She quit her modeling career for the sake of music and made the right decision: 111 thousand followers on Instagram and DJ sets across the country - the best is the confirmation. Karina told BeautyHack about how she trains, how she paints up and whom she falls in love with.

About nutrition and sports

I never lost weight on purpose. It annoys me when they write that I exhaust myself with diets, do not eat or drink. It is not true. I just go to the gym 4 times a week, swim, then go to the Finnish bath.

"I come to my mother for cutlets with mashed potatoes, borsch and dumplings."

I have no dietary restrictions, I just try not to eat chips - I love them since childhood. I live alone and I am too lazy to cook: I eat in cafes and restaurants, once a week I go for something Georgian in "Khachapuri". When I miss homemade food, I come to my mother for cutlets with mashed potatoes, borscht and dumplings.

I don't work with a coach. I spied on the necessary exercises on Instagram, remembered them and unsubscribed from all fitness accounts. I have been going to World Class Triumph for the third year because of the pleasant contingent: only girls, children and elderly ladies. In other clubs, men constantly pestered me - when I shook my abs with a dirty head for the 30th time. For me, sport is a purely intimate thing.

About beauty

"My eyebrows curl - I feel naked until I put them in order."

It takes me about seven minutes to make up. I don't dye every day, I just comb my brows and style them with MAC Brow Set transparent gel. I always carry it with me. My eyebrows curl - I feel bare until I put them in order. If I'm going to a party, I apply tone cream Touche Eclat, Mascara Volume Effet and Color Couture Palette (all - Yves saint Laurent), lipstick Matte M.A.C. and Lip Pencil M.A.C., Diorskin Nude Air Luminizer highlighter.

I am not against the mass market, but I do not risk buying it: I have problem skin, if I try something new, acne and oily sheen appear.

For care I use Kiehl's: masks, Ultra Facial Cleanser gel, alcohol-free toners and herbal lotion for problem skin... After long flights, I'm in the bathroom with Lush bombs.

I go to cleanse my face every two months and inject botox into my armpits so as not to sweat. I do manicure only at Ma & Mi, I get a haircut and dye at Pavel Natsevich's "Hazel". I only trust him with cardinal changes: Pavel made me a square and repainted it in a blonde.

"Usually smoky eyes turn me into a panda."

Karina Istomina is a model, DJ and recently a popular blogger. Karine Istomina became very popular by filming a new project on the YouTube channel "Gentle Editor".

Childhood and youth

Karina Istomina was born on April 20, 1994 in the city of Moscow. Since childhood, Karina stood out among her peers. At school, Karina was actively involved in all kinds of sections. She attended lessons in music, world art culture, literature and history with particular interest.

Karina Istomina's parents have always supported her creative endeavors. After finishing 11 classes, the girl entered the National Research University Higher School of Economics.

Since childhood, Karina dreamed of becoming a journalist. Her plans were to finish her studies in Russia, and then go to New York and go to university, in the direction of the music business.

In addition to journalism, Karina Istomina's life has always had a place for music. The girl watched the clips of popular performers with great interest and also wanted to indirectly connect her life with music. Which is what happened to her in the future.

Model business

Like many young girls, Karina thought about a career as a model, especially since the girl had every opportunity to do this. Karina Istomina has amazing natural data and ideal model parameters. Karina Istomina is 175 centimeters tall and weighs 55 kilograms.

Karina's age was not a hindrance to her, for building a modeling career. The girl passed the first casting at the age of 16, then she began to cooperate with many Russian brands... Karina also managed to work abroad.

Working as a model not only brought pleasure to the girl, but also helped pay for her studies at the university. Karina Istomina's father was amazed at such independence and self-sufficiency of his daughter.

At the age of 18, the girl began to cooperate with the famous modeling agency "Avant Models Management".

DJ career

Karina Istomina's biography is directly related to music. In one of her interviews, the girl said that Anton Sevidov made a great musical contribution to her. At that time, young people were in a relationship. As for her musical preferences, the girl prefers many Western performers.

