Mary Kay Cosmetics is a well known manufacturer of skin care and color cosmetics in America. Mary Kay was a well known person in the American world of business and was given several awards. She and her son set up Mary Kay cosmetics in the early sixties in Dallas and used other retail outlets to sell their products. The company’s growth is a success story and today Mary Kay cosmetics are a household name among American women for their skin care, color cosmetics and spa products. Mary Kay has not limited their operations and sales to America only and they are globally known. Mary Kay recognized that women globally had different requirements in terms of skin whitening products and their line of products caters for these special needs. So colors that suit the women of a particular country are made and sold in that country. The company started by making nine basic skin care products and it is believed that it was a tanner who Mary Kay noted as having a good skin tone and skin that looked healthier then his age that started Mary Kay in the skin care business. Today there are over 200 Mary Kay products that are sold across counters. But some products that are made in one country may not be available in another. This is especially true for their skin color products. The formulas of certain products are also changed to suit the local legal requirements of the country in which they are being produced.

Mary Kay skin care products cover the entire range of skin care products that are required by most women and men. Mary Kay skin care products have cleansers, moisturizers, basic skin care and anti aging products in their range. In make up they have products for eyes, lips, cheeks, powders, foundations and other products. Mary Kay skin care and cosmetic also have perfumes for women and skin care products for men. The ingredients in Mary Kay skin care products are not universal as they are changed according to local requirements and like all other major skin care and cosmetic makers they guard their recipes very closely.

Mary Kay became very famous for the pink Cadillac that she first purchased in 1968 and had it repainted to a pink shade of skin color that was very popular at that time. All the company directors are given a pink Cadillac if they are in America. In the other countries where there are Mary Kay Cosmetics directors they are given cars but the color has to be pink. The pink Cadillacs’ became a great way of advertising the company. Mary Kay has manufacturing facilities in all the populated continents of the world and is a truly global cosmetic company. Mary Kay skin care products also have an independent beauty consultant service. This facility allows and encourages women to explain their particular skin problems to a specialist who then provides a list of products that are most suitable for that person. It is like having one’s own particular beauty care consultant. Every year Mary Kay introduces new products as Mary Kay knows that fashions and trends change rapidly and with do women’s makeup requirements especially in color tones and color products like lipstick, etc. What may have been a hot seller last year may no longer be in today? So Mary Kay judges what is coming and changes their line accordingly. That is why the shade of pink Cadillacs given last year to directors would be different from this year’s shade.

As Mary Kay covers the entire range of skin care and cosmetic needs of a woman they are very popular and are sold through their own chain of outlets, stores and also direct sales. Women are encouraged to join Mary Kay as beauty consultants or as resellers of their products. This is a great way for women to earn a living working from their homes.