Comments on: Mary Kay Invades India — Part 1

By: Илья

Илья — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:26:26 +0000

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By: gothchiq

gothchiq — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:15:43 +0000

I believe the primary Indian cosmetic is eye kohl. It’s not like our pencils. They have a little tube with a stick applicator. The kohl powder clings to the plastic stick. They close their eyelids upon the stick so it touches the waterlines, and they run the stick back and forth to coat their waterlines (rim of lids) in the kohl.

By: English_Kashu

English_Kashu — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:22:34 +0000

Woohoo Baroness. I use proactiv too. I used it before I started MK and started using MK stuff because it seemed to work better but I started using it again. The only problem I have with proactiv is that it drys me out a little much but I can deal with that as long as my face is clear…

By: id girl

id girl — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:18:33 +0000

Baroness,
Actually, people have been calling me to buy since they now know that everything that I have is half price. So I can use that money to pay for my Bare Minerals. The rest I’m putting back into my savings accout to replace what I used to purcahse inventory. I’ll probably use the Acne Free stuff until it’s gone in order to save my money as much as possible. Then, once it’s all gone, I’ll either go to Proactiv or stay with the Acne Free. However, last year, I found some Bert’s Bees soap for mature skin and it was really good. And it lasted me almost a year. Only $6.00 for a bar of the soap and it did brighten my face really well and did diminish some of the signs of aging.

I do need to figure out what to do with my Section 2 stuff. I don’t have too many samples. I do have the face cases that I need to get rid of, so I may put them up on Ebay or see if I can sell them to someone. Even if someone doesn’t sell MK, they can still use them for traveling or something. Well, thanks for the suggestions and I’ll definitely see what I can do to get rid of the Section 2 stuff. TTYL!

By: Baroness vFP

Baroness vFP — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:12:18 +0000

Some people don’t have a problem using MK after they quit, even still preferring some of the products. It’s not that I thought the products were crappy, I just couldn’t stand to use anything the company made. I’m no longer emotional about it, but I won’t spend any of my money on new MK stuff either. I don’t think it’s wrong to keep it if you like it though. It just didn’t seem like you cared for it much.

If you have stuff you haven’t opened yet, you could try selling it on ebay. I either donated the stuff I couldn’t use (and was too old to ethically sell on ebay), or I sold the newer products I had. Anything really old got trashed (and I had some REALLY old stuff) and the rest got donated. A women’s shelter would be very happy to have anything you want to donate. I packed up all my Section 2 stuff and sold it as a package on ebay, too. I even sold my pins, old director suits – you name it. The only thing I haven’t sold is these old fuzzy bumble bee slippers I got at Seminar. I forgot about them until I cleaned out my closet recently and found them. I figure they’ll fetch a fortune for me, even though they’re worn. So if you have stuff, you can maybe finance your Proactiv by selling what you can.

By: id girl

id girl — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:37:54 +0000

Baroness,
You have inspired me to take the plunge and get rid of the MK stuff. I’m going to use the Acne Free until I can get back into Proactive. I’ve used it, too and really did like it, but at that time, it was $50 a month. Since the price has come down to $20 for the system, I think I’ll go on and get it. Thanks for being an inspiration!

By: Baroness vFP

Baroness vFP — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:30:32 +0000

id girl – I use Proactiv. I actually had to start using it while I was a director! When I got pregnant, my skin went kablooey and never returned to normal. I tried every combo of MK you can imagine and it only got worse. I have been using Proactiv for about 5 years now and have better skin than I ever have in my life.

I couldn’t stand to look at the MK makeup after I quit. It was a daily reminder of all the bad things about MK, and I was very upset then. I got rid of almost everything, even though it was wasteful. I have a couple lipsticks left and Sable eyeliner (which I unfortunately haven’t found a good replacement for).

By: id girl

id girl — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:34:16 +0000

Thanks, Baroness vFP. I can’t ever keep all those countries straight sometimes. I agree that more women are going to be hurt by getting really deep into MK and incurring debt that will take years to pay off. I wish I had not gotten involved as far as selling. I don’t really care for the cleansing products, but I hate not to finish using what I have already opened prior to coming out of the pink fog. I don’t like to be so wasteful. So I did feel bad for buying another product when I already had some that I needed to finish. I took the plunge and decided to try a product comparable to Proactive, called Acne Free, but it didn’t work very well. I figured if it didn’t work, I could give that to my son or daughter as I figured it just wasn’t meant to work on my face. Once I finish what I’m using and once I get my money together, I’m going to try the Bare Minerals cleanser and see how that does. Does anyone on here know how that works for oily skin? At least if I get something there that doesn’t work, I can return it and get a refund, and be honest about it…can’t do that as a consultant with MK. I have to do a product replacement under someone else’s name, which I don’t want to do because it is dishonest and because I don’t want to have anything more to get rid of. I am selling down more inventory so that I won’t have as much to contend with trying to send it back.

Thanks again for the info!

By: Baroness vFP

Baroness vFP — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:10:51 +0000

I didn’t point out – I wish MK wasn’t in India. I wish they weren’t anywhere. They won’t do anything but hurt Indian woman, just like they do in the U.S. And they’ll probably hurt some of them even more because they’re not able to absorb the costs that occur due to MK. I just wanted to clear up any misinformation about the country though.

By: Baroness vFP

Baroness vFP — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:07:31 +0000

Indian women do wear make-up. You’re thinking of Islamic states. India is a democracy – they’ve even had a woman president, which we can’t even claim. The largest religion is Hinduism (though there are large Christian and Muslim populations as well) and there are no rules regarding veils or wearing/not wearing makeup.

This woman in Mumbai runs a nice blog about the city and her family: http://www.mumbai-magic.blogspot.com/

There is a dichotomy between rural India and the large cities, such as Mumbai, which accounts for the low earnings average. Real estate and technology are booming there – industry in general. While there are still large, deplorable slums in the cities, poverty and other problems, there is a large number of professional women in cities like Mumbai that can easily afford the makeup – enough to make MK invest in this venture. There’s plenty of money to make MK sit up and notice.

When I was a director a few years ago, my MIL visited relatives in India and took a large case of MK to give out as gifts. I, of course, had boxes of the crap in my basement. At least they got it for free.