" asked me to be her model at the upcoming MK weekly meeting. And I thought ME a model?! Wow! OK! So I went to the meeting and met "N's" Sales director and we shall call her "E". "E" told me all about how her financial dreams came true and about how her husband fully supported her and how Mary Kay gives women the freedom to start their own business and just how successful she has been since joining Mary Kay. And I thought "WOW, I could do that, too."

Then the meeting began. It seemed that all the women were just so nice and upbeat... but it was weird for me. My very first reaction was like, "Oh my God, it's a cult". I wish I had listened to that little voice more closely. But instead I smothered it. I thought I had the problem, that it was ME and that I just needed to "step out of (my) comfort zone". I thought these ladies are so nice and helpful and have so much energy that I would like to be apart of Mary Kay. So when "E" called me at home the following evening and told me about all the wonderful things MK could do for my family and how successful I could be at running my own business for only $100 (plus tax of course) I jumped at the chance.

I'm not going to whine about how pathetic I felt and how I felt as though I'd been conned out of my $100 when I scheduled my inventory meeting with "E". I should have known better and should have done my homework. But it bothered me a great deal when I told her that I didn't have the money for inventory and she suggested that I borrow the money or use credit cards or even go down to my bank and ask for a loan. All the while she's feeding me all this stuff about how I can get free products based on the inventory I purchase. I left that meeting with a sinking feeling in my gut. But I wanted to do it so badly. So I went home and talked to my husband about it and not wanting to burst my pink balloon he said no to $3600 but yes to $600.

I thank God everyday that I finally did some research before I spent $600 of our hard earned money on inventory just so that "E" could "finish up the month strong". If I had not stumbled onto the site I wonder how much debt I would have sucked my family into. I realize now that "E" pushed inventory to me so that it could help her and she was not concerned about my "business" or family at all.

Thanks for providing a place where people can find out the truth before its too late.

Just for the record, I don't believe everyone in MK is dishonest or out to con people. But I do think it takes a lot more that holding 1-2 skin classes a week to make a profit of $500 a month, which is what I was told ALL I would have to do to make an extra $500 per month.

I hope someone out there struggling with the decision of buying inventory stumbled upon this website as I did. Thanks for my story.