Ask Me About Mary Kay by Jackie Brown, Strategic Book Group, $19.95
Jackie Brown rose through the ranks of Mary Kay Cosmetics as no-one else did and she became the role model for new recruits. In this pacey autobiography she takes us behind the scenes at the cosmetics house revealing the highs and more importantly the lows.
Pink epitomised femininity to 29-year-old Dallas legal secretary Jackie Brown in 1963, and so the plush lavender-decorated home of cosmetics guru Mary Kay would finally seduce her into giving up her job to become a full time beauty consultant, holding parties and bewitching recruits to flog facial masques, false eyelashes and wigs.
An astonishingly natural seller, Brown’s sales skills won her a crystal lazy susan dish for rapid success within her first few months, but the pressure to compete at all costs constantly clashed with God-fearing Brown’s desire to be a good mom and wife. And as the stakes got higher a ruthless rivalry developed between Brown and Kay. Eye liners at dawn!
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