In a short period of time, DJ Karina Istomina has become popular not only in Russia, but also in Europe. The girl is inspired by travel. According to many followers on Karina Istomina's Instagram, anyone who listens to her DJ set will not remain indifferent.

Instagram popularity

To date, Karina Istomina's instagram has more than 200 thousand subscribers. The girl's life is watched by her fans, who knew Karina, even at the time when she was working as a model.

Photos of Karina Istomina collect thousands of likes. Under the last photos of Karina, subscribers write that she looks like popular bloggers - and.

Filming on the channel "Gentle Editor"

In 2019, she opened a new format on her YouTube channel "Gentle Editor". Tatiana's co-hosts were Karina Istomina and. In the video, the girls openly talk about the relationship between a man and a woman.

The new format was appreciated not only by the girls' subscribers, but also by many popular bloggers. Among them, there were: Yuri Dud, Valeria Dergileva, and many others.

In the comments under the video and on Instagram, viewers write that Tatyana Mingaleeva, Karina Istomina and removed the Russian analogy of the TV series "Sex and the City". The girls are even compared to the heroines of the film - Carrie Bradshaw, Miranda Hobbs and Charlotte York.

Each new issue of girls collects at least 800 thousand views. The girls' video format is the first in Russia, where the presenters are not afraid of criticism and do not hesitate to speak frankly. For many spectators, the girls have truly become friends.

Parents

Karina Istomina does not often mention her parents in the media. However, in one of the Gentle Editor videos, Karina read a message from her dad, in which he described his emotions after watching the episode.

As Karina says, dad does not condemn her action. He is only confused by the fact that Karina demonstrates all this for everyone to see. Whether it's YouTube or Instagram.

About mom Karina Istomina said in an interview that coming to visit her for homemade food is one of her best pleasures.

Personal life

Karina Istomina does not hide her personal life. On the contrary, the girl is frank with her subscribers and from time to time on her Instagram one could see a photo with her boyfriend. The girl had two high-profile novels with Anton Sevidov and Nikita Zabelin.

Difficult parting with Anton Sevidov

One of the girl's most talked about novels was with a popular Russian musician - Anton Sevidov. The couple's relationship was long lasting, but the consequences for Karina were unpleasant. After parting, the girl began to feel depressed. Against this background, Karina lost a lot of weight.

A psychologist with whom she worked for six months helped Karina survive the gap. Having gone through such a breakup, and having done so much work on herself, Karina Istomina began to help other girls who could not survive the difficult breakup.

Why past relationships get in the way

Photo: Manuel Meurisse / Unsplash A storm of emotions. It is difficult to throw a person out of your head, even if you could part with him. Especially if one partner has abandoned the other, then the gap will be perceived as the loss of a loved one. A person accumulates anger or sadness, he does not experience joy, only devastation. Yes, you have to be angry or suffer, but it is good. After a breakup, time is needed - first, anger transforms into sadness, later a person begins to experience joy that he can live differently.

Shame. Breaking up a relationship often leads to shame - “others manage to keep a family for many years, but I don’t.” Shame is dangerous because of toxicity, it makes you lose heart, there is no strength to go further and build new relationships or live peacefully alone. The shame of a breakup can be so strong that a person is cut off from social ties so as not to show how bad he is and how sorry he is.

Breaking habits. In relationships, people do a lot together: wake up, have breakfast, relax after work, travel. After a breakup, a person has to do everything alone. You have to involve friends in your usual activities, but this does not help. It is difficult to rebuild to a new regime - sometimes a person did something for another. Now he understands that he did not like breakfast and walks in the evenings, but he does not know how to replace them.

An annoying partner. Sometimes, after a breakup, one of the partners tries to make up and start the relationship anew. The second partner may not have any desire to return to the past - he will feel fear from the insistence of the former, he will defend himself, become even more angry. Perhaps he will go to extreme measures: move or file a report with the police.

Why it's hard to let go of past relationships

Photo: Joel Pilger / Unsplash Big loss. Parting with a partner in strength is equal to the death of a loved one. Sometimes people go through the same stages of accepting grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance. Therefore, people after divorce are depressed for several months or even years.

