June 2009 Results

Vol. XIX No. 10

Dear Scintillating Superstars,

Ready? Take your victory pose! For an

entire month it seems like we’ve been

celebrating victories. Car parties,

Quarterly Star Events, the Dog Chop, the

Black & White Ball, and now we’re

headed for Seminar. Does this happen in

the everyday world, or is this just for us

who live in the pink bubble of Mary Kay?

How do you think it feels when you

know that 150

people are headed

to your house?

Besides praying it

won’t rain, how

would you feel?

Would you have

pictured our

limestone

terraces overflow-

ing with winners?

Would you have

thought we’d need an outdoor tent to

seat us, as we brought up the car drivers

and DIQs and new directors? Would you

have known that a starry night is the best

place to hear stories of how contacts and

IPAs and faces can create dreams that

come true? After everyone left, and I was

looking out at the lake, I knew this 19

year Dog Chop tradition had more power

than I could ever have imagined.

My Mom has her own tradition

of 19 years. I think that’s how many Black

& White Balls she’s attended. She’ll be 90

this month, and wasn’t sure she could

make it, but my sister dropped her off in

her wheelchair, and she was decked out in

the new necklace I got for her birthday.

She used to come to cheer for

me. Then she came to cheer for her

granddaughter. Now, she’s cheering

for our Future National Area. For

years I’ve been sending her these

monthly newsletters. She gets Amy’s

also, and I always send her a copy of

Sandy’s newsletter with what all the

directors and their units are doing.

She told me she spends an hour

reading them. She’s GOT you all

down. She might call

you, “Teresa’s grand-

daughter”, or the

“one whose husband

is a principal”, or “the

little one from

Sheridan”, but she

knows who you are,

and honestly, she

knows exactly how

well you’re doing. She

checks out the

Queens and the Courts and the ones

who sit at the head table. And now

she’s asking me FREQUENTLY, how

many more directors do you need?

How many do you have? When do

you have to be done?

So we’re being watched. We’re

being applauded. We’re being

recognized for setting HUGE goals,

for making them happen, and for

knowing how to CELEBRATE. Get

ready for a whole year of VICTORY

poses. I can feel “IT” coming on!

Love and belief,

SCINTILLATING

SUPERSTARS

SUPERSTARS

1. Angie Marshall $2063

2. Jamie Benion

3. Patty Bowling

4. Heidi Olson

5. Linda Gebhardt

6. Sara Akre

7. Angela James

8. Kara Eisenmann

9. Tanzi Melton

10. Linda James

SCINTILLATING SUPERSTARS

Queen of

Retail Sales

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June

Basics Sold Angie Marhsall 6

Kara Eisenmann 5

Angela James 5

Meg Arneson 4

Jamie Benion 4

Kathleen DiLcuiano 3

Barbara Tighe 3

Sara Akre 3

Michele Bowles 2

Linda James 2

Patty Bowling 2

Sarah Hagen 1

Leny Misiano 1

Cheryl Hochmuth 1

QUEEN OF BOOKING Barbara Tighe 9

Sara Akre 8

Angie Marshall 8

Jennifer Murphy 7

Patty Bowling 3

Natalie Hudgens 3

Meg Arneson 2

Linda James 2

Kara Eisenmann 2

Angela James 2

Cortney Auter 1

Patty Bowling

Patty Bowling $2,739

Kathleen DiLuciano $1,966

Heidi Olson $1,427

Kara Eisenmann $1,318

Meg Arneson $1,255

Angie Marshall $1,219

Sara Akre $1,108

Michele Bowles

Jamie Benion

Linda Gebhardt

Linda James

Angela James

Cheryl Hochmuth

Barbara Tighe

Sarah Hagen

Angie

Marshall

QUEEN OF

WHOLESALE

Queen of

Interviews

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On The Face

June IPAs Kathleen DiLuciano 34 Linda Gebhardt 29 Patty Bowling 28 Sara Akre 27 Meg Arneson 23 Linda James 18 Heidi Olson 13 Sarah Hagen 12 Cortney Auter 11 Jamie Benion 11 Angie Marshall 10 Kara Eisenmann 9 Jennifer Murphy 8 Natalie Hudgens 7 Kathryn Dlugolecki 5 Tanzi Melton 4 Angela James 4 Lori Smith 3 Linda Zingre 1 Cheryl Hochmuth 1

