Try going to Paula Begoun's website. She is like a "Consumer Reports" type person who reviews makeup and skin care lines. Go to her website and select product reviews--she reviews both the skincare and makeup. Hope this helps!

It sounds like you are very happy with your current products and not in a hurry to change.

My experience with MK products is that their eye shadows always crease. When you don't want to buy them anymore they will tell you they have "reformulated" them and they don't crease anymore. They LIE. They still crease.

They tell you that you "save money" buy buying their refillable make-up cases and just buying the refills. What they don't tell you, is that they change the styles of the make-up cases every so often so that the new refills do not fit in the older style cases and you have to buy a new style case.

Their lipstick are always dried up.

I buy their night cream, the stuff that looks like pink Vaseline, and I use it on my hands to protect them from the chemicals my hands come in contact with at work.

The rest of their stuff is overpriced and average quality. It is a hassle to order through a rep rather than getting make-up at the stores when it is convenient. The reps call all the time to try to get you to order more and more unneeded stuff.

You can buy MaryKay make-up off of eBay cheaper than from a rep.

BTW, the demos are usually done in groups. They try to develop a "herd mentality" that way.

From the products you mention using, you will find MK expensive; so if you are going to feel pressured to buy something, you'd be better off not letting her come in and spend time demonstrating her wares intensively, unless you tell her ahead of time and clearly that you might not buy anything.

Personally, I was a MK sales associate many years ago but got tired of their pep rallies at the required meetings and the pressure to bug your friends to give a party.

Not a great sales approach, honey.

I have been to several other MK demos that were called free facials and they involved sampling lots of stuff on your face. There is some requirement tho, they MUST tell you the history of the real MK and how you too can sell MK and change your life before they open one lipstick.

I have found their website does not disclose their ingredients or the supposed medical research the trainer had often referred to in her presentation.

I have become a more informed consumer now. You can check out the book at the library by Paula Begouin, "Don't Go to the Cosmetics Counter Without Me." She has researched the ingredients of many cosmetic lines and keeps up with published dermatology journals and skin care advances. It has more information than one can absorb but I have not had a reaction from anything applied to my skin or hair since I have used only products given the smiley face in her ratings. She also has written a book about hair products. Neutrogena products almost all get smiley faces, meaning they are non-irritating and do what they are designed to do.

I use to sell tools for woman... and although I love my tools & use them in many projects... I had to give up the business... I hate the party approach... I'd rather sell my creations!