Is Arbonne a MLM?

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I've been considering returning to my former hairdresser because even though I've moved cities I really liked the way she cut my hair so I thought it would be worth the travel time. But she's started advertising Arbonne on her Facebook and there's no way I'm going back if I'll face the hard sell every time I do...

I think it is, sorry!

Yes definitely

It is. Sorry! I know someone who is involved and the selling is relentless!

Yes, Arbonne is definitely a mlm and I have been ‘touted’ by three separate people over the years. No thanks!

Bugger! Suspected as much. The search for a hairdresser continues - I can't cope with the thought of a sales spiel every time I'm trapped in foils...

Fuck me! Never heard of Arbonne so I googled.... the PRICES! :O

Tell her you already have a white mercedes

Thicko here🤫 what is MLM??

Yes definitely - I had a driving instructor who started every lesson by trying to flog me Arbonne - it is incredibly expensive - the sales spiel is very full on - it was like she was trying to entice me into a cult.
Needless to say she didn't stay my instructor for long - she lost a lot of friends over it too because she wouldn't stop hounding them. I think you have to put in quite a lot of money when you sell it - which is probably why they come over as desperate and crazy.

MLM = multi level marketing. Basically any business where you buy things (makeup, jewellery, food supplements etc) to then sell to people, but the real purpose is actually to recruit more people to buy the product in bulk and become sellers. The more people you recruit, the higher up you are in the scheme (and you have to be very high before there is any prospect of making any money...)

I think good hairdressers are hard to find so if I really liked the way they cut my hair it wouldn't bother me. I'd just let them know at the first hint of a sales pitch that I wasn't interested and change the subject.

YES!! MLM.

If anyone is advertising products on FB, it's almost certainly going to be a MLM.

I liked a friend's weight loss post the other day on Facebook, I had no idea she was using Arbonne. The next day I got a message from the Arbonne rep asking me if I wanted to learn more about it.

Yes it is. I thought I’d made a new friend last year. Lovely lady. Visited me, asked me over for drinks, each time telling me how great it was selling Arbonne and the products. Totally love the products but too pricey for me. After a number of attempts to get me on board to sell the products, which I had no interest - or time- I no longer hear from her. This lady does more recruitment than selling, gets a cut from each ones sales.

Definitely - I have close hand experience of seeing a family member get sucked into it.

I had a work colleague start doing it (heaven knows why as she is in a professional role and earns a good wage already) and started posting bizarre heavily filtered, highly made-up selfies on her fb. She is a gorgeous young woman and didn't need any of that awful slap on. It just made her look weird. I did look at the brochure but nearly fainted at the prices .

The thing with MLM is that the products are really, really overpriced because of the amount of commissions that the upline levels skim off from their downline. Also, virtually no-one makes any actual living at doing it because of the emphasis on 'pay to play' i.e. reps have to spend money every month in order to qualify for incentives. If they do not manage to sell enough product they end up buying it themselves (they are in effect their own best customer). This is why MLM only makes money for those at the top of the pyramid.

I continue to be baffled that my lovely, intelligent and drop-dead gorgeous colleague continues to flog this overpriced rubbish, plasters her face with the gunk and smothers her social media with weird selfie pics. It is just not like her. Hope she gets over it soon...

Big MLM. I had a close family member get sucked into it and it was relentless. The prices are ridiculous and you are expected to change your own persona to fit. It was quite scary to watch this intelligent woman become brainwashed by it. Luckily she related but when she tried to 'leave', it was made very hard for her. Some of the others were vicious.

Also they flog this idea that when you reach a certain level you'll be given a white Mercedes. Turns out you'll be given the lease for a white Mercedes but if you don't sell enough to cover the lease fee each month, it's taken off you. Unbelievably fake.

Also the cost! £19 for a mascara (and it was crap). Give me Barry M any day 😁

My SIL flogged it for a while. I quietly invited her sales pitches and didn't buy anything. My mum got annoyed with me. The SIL now barely speaks to me. Over some overpriced face shit that i couldn't afford! It really is like a cult!

Not invited. Ignored!

The beauticians local to us where I get my legs waxed etc sell Arbonne products. They have never once even mentioned it to me, there are just a couple of little signs around the place and a couple of the products on display. I have never had one of these bots in my life so out of curiousity I thought I would give the sleeping beast a poke and asked about it!! The lady just shrugged and said that she liked the products. That was it! No hard sell, not even the softest of sells!! As a pp said, a good hairdresser can be hard to find - I would go back and see if they try to push it. They may not.

Flip side is my masseuse is heavily involved, after the first couple of visits and me ignoring facebook group joining its never mentioned! Think I am considered a lost cause!