MixtKids

One Mom's journey to raise empowered mixed-race children

Category: Health & Beauty

Enough with the “good hair” comments already!

Obviously, I’m not black, but my girls are mixtkids and their father is black.  So, I know all about this “good hair” thing that is so much a part of the black community.  Both have curls and lots of them.  My oldest not only has a lot of curls, but a lot of hair [thanks […]

Pigmentation is no ‘free pass’ (PSA post)

By Sabriya Rice CNN Medical Producer (CNN) — When Tiffany Wilson noticed a small growth on her left hip, she didn’t think much of it. Tiffany Wilson, 41, found a bump on her hip that she thought was a pimple. It turned out to be skin cancer. “It was bizarre,” recalled the 41-year-old salon owner […]

OMG! Your hair! It’s so, so…nappy!

If you have kids that are mixed race with black heritage, you know the struggle with hair.  It can be absolutely gorgeous, or absolutely horrific.  An example, yesterday PJ had a playdate with her best friend and classmate.  Of course, they wanted to swim all afternoon and didn’t give me much of a chance to […]