I do not buy products that give me a rash no matter WHO is selling it. To do so would be, as you are fond of saying, STUPID. I also do not attend any "parties" hosted by people claiming to be my friends who want to make a buck off of me. That is a poor way to use friends, in my opinion.

I take excellent care of my skin - have since I was in elementary school - and it sounds like I probably know more about it than you. If you knew anything about skin care and cosmetics, you would know that there is NO brand that works for everyone and that some people may only be able to tolerate a small handful of cosmetic/skin care lines. Go away, crazy!

Bumping to vent. One of my friends very recently became a consultant and she is already hardcore into it. It is obnoxious to the point that I have started severely limiting the time I spend with her. I don't like Mary Kay products, so I won't buy any and certainly won't host a party and she just won't.let.it.go. The sad part is, before this, she was one of my good friends and I've always respected her for being highly educated, independent, and the kind of woman who speaks her mind....all of a sudden she's like a different person. It's so frustrating!

Ha ha, I was just thinking today "wow, it's been a while since the Mary Kay thread got bumped."

I guess I'm either extraordinarily lucky with my friends who are consultants, or else I exude such a bitch vibe that they don't want to push me too far.

Anyone have the same problem but with the people who sell Silpada jewelry? My friend keeps pressuring me to host one of her parties, because she knows my roommate just moved out and I don't have anyone to move in yet.

But having less money DOES NOT EQUAL I want discounts and free crappy silver jewelry for each item you pressure my friends to buy at my house. Sorry. Not my style, LET. IT. GO.

I have a friend who works for the main Mary Kay person here in town (I dont know the proper title nor do I care). Apparently my friend waits on this lady and her team hand and foot during their weekly meetings on Thursdays. She even has to park cars for them. My friend doesnt use Mary Kay. This "consultant" awarded her a free facial from a bridal show. Ofcourse that free facial turned into a selling party and my friend was suckered in to that job. She has told me a story already how this lady was rude, when my friend brought her car around and didnt turn the heated seats on for her.


I personally do not like MK products. They break me out, and quite frankly I'll never use anything but bare minerals foundation. If for some reason I ever felt the need to go back to a liquid make up it would be Lancome without question.

As far as other selling businesses mentioned here: I'm not a big fan of having parties. As a former consultant for both The Body Shop at Home and Lia Sophia parties are really hard to get and I didnt like hounding friends to have them. The Body Shop at Home division of The Body Shop went out of business last year because the at home division was also competing with in store and online sales. The Body Shop sold different items in all three venues to get people to shop at all three. Too much in company competition was their downfall. Like with MK and others, the only way to make money with that business was to recruit, recruit, recruit. I did enjoy my personal discount on the products.

Lia Sophia can earn quite a bit of money by just selling the products because of their prices and a 30% commission on sales. I am a loyal customer! :)

I enjoy Pampered Chef, Southern Living, and Tastefully Simple products and admittedly the NutriMin C RE9 line by Arbonne is outstanding (I just cant afford it).

I still have a couple of thousands of dollars worth of MK products I'm trying to sell and get enough back to just break even!

I just became a "distributor" for Shaklee because I love their home products and wanted to get the discount. I am happy to sell the product to friends who want it, but I don't plan on bugging them to host parties. The discount for me was worth it, and as I don't have to buy a bunch of inventory I won't be out a bunch of money if I don't sell to anyone. Unlike Mary Kay.