Kara Eisenmann $691

Angie Marshall $560, 308, 106, 104

Meg Arneson $420, 179, 108

Kathleen DiLuciano $377, 315, 201, 132, 116, 102, 94, 62

Cheryl Hochmuth $368

Patty Bowling $360, 97, 92, 90

Michele Bowles $350

Heidi Olson $336, 265, 70

Jamie Benion $321, 194, 192, 52

Linda Gebhardt $320

Angela James $319, 108, 54

Sara Akre $291, 191, 87, 69, 53

Cortney Auter $208

Linda James $199, 179, 98, 72, 55

Jennifer Murphy $199, 158, 139

Kathryn Dlugolecki $195

Kara Eisenmann $905, 242

Heidi Olson $849, 474

Patty Bowling $813, 628, 603, 438, 256

Angie Marshall $735, 308

Kathleen DiLuciano $671, 550, 357, 256

Linda Gebhardt $630, 208

Jamie Benion $623, 209

Cheryl Hochmuth $610

Michele Bowles $595

Sara Akre $577, 255

Sarah Hagen $552

Meg Arneson $541, 278, 219, 217

Barbara Tighe $493

Angela James $374

Linda James $297, 249, 232

Lori Smith $234

Cortney Auter $232

Kathryn Dlugolecki $222

Angela Wargo $218

Tanzi Melton $205

Patti Gibson’s Debut

with Jeanie and her recruiter Kara

Wonderful Weeks

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S I S T E N C Y

Page 5 August Birthdays

Char Rudy 19

Bev Delp 19

Bernita Armstrong 18

Nicki Hoffman 14

Lynette Baker 13

Leigh Hiland 12

Yvonne Thompson 10

Joan Schmitt 9

Andrea Murley 9

Patty Kubisak 9

Candi Baker 9

CONSISTENCY CLUB

2008/2009 Consultants placing a $200 wholesale

order for 12 months

SARA AKRE

MEG ARNESON

CORTNEY AUTER

JAMIE BENION

MARY ANNE BJORK

MICHELE BOWLES

PATTY BOWLING

KATHLEEN DILUCIANO

KATHRYN DLUGOLECKI

KARA EISENMANN

LINDA GEBHARDT

SARAH HAGEN

DAINA HUNTER

ANGELA JAMES

LINDA JAMES

ANNA LOPEZ

MICHELLE MARCH

SHAWN MERCER

SUSAN MCNELIS

HEIDI OLSON

KAREN OSMOND

JULIE QUIGLEY

LORI SMITH

BARBARA TIGHE

LINDA ZINGRE

Ring Winners at

the Black & White

Ball

August Anniversaries

Monica Zimmerman 1

Julie Quigley 2

Patty Vandermolen 7

Amber Pergande 11

Brittany Baumgardner 12

Niki Hurst 14

Brandy Barker 19

Donna Friedman 20

Darlene Haas 20

Jennifer Murphy 22

Amy Hoyd 25

Michele Bowles 25

Vanessa Flores 27

July Advanced Glamour at Jeanie’s

Advanced Glamour at Angela James Home

Vickie Smith 9

Maria Gallegos 9

Cathy Keene 9

Joleen LaMarche 7

Judy Forney 4

Noriko Izumi 2

Kathy Carlson 2

Ginger Zorro 1

Jennifer Farrington 1

Amber Steiner 1

Family Line Court

Sarah Hagen, Kathleen DiLuciano, Linda Gebhardt

Not Pictured: Daina Hunter, Michele Bowles, Linda James

Miss Go-Give-

Kathleen DiLuciano

Jeanie’s Sales Court

Queen Patty Bowling

Recruiting Queen– Meg Arneson

with her court!