Neural connections. If partners disagree by mutual agreement, it will be easier to part. But getting rid of thoughts about the ex is difficult even in this case - the brain takes time to rebuild neural connections. Cafes, parks, cinemas - everything will remind you of past relationships. For new neural connections to appear, you will have to go to the same places with new thoughts and people.

Human sociality. Even at the biological level, a person is a social being. It is difficult for him to be alone. After parting with a partner, it is difficult to live with a "hole", to feel the need for another person. At the same time, there is no strength to patch this hole - time must pass.

How to let go of past relationships

Photo: Ryoji Iwata / Unsplash Include rationalization. Try not to dive into the world of emotions, but be saved by intelligent applications. Making a list of the pros and cons of your partner will help you understand why you broke up. Make a list of your goals and desires - so you will understand in which direction to move on.

Forgive your partner. This method only seems close to esotericism, but it helps to breathe out and let go of anger and resentment. If you cannot communicate with the person live, conduct an internal dialogue. First you have to express all the anger that you feel. But then try to forgive and say thank you - even for the fact that you eventually broke up.

Give yourself a rest. Take care of yourself. This does not mean that you need to go on sick leave and quit. Conversely, work and socializing can help you distract yourself. But if you don’t want to, don’t do it - try to live at your own pace and solely for your own sake. If there are many other things to do, delegate them to others. Tell us about your problems, ask for help. Remember, this pain is not for life. Related articles Karina Istomina: how to get over a difficult breakup and return to normal life I'm 30, but I'm alone: ​​what scientists think about the obligation of family and relationships 11 signs of unhealthy relationships that we usually do not want to notice (but in vain) Addiction or attachment: how notice harmful relationships and try to get out of them

The recording "How to let go of past relationships and start living a new life" first appeared on the site The-Challenger.ru.

Journalist, model and DJ Karina Istomina decided to tell what it is like to psychologically overcome all the painful stages of separation

Every person in his life went through painful partings. Such a gap, when mental pain develops into physical pain and dims in the eyes from unexpected flashbacks. Each of us in this difficult period of life is faced with many problems, patterns and delusions. Often we draw the wrong conclusions, which then brings us trouble in future relationships. And it turns out that the hard experience that we gain does not bring the desired results.

Three months ago, there was the most painful break in my life. And perhaps in the future there will be a lot of such gaps, because I am only 22. But I sincerely want to admit that sometimes the things that I encountered during this period were very difficult for me.

I go to a psychoanalyst for six months and started going, because I realized that there are certain thoughts in my head that require explanations to myself, and I feel uncomfortable living with them. And when we broke up with my ex-boyfriend, I went to therapy three times a week. I know that not everyone has the courage to go delving into the dark corners of their consciousness, but it turned out that there are phases in parting that a person must live through. And it helped me a lot to cope with all this. Perhaps my reflections will help some of you.

The first thing that happens after the phrase "I'm sorry, I don't love you anymore" is a deafening pain and shock. I hardly remember that day, only in fits and starts, as if in a dream. I remember the green bench, the workers painting the fence, and my crying ex-boyfriend. Although he did not love me, he was also in pain. I couldn't say a word.

The next day I took my things. If there is a tenth circle of hell according to Dante and I get there, then I will forever collect these things from the closets. What is the best thing to do in such a situation? Take a boyfriend or girlfriend, loved one... While I was sitting on the bed, wrapped in a blanket and sobbing, my friend took my suitcase, helped me pack my things, said that we had nothing else to do here, and in the car played Jay-Z's "Lucifer" track. Believe me, it is very difficult to observe how bad a person is, but this is what friends are for. And if not for her, then I would have left that apartment for a very long time.

And then immediately advice. Friends are the people who support you. Often they don't tell you the truth or what will be painful for you to hear because you might quarrel with them about it. They want the best for you, but you are responsible for your actions. And often, when I met with friends and talked about my problems, they reacted more calmly than I expected, so it seemed to me that everything was not so scary. Even when it was very scary.

And so I moved back to my parents. I hardly lived there for 2.5 years and came back, as if for the first year of university.

