Im really sorry you had that experience with MK. I just started my Mary Kay Business 4 months ago. I LOVE IT!! I do virtual and in person parties. I believe that it depends on the team you're in. My unit is completely helpful and great. They really help me, my director even do parties for me. The unit I'm apart of isn't about putting women under each other or sales. You earn more money selling the product than you do recruiting. Our unit is more about sisterhood, celebrating each other. With testing out the opportunity, weighed the risks. I thought about how you can sell your inventory back to the company for 90% of what you bought it for. So you won't lose a lot of my when you back out. I actually feel that I have a lot of freedom with my Mary Kay Business and I'm so sorry you had a terrible time. Honestly I think it depends on the unit you're joining.

Thank you so much for posting your honest opinion! I think its great to hear!

I love your honesty! I always wanted to work for them but giving your advise I’m not doing that!!! Thanks

Great review. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experiences.

Love your honesty! I always wondered how these sort of business work!

You’ve inspired me to do a video about my experience too. Mary Kay was my first job. I bought so much stuff for marketing and never really went through with it. 18 years old I didn’t have money it was my first job and I was convinced to buy inventory and all that! Crazy how a lot of us have similar stories!

I've never been a fan of Mary K. I remember using them YEARS ago. I actually didn't know they were even still around!! Thanks for sharing your experience

I remember Mary Kay. Even Avon. And i love how honest you are we all have fallen for something like this. I fell for so much of these companies. They definitely bring you in with cool stuff like cars and money and all that

I actually found this so eye opening, very very interesting

Girl, I really love your authenticity. There are alot of truths to what you're saying. I was considering becoming a consultant but the more research I did i was like no. Plus make-up isn't a need for me especially during the pandemic. Plus I'm already a wellness sales consultant and luckily I don't need to keeo stuff at home. We have a main warehouse in California that ships nationwide. Thanks so much. ❤

Great honest sharing you have here, I am glad you are out, since I am never into MLM myself 😅🤣

I'm from Malaysia, and pretty much everything I've read online about the negatives of Mary Kay are true. I was originally a customer, trying out a new product, but he encouraged me to try selling it. I've seen it all. Toxic positivity, lies about it "not being mlm", the people in my group's group chat would even post screenshots of their customers conversation to make fun of them if they decide to not buy their product, and they didn't even censor any information about the customer, the leader did nothing about this. The leader has also been pestering me to buy inventory even tho he told me so many times I can just do pre-order for my customers. The time he approached me about the "business", he was so caring and nice, insisting I do not need to buy inventory, I was very stern, I've read all about it, so I challenged everything I could, so he knew he was in for a fight. In the end, I just decided to stop supporting it completely, now I'm just looking for some replacements, definitely something cheaper. Honestly, if anyone comes at you telling you "oh, it depends on the group" and all that bs, don't even give them a chance, it's all to manipulate you. Wolves in sheep skin.

Yeah I agree with you on everything you said. I just feel like MLMs are so fake in general and I have alot friends who can tell you horror stories about their experiences with Mary Kay and Avon. I'm glad you got out of it!!

MLM companies are honestly not the greatest! Same thing with Arbonne or Avon. I’m glad you are honest about your experience girl and I totally relate!

I’ve never been a fan of MLMs because I find them so predatory.

My friend dose mary kay she wants me to go on board and just watching your video thank you I'm not doing it 🤗I agree they always mention on ppl that are selling vs the ones that dont really sell I dont like that they should share both ends love hearing your experience girl💜

I will say not all MLMs are like this. I'm a Scentsy consultant and Scentsy is not pushy with recruiting and you do not have to keep inventory!

i could never do a MLM! always seem kind of shady to me like the consultants get the burden!!

I am mary kay beauty consultant too but so far, mary kay is the great. My recruiter not active anymore but i still can manage it alone. I talk to my SD and SSD, they help me a lots. At first, i joined mary kay because i fall in love with the skin care, i thought about being an user only.. But now, im focused doing mary kay business. I love it very much. The sisterhood in mary kay was great. Always in positive vibe. Not only my skin got a lot better but now i also feel more confident. At first, yes its a bit stress because my recruit not active but after all it depends on myself. Want it or not? Can do it or not? Quit or keep going? i had suffer because my unit is not as great as i think it will be but its on me who will change it. i learn from their mistakes. I see many unit did great so i asked them. How to manage, how to change, what should i do and everything. They also help me a lots, we not even in same unit or know each other but thanks to mary kay sisterhood, they give a hand. Thats was so nice of them. its about a year im in mary kay now and seriously, i love it. Pardon my bad eng.

The literally want you to “have inventory” so the company makes money off of you. These MLM companies drive me insane. I’m glad you’re out!

I could never do an MLM so I don't blame you for quitting!

I joined cuz my friend did mary kay. I quit as well because it just wasn't for me. I enjoy some of their products and was glad it get them on the discount, but Im not a pushy sales person & never kept inventory because I felt it was so wasteful.

I honestly have customers that bought from me just because they love the products and I have only been doing it for a few months. But I would not start selling a product that I wasn't passionate about. Hopefully that has been a learning lesson for you.

