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High school acquaintance adds me to her LipSense Facebook page, and this is my post on her wall before I blocked her. How did I do? I posted the below to her page's wall, and then messaged her with it in case it didn't post. It seems like she might have just launched her "business," so I wanted to get in early. I'm a bit sad because she's a very intelligent person and wasn't someone I'd expect to be roped into this kind of thing, isn't a housewife -- in fact she's a self-earning musician who should know better what it means to run a business. My post: I advise you as one intelligent person to another not to get roped into a money-losing MLM if you can avoid it. Take an example from the people desperate to get out of LulaRoe right now, a company with a similar business structure to LipSense. Also, you might want to check out Elle Beau's first-hand experience with Younique, which has an indistinguishable model from LipSense: https://ellebeaublog.com/poonique/ Also note that though you were instructed by your upline(s) to add your FB friends to a page for your "business," it is generally not cool to add a bunch of people to a page marketing some other company's stuff. It's treating friends and family like cash cows. MLMs center their business model on monetizing personal relationships and, whatever your morals might me, I hope you agree that treating friends and family like walking business opportunities is wrong and will likely put a strain on your relationships. I hope you are able to get out of this scam before losing too much money. 95% of consultants drop out of MLMs after 10 years while only 64% of legitimate small businesses fail in the same time period: https://www.thebalance.com/the-likelihood-of-mlm-success-1794500 99% of people lose money in an MLM: http://www.pinktruth.com/mary-kay-facts/myth-of-mlm-income-opportunity-99-lose-money-in-mlm/ John Oliver's exposé on MLMs is also very eye-opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6MwGeOm8iI Get out whi

High school acquaintance adds me to her LipSense Facebook page, and this is my post on her wall before I blocked her. How did I do? I posted the below to her page's wall, and then messaged her with it in case it didn't post. It seems like she might have just launched her "business," so I wanted to get in early. I'm a bit sad because she's a very intelligent person and wasn't someone I'd expect to be roped into this kind of thing, isn't a housewife -- in fact she's a self-earning musician who should know better what it means to run a business. My post: I advise you as one intelligent person to another not to get roped into a money-losing MLM if you can avoid it. Take an example from the people desperate to get out of LulaRoe right now, a company with a similar business structure to LipSense. Also, you might want to check out Elle Beau's first-hand experience with Younique, which has an indistinguishable model from LipSense: https://ellebeaublog.com/poonique/ Also note that though you were instructed by your upline(s) to add your FB friends to a page for your "business," it is generally not cool to add a bunch of people to a page marketing some other company's stuff. It's treating friends and family like cash cows. MLMs center their business model on monetizing personal relationships and, whatever your morals might me, I hope you agree that treating friends and family like walking business opportunities is wrong and will likely put a strain on your relationships. I hope you are able to get out of this scam before losing too much money. 95% of consultants drop out of MLMs after 10 years while only 64% of legitimate small businesses fail in the same time period: https://www.thebalance.com/the-likelihood-of-mlm-success-1794500 99% of people lose money in an MLM: http://www.pinktruth.com/mary-kay-facts/myth-of-mlm-income-opportunity-99-lose-money-in-mlm/ John Oliver's exposé on MLMs is also very eye-opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6MwGeOm8iI Get out whi

Mary Kay: a bunch of bored housewives who don't know what a facial is. My first introduction to MLMs was when I was 21. I had moved 5 hours away from my friends and family to live near my serious boyfriend at the time. His sister in law was a SAHM, and she got roped into selling Mary Kay. My spidey senses went off and I told my boyfriend I was concerned for them since they had 2 small children and not very much money. Her and I weren't close, but she invited me to for a "free facial." I knew it would help her out to earn some kind of reward for bringing me to a meeting so i agreed to go. And hey, who doesn't like a facial? Where I come from, a facial is where you strip down to a robe and lie in a room dimly lit by candles and a lady massages your face with a hot towel and treats your skin. In Mary Kay land, a facial is when you show up to a sketchy warehouse and sit in a metal folding chair and apply shitty makeup from a disposable paper package to your own face while the head consultant goes on and on about how she drives a pink Cadillac. The meeting started with some "pumped up" music and all these middle aged SAHM's dancing and laughing and getting everyone in the room excited about Mary Kay. Hell, I went into it knowing it was a scam but I could see the appeal. Everyone in the room was excited and the leader really made it seem easy. My boyfriends sister in law told me if I stayed after to hear "business information," from her team leader she'd get a special pin or reward points or something, so I agreed. Nothing she said seemed legit. I told her I would probably suck at selling Mary Kay because I was new in town and didn't know anyone. Their repeated company line was "you just need to know 3 people with skin." If I could rope 3 people in and then those people roped people in.... you get the picture. I ended up buying $300 worth of shitty makeup from his sister when I got my tax return because I felt awkward and I wanted her to like me. It was money I ho

Mary Kay: a bunch of bored housewives who don't know what a facial is. My first introduction to MLMs was when I was 21. I had moved 5 hours away from my friends and family to live near my serious boyfriend at the time. His sister in law was a SAHM, and she got roped into selling Mary Kay. My spidey senses went off and I told my boyfriend I was concerned for them since they had 2 small children and not very much money. Her and I weren't close, but she invited me to for a "free facial." I knew it would help her out to earn some kind of reward for bringing me to a meeting so i agreed to go. And hey, who doesn't like a facial? Where I come from, a facial is where you strip down to a robe and lie in a room dimly lit by candles and a lady massages your face with a hot towel and treats your skin. In Mary Kay land, a facial is when you show up to a sketchy warehouse and sit in a metal folding chair and apply shitty makeup from a disposable paper package to your own face while the head consultant goes on and on about how she drives a pink Cadillac. The meeting started with some "pumped up" music and all these middle aged SAHM's dancing and laughing and getting everyone in the room excited about Mary Kay. Hell, I went into it knowing it was a scam but I could see the appeal. Everyone in the room was excited and the leader really made it seem easy. My boyfriends sister in law told me if I stayed after to hear "business information," from her team leader she'd get a special pin or reward points or something, so I agreed. Nothing she said seemed legit. I told her I would probably suck at selling Mary Kay because I was new in town and didn't know anyone. Their repeated company line was "you just need to know 3 people with skin." If I could rope 3 people in and then those people roped people in.... you get the picture. I ended up buying $300 worth of shitty makeup from his sister when I got my tax return because I felt awkward and I wanted her to like me. It was money I ho