When I learned the actual meaning of cultural appropriation I realized that most people are not engaging in it.
I have looked for a good definition and the best I could come up with is this: “Taking intellectual property, traditional knowledge, cultural expressions, or artifacts from someone else’s culture without permission. This can include unauthorized use of another culture’s dance, dress, music, language, folklore, cuisine, traditional medicine, religious symbols, etc. It’s most likely to be harmful when the source community is a minority group that has been oppressed or exploited in other ways or when the object of appropriation is particularly sensitive, e.g. sacred objects.”
Some examples of real cultural appropriation:
Rihanna ignited backlash after Muslim fans called her out for using a song that included sacred Islamic verses during her second Savage x Fenty lingerie fashion show.
Gucci: The Italian fashion house is being criticized for selling a headscarf for $790 called “Indy Full Turban,” with many on social media claiming the accessory and its name are insensitive toward the Sikh culture. The Sikh turban is not a fashion accessory, but it’s also a sacred religious article of faith. Not to mention that Sikhs have been attacked for wearing turbans, and seeing it as a fashion accessory that someone (and let’s be honest it would be rich, white women wearing it) can just take off a receive no consequences.
To answer your question, what you describe is not cultural appropriation but since some people think virtually everything is cultural appropriation there might be some people who get upset about it. I’m ½ Mexican I would not be offended.
I also want to commend you on being sensitive to the issue. So many people can’t even accept that cultural appropriation even exists let alone stop and think about how others might view their actions.
For those who think cultural appropriation doesn’t exist, I urge you to look into it. It indeed does exist. Here is a good place to start but it’s such a nuanced subject you should seek out other sources as well.