CONSISTENCY CLUB RING WINNERS– FRONT ROW: Lori Smith, Meg Arneson, Heidi Olson, Patty Bowling, Linda Gebhardt

MIDDLE ROW: Linda Zingre, Cortney Auter, Kara Eisenmann, Kathleen DiLuciano, Sarah Hagen, Angela James

BACK ROW: Sara Akre, Jamie Benion, Kathryn Dlugolecki, Shawn Mercer Not Pictured:Mary Anne Bjork, Michele Bowles, Daina Hunter, Linda James, Anna Lopez, Michelle March, Susan McNelis, Karen Osmond, Julie Quigley, Barbara Tighe

Page 8 SCINTILLATING SUPERSTARS Star Consultants

SUPER COURT

Queen Tricia Both– Vicki Thomas Unit

Scintillating Superstars– Meg Arneson, Patty Bowling, Heidi Olson & Kara Eisenmann

4 Quarter STAR CONSULTANTS

Meg ARneson, Heidi Olson, Patty Bowling, Sara Akre,

Kara Eisenmann, Kathleen DiLuciano, Natalie Hudgens,

Cortney Auter, Angela James, Shawn Mercer, Sarah Hagen

Not pictured: Michele Bowles, Daina Hunter

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Calendar

Aug 4 REDEMPTION NIGHT Jeanie’s House 6:30-8:30 pm

Aug 10 ADVANCED GLAMOUR Jeanie’s House 6:30 pm

Aug 11 WEEKLY MEETING Caywood & Assoc. 6;30-8:30 pm

Aug 18 WEEKLY MEETING Caywood & Assoc. 6;30-8:30 pm

Aug 25 LEGACY TOUR @ Joint Meeting Caywood & Assoc 6:30-8:30 pm

Deb’s Farm

Sept.3 EXQUISITE BEAUTY WORKSHOP Jeanie’s House 6:30 pm

Sept. 5 THE HUNT FOR PINK SEPTEMBER Caywood & Assoc. 9:00 –3:00

MAJOR CHALLENGE WINNERS Jeanie’s House 3:30-7pm

Sept. 7 ADVANCED GLAMOUR Jeanie’s House 6:30 pm

Sept. 12-19 Jeanie’s gone on Top Director Trip

Sept. 20 STAR CONSULTANT EVENT TBA

Oct. 1 MILLER AREA RETREAT RED JACKETS Delevan, WI 4pm

Oct 2-3 MILLER AREA RETREAT Delevan, WI 8:30-4

S P E C I A L E V E N T S

Welcome New Consultants

Angie Ford Sheridan, IL Meg Arneson

Lindsey Brooker Sheridan, IL Meg Arneson

Kate Hardin Earlville, IL Meg Arneson

Linda Johnson Ottawa, IL Meg Arneson

Patti Gibson Sheldon, IL Kara Eisenmann

Sandra Waclaw Yorkville, IL Meg Arneson

Jessica Kempiak Serena, IL Meg Arneson Christy Bott Algonquin, IL Sarah Hagen Margaret Shaddle Plano, IL Sara Akre

Autumn Rosenwinkel Oswego, IL Sara Akre

NEW Team Member from Sponsored by

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THIS MONTH’S ISSUE OF:

IF SHE CAN, I CAN! Each month I will feature a different Future Martin Area Director in our newsletter.

Director Name: Janet Kotecki

Former Occupation: Registered Nurse

City/State: Peru, IL

Joined Mary Kay: 2005

Debuted as a director: 2008

# of months of driving free: Vibe for 1 year then Premier Club

Highest commission check in one month:

What was the sequence of events that brought you into the company (recruiting layering

process)?

1. I had been a customer for about 5 years.

2. Loved what products I was using.

3. Would hear of Jeanie Martin’s success through a mutual friend (my neighbor). Even knew once that

Jeanie's Pink Cadillac was parked in our friend’s garage while they were gone on a trip. So, I went to my

neighbor’s house and into her garage to take a sneak peak at the car. Then went home to get my

husband so that he could see it also. (Jeanie, don't know if I ever told you that one.)

4. Once Jeanie called me and made me feel so special because she invited ME to a guest event. I went to

a Garden Party at NSD Sandy Miller’s house. Was totally overwhelmed. Maybe she should have started at

a smaller version of an event!

