Mary Kay is a top beauty brand and direct seller in nearly 40 markets worldwide. The company’s global headquarters is located in Addison, a suburb of Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. For more than five decades, Mary Kay has paved the way for millions of female entrepreneurs around the world. Mary Kay’s global manufacturing facility in Dallas is among the leaders in the industry, achieving zero-landfill status. Mary Kay has also committed to planting one million trees by 2018 with reforestation efforts worldwide. Mary Kay Inc. has more than 1,300 patents for products, advanced technologies and packaging designs in its global portfolio. The milestone validates Mary Kay’s status as one of the top innovators in the direct selling and cosmetics industries. To date, Mary Kay Inc. and The Mary Kay FoundationSM have given more than $50 million to domestic violence prevention and awareness programs in an effort to end the cycle of abuse. The Mary Kay Foundation has also invested more than $26 million in the fight against cancer since its inception in 1996.