RateItAll: The Opinion Network

I use Mary Kay and when I turn 18 I can't wait to become a consultant.. No one has pressured me or made me get anything I didn't want. I get comments on my makeup all the time and my cleansers and moisturizers work wonders on my teenage blemish prone skin.. I never use anything with out reading about the product from a pessimistic point of view and I have learned that Mary Kay is known for her honesty and integrity. Anyone who says they hate if may have incountered a representative who is not in it for the beauty of the product like Mary Kay Ash wanted her consultants to be. My products last at least 6 months every time I buy them and when I put them on they last all day! It is super hard to compete with a company who gives money to charities!

I disagree with these people. I have been in and out of Mary Kay. I have used the product since I was old enough to wear make up. Mary Kay is a great faith based company. They give you lots of support and if anyone is pressured into ordering then that person needs to be reported to the home office because that is not the way the company operates. They do encourage you to order but not to put yourself in debt to do it. They are there to see you make money not lose it.

Well I'm 26 and I have been a consultant since I was 18. Most people in MK are in it for the right reasons. Motivation, girlfriend time, and to create a better life for themselves. All of my consultants are very thankful that I shared the opportunity with them. I left college to pursue this full time when I was 22. I now make over $200,000 per year. I just bought my own 350,000 home, and I am proud to drive a pink cadillac. I have 2 children which I had before I turned 20 years old and MK has allowed me to give them any and everything they want.

I was a consultant for a "Minute". I started to feel pressured about purchasing an inventory that I did nopt have the money to buy. The person who recruited me had all these plans to "help" me make that order. The order was over $1500 in product. She had me really going, I was stressed out about not having money for products. I found myself online filling out credit card applications past midnight. She even suggested that I call exsiting cards for an extention. Then I stopped and asked myself what was I doing? Am I Nuts? I sat and asked myself is this really worth it for me? No. Her interest was not all that genuine either. She get a commision from recruits and there orders. I am thinking since she has been in the company for almost 10 years she makes the max, 13%. So to me it is also a pyramid scheme too. The products are not all that great. No they are not the prices in the mall but the product is drugstore quality to me. The mark up is high on the products too. My advice to anyone looking to be a consultant is Good Luck. I have found that people run in the other direction when they hear you are a Mary Kay consultant. Beware of that recruiter remember they stand to make money off of you and all your future orders too. The people are nice I will say that and they do try to keep you motivated and there is plenty of help on selling through meetings and information packets. But it was not for me.

What a pathetic bunch of affected ninnies! I lost my friend to these pink nightmares. Their product is unremarkable at best, and their marketing "strategies" repel rather than attract. The fragrances are cheap-smelling, the moisturizer creates a film over the surface of your skin rather than absorbing, and any pencil-based item (brow liner, eye liner, lip liner) runs out very quickly (any I don't even wear makeup every day!) I'd rather go to Walgreens and buy Revlon, at least I wouldn't feel like I just got screwed for it. And at least the sales clerk won't run me down asking me to be the next Walgreens clerk!