When everything is over and you need to start living differently, the work of grief begins. Grief work is a completely natural process in which a person goes through painful stages of breakup. So when you are told: "He / she is not worthy of you, why are you worried?" - no need to listen. If you compress this pain in yourself, it will come out of you for years, carrying a mountain of complexes and delusions with it. The hardest and most courageous thing is to face all this and experience it.

It all starts with the fact that it is impossible to believe in it. “How so? How could this have happened? It's impossible! A week ago, I was preparing breakfast for him and we chatted when we drank tea. "

I couldn't sort my suitcases for a week. Mom said that I live at the train station, but I just couldn't even open them. At this moment, the stage of "non-acceptance" begins. You may have dreams that you are still together, or that this person is returning. Roughly speaking, in your heart your relationship is in a coma, under droppers, but still breathing. Gradually they die, you put them in a coffin, hammer in nails, cover them with earth and put up a tombstone.

Listen to your dreams. This is your subconscious speaking. Through all the stages of parting, I had a lot of dreams with exactly the same sensations that I met after some time.

In reality, it is very difficult to maintain associations with this person. I disagreed with him and our mutual friends from Facebook for a while, having previously warned them about it. I could not even open my phone, because when I even looked at my photos, I remembered that we were together. The only thing that I reacted with trepidation was the music. I realized that I cannot now listen to the music that I listened to before. I didn't want her to send me to that moment of pain and remind me of the past. I took one album and listened to it for a month, until it became much easier for me. It was Kanye West's 808s & Heartbreak. Firstly, it is 2008, so you rarely hear it anywhere. Secondly, now I can turn it on and be transported to that April. This is a kind of box of memories. Walking helped me too. I met with friends and walked a lot alone to go to bed immediately tired. The hardest part of the day for me was morning, because I really loved waking up with him. And now every morning, when I opened my eyes, I immediately felt very painful.

At first I could not eat, I felt sick, I was sick, I constantly wanted to sleep. In the most unexpected moments, I could cry, because gradually I realized that we were no longer together.

We begin to feel sorry for ourselves, it seems that such a person will no longer be in our life. The very best, the most beloved and the most beautiful. Some of these reflections are indeed true. There will never be such a person in your life. And as good and bad as it will not be with him either. But you need to understand that it will still be good and bad, but in a DIFFERENT way. And so is this person with you. Each of you is still special to each other. Only you had these jokes, these shared interests, nicknames, memories and sex.

You cannot lock yourself in the room. You need to see your friends, constantly recount this story, because this way it becomes more conscious for yourself, go somewhere, start changing your life. Two weeks after parting due to fortunate circumstances, I moved and began to live alone. This cheered me up a lot, and I immediately began to feel that everything was changing. I began to go on tour and found a new job (I worked in a team with my ex-boyfriend, so I automatically lost my job too). At least since new job I ran away very quickly, because I realized that it was too unconscious a decision - it made me think about other things as well. Distraction is good, but you can't just ignore your feelings.

I went with a friend to Paris and was preparing to defend my diploma. It was in Paris, a month after parting, that I realized that everything was over. And it happened quite by accident. I went up to the apartment and thought: “Oh, now wi-fi will connect, I need to write to him that everything is fine with me. Stop. Karin, who should I write to? "

This is how the awareness stage began. And the dreams that I was looking for him or talking somewhere passed.

But then the most unpleasant part begins. Intoxication. If before that you felt only pain, regret for the loss and longing for a person, now you begin to remember everything that hurt you, offended or with which you did not agree all this time. Anger is very strong feeling... This eternal dialogue in my head with frequent monologues about what should have been answered then is very difficult to stop. But he doesn't need to be stopped. It's good to be angry. Everything needs to come out of you.

I got it all in a slightly complicated form. Firstly, I can endure for a very long time, even when it is not required. And when something did not suit me, I could remain silent, but still do it my own way. But keep silent. Therefore, anger for 2.5 years of silence increased every day more and more. I was just angry and went to the gym and swimming every day to be with a bright head at least for a while. And as soon as the anger almost dried up, there was another blow.

