Mary Kay puts women in debt. When you first get introduced to Mary Kay, you are only shown the upside of the business; rarely are the negative sides shown. The focus is on the benefits: owning a business, working on your own schedule, and bringing in a healthy salary. In reality, the majority of women deal with lawsuits, going into debt and has a house filled with boxes of unsold depreciating cosmetics. I am a woman who is guilty of falling into the Mary Kay trap. In 2013, I started my own Mary Kay business as I’ve used some of the products over the years and thought I could be one of the success stories they taught on their webpage. At the time, I hated my grueling job and wanted to see if I could us Mary Kay as a segue to starting a new…show more content… It was hard to work a full time job and hold parties on the side with the same cliental. After a few months, I didn’t see the results that I had expected to see when I joined and the only answer that seemed to be given to me was that I had to keep buying more products, which was expensive. Eventually, I didn’t see the profit to keeping my business anymore; instead I was falling into more debt. I stopped selling Mary Kay; I have boxes of unused product that will never be used or sold, a good portion of debt and an unfortunate learning…show more content… On top of inventory costs, there are also business conventions, seminars, and speakers that all cost you more money, time and headache. Personally, I have seen women who join Mary Kay, leave and then rejoin. A friend of mine has been selling Mary Kay off and on for about ten years. She does well for a little while, then the next thing you know, she has found a “real job” to pay for the debt of selling Mary Kay. All of these things can force women in Mary Kay to keep falling deeper into debt, even though they are “making money” and “running a
