Blessed Says You’re Just Mad Because You Couldn’t Make It Work
Your Name: Blessed!
Date Joined MK : 11/07
When Left MK or Still Active?: Active
Initial Inventory Purchased: $3500
How were you recruited?: By a friend.
Memorable experience you had in MK:
The wonderful people I meet.
What did you learn from MK?:
Still learning.
What are you doing now? :
Working the business full circle.
Additional Comments:
I can’t believe all the negativeness at this site! That might be one of the reasons your business was not successful. Who wants to be around a bunch of negative people.
MK does not twist your arm to participate in any of the training, Seminars, events, etc. It is all optional.
Sounds like you’re just mad at everyone else because you couldn’t make it work. Just continue to work for someone else for the rest of your life!
Lipstick on 
Ann on 
Brooke on 
Tam on 
Oh I forgot. *blushes* I’m also a bit scatter-brained at times!
You’re right, it’s a nightmare sometimes to get people to hold appointments. And it IS frustrating! Unlike some doctors who’ll make you pay part of your appointment whether you show up or not, we can’t do that kind of thing to “encourage” them to hold! There ARE things you can try to do to help them keep the appointments, but sometimes that can seem like babysitting, or more effort than you want to put into it.
Nope, you’re not allowed to put out a yard sign or anything. And it’s obvious, Mybeauty, that you don’t want to do anything that is unfair to others, and I really admire that.
As far as how MK has increased my standard of living – not much cause like I’ve said before I’m kinda lazy
. But my parents? They’ve been able to pay off two credit cards, and they are making extra mortgage payments as well, with plans to be completely out of debt (at this rate) in 10 years, as well as saving for retirement. So… CURRENT standard of living increase? No, not really because when you’re trying to get out of debt you really have to kinda get tight with yourself? But the long-term rewards based on what they’ve been able to accomplish financially are great.
HOWEVER, I’ll be honest with you, Mary Kay is not going to be a financial “answer” for you if you don’t want to treat it like a business. If it’s just to make “a little extra money” it can be that for you without being part of a “team”. It’s just slower going if you don’t have any inventory b/c you need to wait for customer’s products. And if someone orders $30 of product and you place the order, it’ll be $26.05 at half-price, plus tax (7.5%) plus shipping. So you make a $3.95 profit? TOTALLY BOGUS RIGHT? However if you just HANDED her the satin hands set (or whatever), and did that with 10 customers. Okay so you’ve got a $300 order instead now. Profit will be $118.55 instead. The benefit of having inventory is that it can carry you for a bit, as you’re putting the money into your business account, so that you can make a larger order. Mom has the inventory she needs so that she can order once a month, larger orders, thereby making a higher profit margin.
You gotta look at the dollars and cents. Look, any business isn’t gonna go BOOM overnight! There’s no such thing as a get-rich-quick opportunity. You gotta work, and MK is a BUSINESS if you really want to make money at it.
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Sarah,
It sounds like your mom has it going on with her business. However, you did say a couple of things that I want to set straight. You mentioned something about us talking about the cheap prizes…I have some of those “cheap” prizes…the 45th anniversary ring truly looked like something that came out of a gum ball machine and the stone is loose and the setting that snaps the ring open is loose as well. It just looks plain cheap. I also got the “dream catcher” award. It honesty looks like something that came out of the dollar tree. I got the picture of our NSD with MK herself that was taken by a small camera in the 80′s, it appeared. It was totally corny and cheap…all of it.
As far as honesty, does your mother tell her consultants that the mineral powder foundations, eye shadows, and other powder products all contain talc as the main ingredient, which can cause cancer? If not, she needs to be telling them to tell their customers that it contains talc and the harmful effects of it. It is similar to inhaling asbestos.
These are only 2 of the reasons that I dislike MK. Was I making money? Yes. I did the 60-40 split and after purchasing my initial inventory ($1800 sadly), I used the money from the MK sales to replenish my savings accoung and the other to purchase product and other things for my business and I was very strict with doing this. I was just totally taken aback with the cheap prizes and the ingredient of talc in their mineral powder make up. That’s a mineral, yes, but it is not a good mineral.
I will have to say that I had to “educate” a MK consultant who was set up in Goody’s yesterday to do a drawing of some sort. Anyway, she started her spiel and I quickly advised her that I am a former consultant and can no longer use the product. Later, I explained to her and anyone else who was around…there were some Goody’s sales associates in the store listening intently, about the talc in the products. She stated that she had no idea that talc was the main ingredient in the mineral powder foundation and stated her disappointment with the company for using this as a main ingredient, especially when I told her that it is carcinogen. Anyway…I do hope you all the best and it does sound like you and your mother have good business sense and are working it right.
Since you are really into MK, I do have several of the new, black face cases, lots of samples and the starter kit bags…if you would like to purchase any of these, let me know and we’ll make arrangements to ship it to you.
Much success to you!
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I appreciate your concern about the talc! I really do, because I wouldn’t want to knowingly contribute to anything that could cause harm either! =/ I did research it, however, and apparently cosmetic grade talc is not harmful. http://cosmeticsinfo.org/HBI/26 is the exact link regarding talc. It annoyed me that the National Toxicology Program tested on animals, but overall it has good information. Is it possible you could be incorrect about the harmful affects of this ingredient? Where did you find out about talc being a carcinogenic? I truly don’t want to be argumentative about this, I just want to make sure I’m not incorrect myself.
As far as the prizes go, I guess I’ve just only had good experiences, but that doesn’t mean others have always had the same.
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just wanted to add, also, that i have read lots of different articles on talc (like cosmeticsinfo.org) and cosmetic-grade talc is not the same talc that is like asbestos or carcinogenic and is not harmful.
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It amazes me how many women start up this business, then blame someone else when they fail at the business. It’s a professional business with high-quality products. It requires WORKING. If you think you can just pass out a couple of books, and then wait for the phone to ring, join Avon. If you aren’t prepared to start running a business, then you shouldn’t start one. No one forced you to do anything…you made your own choice to run your business a certain way, and it didn’t work. That’s not anyone’s fault but your own…OWN IT. I know Consultants that have been running their businesses for 5+ years and never attend meetings. We are able to pay our mortgages just from our MK business, with no help from the hubby. Figure it out, ladies!
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Wow Jan, aren’t you just a sweetheart.
No, seriously though, don’t you think you’re being a tad bit ignorant in assuming that all of us here didn’t work our businesses? You don’t know a thing about any of us. I can’t speak for anyone else here, but I know that I worked my butt off attempting to find an income in Mary Kay. I did everything that was suggested to me (and much more) in attempts to further myself with the business.
The fact of the matter is that none of us here have to defend ourselves to you. We know the truth about your “wonderful opportunity” from our experiences. For you to come here and throw down insults and assuptions pulled out of thin air, is just plain ridiculous.
My advice to you, Jan, would be to step out of pink la-la land for a little while and try to see the realities of the world of Mary Kay. Figure it out, lady!
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