Kelly Ripa Reveals Why Quarantine Was Actually the Best Thing for Her Hair

If there's one thing that we've learned from Kelly Ripa's Instagram feed, it's that she has no shame inshowing her gray roots. All throughout quarantine, the TV host has been updating fans about the progression of her natural gray hair, even as she worked remotely onLive With Kelly and Ryan.But after finallyreuniting with her co-hostto do a live taping, Ripa revealed thatsocial distancinghas actually worked wonders for her tresses.

她是三个孩子的母亲让她的时候first trip back to the salonpost-quarantineto prepare for the show, she noticed a big difference in the quality and texture of her hair. During their firstin-studio taping, she said, "It has gotten insanely long and thick. It’s like I forgot how much hair I had because I had been putting pieces in and clipping [extensions] in. This is all my hair. And it’s, like, incredibly long and thick and I think it’s from not styling it, not coloring it."

Ripa also explained that her low-maintenance routine led her see hernatural curlsagain. She continued, "There’s something to be said about shooting your show through a computer screen at home andnot washing your hairand styling it every day. My hair is curly too, which I forgot because I spent so much time blowing it out only to put curls back into it. But it’s actually very, very wiry hair."

Although her mane clearly thrived without steady salon visits, Ripa shared that it "felt incredible" to finally get her hair done professionally. She got it colored and explained the entire process, adding that she had to exercise caution and wear her mask due to thecoronavirus pandemic.

She said, "We did the base coat. We did the foils. We did the hair dryer. The whole thing. It felt very safe."

And from what we've seen, the end result was simply fabulous.