I convinced a little girl in the neighborhood to pick flowers - literally vandalized the landscaping of the Oakwood apartments where we lived - and we created little bouquets. Only when I was around 8 did I start to understand money and how to make some. At one point I even made a little “house fund” box where I planned to collect enough money to buy her and my brother a new house. But because she fostered a trust with me as a child, and provided me with a lot of financial transparency, I had an understanding that, while I wasn’t the breadwinner, the extra money I was contributing helped my mom, and that felt good. And I knew that there were things we had to pay for: headshots, cars, rent, all that. My mom never felt entitled to the money that I earned-she worked when she could, but she never wanted to hire nannies to stay with me on set, she wanted to be there with me. Looking back, I realize my mom was making a huge sacrifice for us to be there, because she was a single mom and my main caretaker. We didn’t have a ton of money, so when they took us into this room with every Barbie and told us to pick one, I was like, “Mom, what’s happening?” Later, booking a Barbie commercial was the game changer. The casting director liked that I looked like an actual kid and invited me to audition - I ended up booking it, and that friend never spoke to me again. All of the girls were in pageant dresses, and I showed up in overalls. We’d given a friend a ride to a commercial audition for Softsoap. We came out to California for what was supposed to be six months, and the first commercial I booked wasn’t even my audition. It was the recession of the early ’90s and my mom had just gotten laid off, so she figured we had nothing to lose. I remember being in kindergarten like, “I know that Snuffleupagus is two people, and you don’t.”Īfter a while, my agent suggested we move out to California to see what it’s like. I am the daughter of Guyanese immigrants, the first person in my family to be born in the U.S., but the next thing I knew, I was doing commercials in New York and Sesame Street. " - TCM.com, "Hair! Drugs! Rock 'n' roll! Redemption! You MUST buy this book, and also give a copy to your stylist.", "As one of Hollywood's most sought after hairstylists, White tells a rollercoaster of hair, celebrities and surviving life in the fast lane.White's voice is captivating.and her story is an inspiring one, spiked with Hollywood gossip." - Publishers Weekly, "Hair! Drugs! Rock 'n' roll! Redemption! You MUST buy this book, and also give a copy to your stylist." -xojane.When I was 3 years old, my mom found an ad for a talent agency in the back of the New York Times and, according to her, we went to the office and came out with contracts. It captures the turning of decades, the humanity behind the celebrities we elevate to Gods, and the heartbreak of the circle of life. Carrie's story is poignant, sometimes devastating, and ultimately universal. autobiography is as inspirational as it is cautionary, an often larger-than-life story about chasing your dreams, while also offering a graphic depiction of substance abuse. " - TCM.com, "White offers a mesmerizing lens into the lives of the bold-facers that called Hollywood home in the sixties and seventies as only a hairstylist could everyone knows that the salon floor is where all the best gossip happens." -, "White offers a mesmerizing lens into the lives of the bold-facers that called Hollywood home in the sixties and seventies as only a hairstylist could everyone knows that the salon floor is where all the best gossip happens." -, "As one of Hollywood's most sought after hairstylists, White tells a rollercoaster of hair, celebrities and surviving life in the fast lane&White's voice is captivating.and her story is an inspiring one, spiked with Hollywood gossip." - Publishers Weekly, "As one of Hollywood's most sought after hairstylists, White tells a rollercoaster of hair, celebrities and surviving life in the fast lane…White's voice is captivating.and her story is an inspiring one, spiked with Hollywood gossip." - Publishers Weekly, "Carrie White reveals a life as dramatic as any Hollywood movie.
"As one of Hollywood's most sought after hairstylists, White tells a rollercoaster of hair, celebrities and surviving life in the fast lane.White's voice is captivating.and her story is an inspiring one, spiked with Hollywood gossip." - Publishers Weekly, "Carrie White reveals a life as dramatic as any Hollywood movie.
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