5. After retiring from my nursing job, started asking more questions and liked the fact that I could get

my products for 50% off retail.

Why did you join? I joined Mary Kay after retiring from my nursing job of 25 years. I had been using

Mary Kay for a long time but after retiring I went through a time when I didn't feel like I should be

spending money on my own personal products. Thought it would be great to get all of my products at the

50% discount. Never had a vision or a dream of working it like a real business and certainly didn't think I

could even do that.

Why did you want to be a director? I didn't, until I caught on and saw the big picture. I never

thought I was able to be a Director. That was for someone else, certainly not me. After working as a con-

sultant and seeing that I could sell the product and then even earn a free car, I wanted more from the

opportunity. I also started to feel that I deserved more. I was growing confidence in myself and wanted

to be able to pass that on to other women. Because if I could do it, so could another women.

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Has there been a dark season in your Mary Kay career? Yes, there have been dark seasons.

Just like anybody else, I don't believe anyone's life is always a bed of roses. I do believe though that

the positive part of Mary Kay has helped me to get through those times more easily.

When I first started my business I had family members criticize what I was going to do and

even tried to find things wrong with the company. It made me angry and more determined to succeed.

Still to this day I have immediate family members who refuse to purchase anything, but I have

learned to just deal with it and consider it their loss. I have realized so much about not trying to figure

out why some people act the way they do, and I realize that I can not change them. Before it would

upset me because I just couldn't understand why someone would be like that.

What is the one thing that was difficult for you or you were afraid of in this

business? Simply failing, and having to tell people that. But I have realized that if you just do what

you are supposed to do, you won't fail. I was also afraid of being rejected. I do believe though that

the majority of the time if someone says NO, they are not saying no to YOU. It is just a bad day or

time for them. I remember that I heard, "Accept a person for who they are on that particular day."

Nothing is to say that on a different day things could turn out totally different.

During what time period did you have the greatest growth of income and what was the growth? Whenever I was given a challenge. Even though we all might give a huge sigh when there

are challenges given, they are given to help us move.

I remember doing a 10 show week to be able to sleep at NSD Sandy Miller’s house. By doing

that challenge my sales were incredible, and I started to expect those sales every week. I remember

selling $3000 in a week during another challenge. I never would have come up with that fund raiser if

I wasn't give a huge challenge. I remember going to the Million Dollar Weekend because of a

challenge. I remember going to Las Vegas for a weekend because of a challenge. I could go on and

on because of challenges that were given to help me grow my business.

What do you attribute the growth? I attended everything!!! Not having money was not an excuse.

I could always go out and sell more product to earn the money. I do believe that we have to invest

money to make money.

Also when I received an email from my Director Jeanie Martin, I never gave it a second

thought. I just knew to respond back right away. I never held it on the back burner. I knew what I

was being told to do by my Director was only information that was going to help me in some way. Why

would she give me information that was going to hurt me? Think about that the next time your

Director suggests something to you. She is never going to intentionally tell you something that could

hurt you.

What advice would you give a consultant that wants to be a Director? Make sure you have a

strong team to start with. You have to have workers. You don't want to struggle every month to meet

production. Also, take advantage of all the opportunities your Director gives you to bring guests to

events. Whether it is your weekly meeting or a special event, you should always work on bringing a

guest. Jeanie would laugh at me sometimes because I would do anything to bring a guest to a

meeting. There were times when I just met someone that day, and they were my guest. I usually

didn't tell them that we were driving 1 hour each way to get there either. I would just tell them what

time I would be picking them up and dropping them off. Many a times they would say in the car,

"Where are we going and how much farther?” I would just say we are almost there and keep talking

and maybe drive a little bit faster.

I would also suggest that they invest wherever their weakness might be.

J A N I

Million Dollar Slumber

E E

Elite Executive Sr. Sales Director

I MARTIN

1284 Lake Holiday Drive

Sandwich, IL 60548

…………………………….

Fax: 866-310-4310

E-mail: jeaniemartin@marykay.com

Phone: 815-498-3250

My Dream Corner… My dream is that we will have

A #1unit next year and twice as many beautiful consultants attending the

Black & White Ball to celebrate our achievements, goals, and dreams!