I realized that there are very few beautiful and respectful partings. And this was definitely not our case. Apparently the work of my ex's grief young man happened in express mode, when we were still together, because a month later it turned out that he did not just stop loving me, but that he went to another woman, with whom he was already while I was. It turns out that another person slept on sheets that I matched to the color of our curtains and glasses in the kitchen.

How did I do it? When I found out about this, I had to write a diploma. And in general it was impossible to think about anything other than the final exams. And it seemed to me that I easily took this news, but my body told me no. I thought that only Russian classics have young ladies who lie down with bad news. In general, for two days I could not get up, because I had such cystitis on a nervous basis (the girls will understand me) that the pain paralyzed me. There were many questions, but it was sincerely infuriating that it happened exactly during that period of time when I was graduating from university, and he knew how serious it was, but he didn't care. This is how another template collapsed.

There is only one thing to remember in these situations. You cannot compare yourself with anyone. Never. And I'm really proud of that, because there was no competition in my head and I don't feel any worse. It just happened. And after all this time, I understand that this is much better.

And what about the end, you ask? When you get tired of being angry and hating, you don't care. You are grateful to this person for all the warm moments together, for the efforts and love. That's when it begins new life... It begins when you wake up in the morning and realize that you have a lot of things to do and worries that you enjoy doing, when the phone is bursting with messages from people with whom you want to meet, and when your soul is calm, like calm.

Karina Istomina is a talented Moscow girl who became famous thanks to the program "Gentle Editor". At the moment, Karina is engaged in blogging, as well as in the modeling business.

  • Date of birth - April 20, 1994
  • Place of birth - the city of Moscow
  • Height - 173
  • Weight - 47
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Childhood and youth

When Karina was little, she was significantly different from her peers in her craving for creative activity... Parents strove to develop their daughter, giving her to all kinds of sections. V school age Istomina went to music lessons with pleasure, art culture, the girl also loved to read books, she was interested in world history.

After finishing 11 classes with excellent marks, Karina decided to try her luck and applied to the research institute of the Higher School of Economics.

Karina has always been fond of music, and dreamed that when she grows up, she will be able to become famous not only in her native country, but also in New York. She often watched clips with her favorite singers on TV, dancing to the beat of their movements. Istomina was also interested in journalism, she easily found a common language with others, and it seemed to her that communicating with celebrities and interviewing them was very interesting.

Career

Growing up, first of all, Karina decided to try herself in modeling business, because her height and wasp waist, were quite suitable for the parameters of this model. At that time, the girl's weight was 55 kilograms.

For the first time she managed to light up on the pages of a fashion magazine at the age of sixteen. Even then, the girl managed to conquer the audience with her ease and chiseled figure. After the first filming, there were many offers of cooperation with the most famous brands... Istomina even managed to appear on a foreign podium.

Thanks to her modeling career, an aspiring celebrity was able to independently pay for her studies at the university. Even the heroine's father was always surprised at the independence of his daughter, he could definitely be sure that he had raised Karina correctly.

When Istomina turned 18, she was offered cooperation with the famous modeling agency Avant Models Management.

Quite quickly, Karina Istomina managed to become famous as a popular DJ. Her former lover Anton Sevidov helped the girl become famous, Karina still remembers the man only in a good way.

In 2019, Karina Istomina was invited to appear on her YouTube channel by the famous blogger Tatyana Mingalimova. Together with their colleague Ksenia Dukalis, the girls talk about the relationship between a man and a woman of interest to many.

Many Internet users were able to appreciate the new format of the show, which largely helped Karina gain more than 200 thousand subscribers, including famous bloggers. Some have compared the activities of the girls with the famous TV series "Sex and the City".

Personal life

Karina is a very open person and always shares with subscribers about the changes in her personal life. During her life, the girl experienced two serious novels with Nikita Zabelin and Anton Sevidov, which, unfortunately, ended in failure.

After breaking up with Anton Sevidov, Karina for a long time could not recover, she even had to seek help from a professional psychologist.

Karina does not like to talk about her parents, despite a happy childhood, the girl's father is a very strict man.

The girl is not afraid of frank scenes, as Istomin believes: "Naturalness cannot be a shame!"