About Me

Picture the shortest girl in the room, 5'1" on a good day and always on the scene, always with an opinion, and never once quiet about it. That's me. I got the name CocoaPixi from a friend because I’m a short black girl that moves through Sephora like Tinker Bell on Main Street; and I am also always ON Main Street!

I started this blog in April 2020. Everyone told me there was no point. I did it anyway.

Not because I wanted to be an influencer. Not because I thought I had all the answers. But because I had questions nobody around me could answer, products nobody in my circle cared to discuss, and a full-blown ADHD research spiral with nowhere to go. CocoaPixi became the place I put all of it.

What CocoaPixi Is

I cover skincare, makeup, and fragrance across every budget, because good beauty shouldn't require a second mortgage. I've written about $8 cleansers and $200 serums and I'll tell you the truth about both. If a product made it onto this blog, I've lived with it. And if I haven't tried it myself, I'll tell you that too.

Paid partnership or not, my word is my bond. That's not a disclaimer. That's just who I am.

My readers trust me because I keep it transparent. If something's overhyped? I'll tell you. If a $10 product beats a $50 one? You'll be the first to know.

Beauty Is the Main Event. Disneyland Is the Encore.

CocoaPixi isn't only about beauty. It's also where Disneyland trips become story times, Marvel deep dives find a home, and Beauty Drops round up everything launching, restocking, or worth knowing about from the month before. If you came for the reviews, the rest of it is just me being a whole person — and you're welcome here for any of it.

The Black Beauty Edit.

One thing I noticed early on: Black-owned beauty brands rarely got the same long-form coverage as legacy brands at the counter. The Black Beauty Edit is my answer to that. It's an ongoing series spotlighting Black-owned skincare, makeup, and fragrance brands; the founders, the formulas, and what they're actually doing differently.

Some I've loved for years. Some I just discovered. Some are on my list because a follower told me I had to try them. The series grows with the community.

From Indie sites and Sephora shelves, if a Black founder built it, it has a place here.

This series doesn't need to justify itself.

Why CocoaPixi Exists

I Write for the person who does their own research. They doesn't trust the algorithm. They read the ingredients list. They have been let down by too many "honest reviews" that were really just pretty packaging for a commission link.

They might be 22 or 45. They might be in LA or Louisiana. But they knows what they wants and they tired of being talked down to or sold to like they doesn't have a mind of her own.

I write for them because I am them.

Saturdays Belong to my Mommy.

Every Saturday, you'll find me at the mall with my mom. She's the original reason I'm into any of this. Long before Sephora and Ulta existed in every shopping center, she was walking me counter to counter, telling me what she liked and what wasn't worth the money. I watched her get shade matched, test new products and have morning chats with all of the beauty advisors in Nordstrom, Macys, and for the millennials reading- Robinsons May. The locations changed. The ritual didn't. And honestly, half of what ends up on this blog gets discovered on one of those weekly trips.

A Few Things You Should Know About Me.

I'm a Los Angeles girl (born and raised) with ADHD, a strong opinion on every product launch, and zero patience for beauty marketing that thinks you're not paying attention. CocoaPixi started as a place to think out loud. It grew into a community. And now it's becoming the brand I always knew it could be.

Pull up a chair. Stay a while. And if you find a product you love because of something I wrote, that's the whole point.

FOR BRANDS & PARTNERS

CocoaPixi is a long-form beauty blog backed by an active community on Instagram, TikTok, and Pinterest and coverage that gets indexed by Google and continues to work for your brand long after a single post disappears. Six years in and still growing, I work selectively with brands whose products genuinely fit the CocoaPixi audience. Whether it's a press send, a sponsored review, or a longer-term partnership, I'd love to hear what you're working on.

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