I love the MK products very much, but I hate the fact that you HAVE to keep inventory. And my recruiter was pushy. I want to quit and just purchase from someone down the street lol

I appreciate the honesty in this so much! I always thought these kinds of hustles had more than meets the eye which is unfortunate :(

I'm glad that I watch your video today. I was wondering the pros n cons of any product I want to sell. I was thinking to join in the next intake but now I'm doubting. Thank u again. 😂

I’m not a fan if MLM’s. They business model is really more about recruiting “team members” and that’s who they profit off of. They’re not even trying to market to the public, they take advantage of women who need a career or a career changed. The fact that Mary Kay wants you to open a credit card for product is insane. For what these unsuspecting women pay to get into an MLM’s they could legitimately start a small jewelry making business and be better off.

I am so sorry you had to go through his burden!

A scam is a scam. I have been trying to get my sister from under this demon for years. Finally to the point where I have to cut her off just to let this dumpster fire burn itself out.

This was so interesting! I’m also not a fan of MLM! I’m glad you learned something from the experience and thanks for sharing your story 💕

I'm always very critical of any MLM

These kinds of companies are super sketchy and prey on people. Same thing with Avon and these other mlm's

I use to sale Avon a long time ago I’m was like 19/20 and I hated it, it too was hard to sale. I agreed that the social group of those businesses are horrible and annoying and I will Never do it again.

I forget that people still sell Mary k ahaha . I would not join a mlm ... it’s not a good business structure except for those who are able to get a lot of people to be under them for up line . I get some referrals from clothing I talk about but I feel like it’s different cause it’s not a pressure I just get credit if someone feels like using it or not ahaha . I will say however while I don’t agree with mlms I will still appreciate buying from friends who have them ( I have a mini scentsy addiction now ahaha )

Girl, I did Mary Kay too. Actually I did a few different ones 😂 and I stopped for the same reason. Although I really did like the skincare and makeup but it just wasn’t worth it to me as a job opportunity.

These kind of companies are always feeding people with big money but it never benefits anyone . When I was young I also went into in something similar .

YES. I agree that they do over share the success stories. THIS PERSON QUIT THEIR JOB AND IS A MILLIONAIRE NOW. What about the average person though?

It truly breaks my heart on how they really push inventory and the credit card after recruiting so many women who area already trying to fix or upgrade their finances! You cannot empower women AND set them up for failure at the same time. I was a consultant too and have similar thoughts as yours. MLMs need to be stopped. Thanks for sharing! 💕

I feel the product have some smell that make me feel don’t want to use it anymore ,The botanical series. They have paraban in it I seen the ingredients I immediately stop.

i was always hesitant trying MK products, the ladies i met they tried to sell the products always seemed fake

The reason Mary k is hard to sell is because truth is no one wants It it’s to expensive and not high quality enough for the price i love makeup as a mua so let me tell you very few things i truly like from Mary k and the things i do like i can still get some where else for less like the brow pencil they have being super tiny and $15 runs out in a month vs Anastasia that last 6 months for $18

The best advice I can give to anyone on this topic is to just get the product for yourself. If you don't want to sell don't.

Damn, I'm joined Mary kay this month and it's ok because I wanna discount product, and will quit anytime hehe .. is it the product safe and work?

just wanna ask, after leaving mary kay, are you successfull right now?

I’ve always wondered about these companies work, business wise. This is interesting specially coming from someone who experienced it firsthand. 💕

Mary Kay is very popular in the area of the country I am living in right now. I think most retail sales have product in stock available for people to buy. That is a risk all those in business take. But before going into sales in anything it is best to do a fishing expedition on if there is interest in that kind of product before buying into it though. ..I don't sale anything here as I have a FT job already and busy life, but I do know the Mary Kay sales lady was doing very well in this area, particularly in the health care facilities in the area- that I work in- and at that mainly for the Miracle Set and Satin Hands. So I am sure she stocks up on those things over like perfumes or something. With that said Mary Kay was rated in the top 20 and here are a couple sources where I looked and found it off google; www.beautypackaging.com/heaps/view/5163/4/300887 and then this one is from the magazine Good Housekeeping www.goodhousekeeping.com/beauty-products/a26991563/best-beauty-awards-2019/

We do marykay in malaysia really enjoy. Its all about how much effort you put to achieve your dreams. There is no elevator to success . You must take the stairs. Marykay system is really amazing coz we all start from zero and grow to become hero. I respect your decision to quit marykay but i dont think this video is necessary to be uploaded like you want to tell everyone how bad marykay is coz everything starts from yourself not the system.

I was also in Mary Kay a couple years ago and my experience was very similar. I was grateful to not have an issue with “product on the shelf” leftover when I quit. I was one of the members of my unit that didn’t make a lot from it. I still love the products but didn’t like the business model

Ngl people love Mary Kay here in Malaysia .

Breaks my heart what they are doing to women

what is mlm ?

The directors will not really help. No they don't. The one I almost went with would not be open to sharing some leads if I joined just to help me start.. Guess it's not enough to have teams who pay through the team sales for their car to share maybe 10 or 5 of the 40 leads this director said she had. Never ever go with these hungry sales people. This director gave me a get started booklet from o8 this is 2023. Awful.

I never understood now with social media and online shopping, why they still have people sell it? Great stuff, but way over priced!

I could neeeever work for a pyramid scheme ahhhhh

Too many toxic people here. Poor MK.

Maybe you are not good in mary kay