My friend just got dropped as a Mary Kay consultant because she hadn't ordered in some time. I think it's the best thing that could have happened to her, actually. She just kept ordering and ordering and was spending loads more money than she actually brought in. (She's gone way into debt over Mary Kay stuff!) I don't doubt you can make money with Mary Kay...I know of people who have. You just have to have the right kind of personality for that type of job...it really isn't for everyone, despite what some people may say.
I like Avon stuff and I buy a lot of it.
A woman in my department sells it. She gives catalogs to us when we order, or if we ask for them, and then we get our orders in on a Tuesday and we get them during the next week. No pressure.
There are Avon kiosks in a couple malls near me (and there's even an actual store in Woodfield Mall). They honor the sale prices in the current campaign and sometimes they have their own promotions. (Last weekend I got a bottle of Extraordinary perfume, which I love and which is normally $25, for $15 and they threw in a free necklace.
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