Top 60 Irina Shayk Quotes

Use coconut oil; it is one of the best moisturizers. Use it right after the shower on wet skin and then wipe it off with a towel.

If you want to eat chocolate or cakes, you have to eat it in the morning, for breakfast or lunch – don’t eat it in the night.

It’s very simple. You have to be faithful to your other half and not have secrets. That’s my rule.

I’ve felt ugly and insecure.

My father was dark skinned because he was Tatar. Sometimes Tatars can look Brazilian.

If you’re with someone, it’s because you’re moving in the same direction, and you both are looking for the same thing. Both of you have to share the same concept of what a relationship means.

I would definitely like to start a family because it’s the most important thing in the world and what you should take care of, along with your friends and the people you love.

This is my favorite area in New York – the West Village is the heart of New York. I could never move somewhere else.

I hate wearing makeup because I am just too lazy to take it off at night.

I hate jet lag, but I love, love, love, love traveling – to meet new people, to try different foods because I’m a big foodie. I love food, even though people think models don’t eat. We do eat.

I couldn’t speak any English when I first left Russia, and Intimissimi taught me everything. The team was like a family to me – they showed me how to model and how to stay in shape. They really believed in me.

I was noticed by a person from a local model agency, and he proposed that I participate in a beauty contest Miss Chelyabinsk.

I love seeing lingerie on the runway, but I personally think it’s best to save it for the bedroom!

Relationships are hard, so you have to know what type of man you want by your side and what their values are, what is important in his life.

I’m from a very small village in the middle of nowhere, four hours by airplane from Moscow. Yemanzhelinsk – you wouldn’t find it on the map. Don’t even try it. It’s super, super tiny.

I feel like woman was brought to this world to have family and kids.

Even if you have some extra kilos, you don’t need to kill yourself for that; you just have to look at yourself as a positive.

Nothing is better than going home to family and eating good food and relaxing.

I think a woman feels ugly when she’s got the wrong man at her side.

You have to invest the money in a certain thing, because, you know, at 40, I want to enjoy my life. So I do a lot of investments. Apartments back in Russia and New York. It’s a good thing to do.

To be half-naked for a Greek mythology movie, it’s a piece of art. You know, there’s nothing vulgar in there.

I think success is very hard work, so, you know, if you work hard and you have some success, you have to give up something.

I love fast food, but you have to try to eat healthy.

I believe in eating what I like and sweating it out in the gym.

I would love to play a crazy Russian spy, run with a gun. That’s something I would love to do.

Of course I want to have a family, but there’s a right time for everything. When my time comes, it will happen.

I believe women should be independent and have their own life. But I also think that when a couple decides to have a family, things change because you need to live in unison.

Just for you to know, people, models, are very smart. We’re investing money in the right way, and, you know, a modeling job I’m taking as a businesswoman. So it’s not fun for me; it’s work.

I get my light eyes from my mother.

If you are in a relationship, it has to be a good one. If it isn’t, it’s best to just leave it.

I don’t think there’s a perfect time to have kids. I think first you have to find the perfect person.

I love high heels from the age of 10! Short skirts and then high heels. My classmates used to make fun of me. Like, ‘Ooh, she’s so skinny and she’s wearing high heels.’ But I just wore what I like, and I didn’t care about people’s opinions, the same as I don’t care now.

A lot of people think that to make it as a model you just need to be pretty and slim, but they’re wrong. There’s a lot of hard work involved. You have to be very focused, know what kind of work you’re aiming for.

The ‘Hercules’ role just kind of came to me, but I had a lot of fun trying something new.

In Russia, we eat a lot of heavy food like potatoes and lots of meat. I can’t eat one apple or a salad a day. You wouldn’t want to come talk to me if I don’t eat. I have to eat, or I am in a really bad mood.

I’m really grateful to my fans – to all the people who support me.

You have to love your body, respect it, and treat it well.

Of course, nothing just falls into your lap – to get where I am now, I’ve worked hard.

The only art I have is a Polaroid from Peter Beard from his book. I shot with him four years ago, and he did a special Polaroid for me, so I consider it a piece of art.

I always had a short bob with bangs, and I hated it. My mum would always say, ‘A short hair cut is always the way to go for you.’ I had it for fourteen years!

I hadn’t planned to be a model. It just happened by pure chance. I went to a beauty school with my sister, and I got discovered pretty late. I was discovered when I was 20-21.

I really love to play ‘Moonlight Sonata’ by Beethoven. I can still read music, but I need to practise more. The way your fingers move – it’s something that comes from memory. I love music.

I’m a woman who is very confident with the body, with my body.

In the morning, I always use a cube of ice on my face – it gives me a natural lift.

Sometimes I wake up and think I look horrible. And sometimes I see a strong woman.

We will all be gone one day. Not as a negative thing – as a positive thing, too, you know, and we should leave something behind ourselves.

I started modelling quite late, at 20. In this industry, girls start when they’re barely even 14 or 15.

I love Japan; it’s very special.

I think of myself as a cover girl. But I would never do some kind of cheesy magazine.

Try not to eat after 7 P.M. Try to stay away from heavy food in the night, like hamburgers and chicken nuggets. Eat that stuff in the morning or early afternoon.

You can’t break Russian people, you know? ‘Cos we’re made in cold snow. We’re very resistant.

When I grew up, my role model was my grandma because she’s just the best.

My personal memories of the brand go way back to the time when I was a teenager. L’Oreal make-up felt like a real luxury for me, and I remember dreaming of purchasing a L’Oreal lipstick.

My father used to be a fisherman, so it always makes me feel close to him when I am there on the water catching my dinner.

Stay away from the sun and remember the skin on a woman’s neck, hands and face is sensitive and ages easily, so apply a high SPF sunscreen on those areas.

I don’t spend a lot of money on clothes, which is weird because I am a fashion model, but when it comes to the new collections coming out, I am just praying designers send it to me for free.

I love traveling. I hate jet lag, but I love, love, love, love traveling, to meet new people, to try different foods because I’m a big foodie.

What I’ve never understood is why some women use plastic surgery to make themselves more attractive to men. The most beautiful woman is someone who’s happy and is always smiling.

I don’t cook. I love to eat. I love to go to the restaurants.

Both should share the same concept of what a relationship means and the same energy to believe in a monogamous relationship.