InStyle: Kelly Ripa's Transformation
2008
| The ever-popular co-host tried out a side bun for a talk show appearance. (CREDIT: James Devaney/WireImage) See More of Kelly Ripa’s Transformation |
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| The ever-popular co-host tried out a side bun for a talk show appearance. (CREDIT: James Devaney/WireImage) See More of Kelly Ripa’s Transformation |
| During her sis-boom-bah high school days and from 1990 to 2002 on “All My Children,” Kelly Ripa let her hair and makeup do all the talking (or in some cases, the shouting). "There was no subtlety in soap-opera makeup then. It was dramatic, like the plots," says makeup artist Kristofer Buckle, who has worked with her. Today her baby blond locks "complement Kelly's face without overpowering it," her usual hairstylist, Oscar Blandi says. Ditto for her makeup. "She's cultivated a refined beauty that highlights her bone structure," Buckle says. "It can't get in the way of her effervescent personality." What could? "I had tanorexia," Ripa has said of her days as a Voorhees, N.J. cheerleader, along with "hair as big as it could possibly get." (CREDIT: Yearbook Archives) See More of Kelly Ripa’s Transformation |
| Ripa joined the cast of "All My Children" as troubled teen Hayley Vaughan. Although she wore a ratted black wig for her role, offscreen she was a wholesome blonde. (CREDIT: Gary Czvekus/Retna) See More of Kelly Ripa’s Transformation |
| Retro curls and a new love: life imitating art, the daytime actress eloped with her onscreen boyfriend Mark Consuelos. (CREDIT: Yearbook Archives) See More of Kelly Ripa’s Transformation |
| Ripa, now mother to one-year-old Michael, tried out a slicked-back bob and shimmery makeup. (CREDIT: Walter McBride/Retna) See More of Kelly Ripa’s Transformation |
| The mother of three joined the cast of sitcom "Hope and Faith," picked up a Daytime Emmy for "Live!" and celebrated her 10-year wedding anniversary. Said her proud husband, "I think motherhood has made her more beautiful." (CREDIT: Gary Gershoff/WireImage) See More of Kelly Ripa’s Transformation |
| The ever-popular co-host tried out a side bun for a talk show appearance. (CREDIT: James Devaney/WireImage) See More of Kelly Ripa’s Transformation |
| In addition her still-flourishing hosting career, the bronzed beauty became the face of Electrolux appliances. (CREDIT: Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage) See More of Kelly Ripa’s Transformation |
| Ripa attended an N.Y.C. benefit wearing a sophisticated half-updo and out-to-there lashes. (CREDIT: RD/Roe/Retna Digital) See More of Kelly Ripa’s Transformation |
| For the Academy Awards, Ripa played up her features with smoky shadow, rose blush and contoured lips. (CREDIT: George Pimentel/WireImage) See More of Kelly Ripa’s Transformation |