- I go for either the black or the tortoise.
But sometimes if you're on vacation, you like pick
up a white pair and you think it's like tres chic
but then you never wear it again.
[Maria laughing]
Hi GQ, it's Maria Sharapova and these are my 10 essentials.
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So one of my essentials is hydration
particularly this beautiful Evian bottle.
It's a collaboration with Belmont.
I drink a lot of water and I
by playing tennis for so many years
it like taught me all these fantastic routines
about staying healthy, about hydrating
and hydration was just such a huge part
of getting ready for matches and recovery.
And I always knew like during my matches when
I had like the bottle that Evian designed part of my armor
part of the uniform that I brought on court.
And it made me feel like no matter where I was in the world
that this was just part of my team.
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Okay, so another essential I have is something I like to do
over the weekend.
And this is a face tool
and I have many different face tools
but this is one of my favorites
because it has all these different attachments.
It's supposed to like sculpt your face.
But since I have beautiful makeup on
I'm supposed to already look sculpted
but this is like naturally supposed to sculpt my face.
And then this one is red light.
It's supposed to get rid
of all wrinkles right under your eye, right
in the lip area at the same time it does a massage.
I don't know if you see this.
Okay, I'm gonna take all my makeup off.
Okay, my favorite time to do this is anytime
I have the chance, which is usually when the baby is asleep.
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All right.
This is a heavier essential because they're wrist weights.
I travel with these all the time because you never know
if you're going to be in a hotel with a gym or not.
So these are one pound each and I haven't worked
out with these in a while, but what I do is I take a
my stroller, I put these on as like little jewelry bits.
I'm just walking with my baby
and hoping that my arm gets nice and toned.
So these are great, like for little like hand curl
like a lot of little hand curls, little leg lifts, you know
like a Jane Fonda like do, do, do.
That was the circus by the way.
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These eye masks
which just save the day anytime you haven't slept much
which is so often when you're traveling
when you're on the plane.
Although you might look a little odd, they work miracles
they look like you're refreshed and beautiful and glowing.
I don't know if I could do a little test trial.
Here goes me looking a little weird.
Sorry, makeup artist.
Sorry.
Okay.
Did I do that okay?
I think ladies can relate because I
I think the more awkward we look
in our beauty routines, the better it works.
There's also a full face and neck and decollete version
of it in this gray color too, which you know
could look a little spooky, but who's watching?
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Okay, so the next essential is baby sunscreen.
I feel like this whole series is about my baby
but everything in my
my life now is relevant to having a child.
I have this in my bag all the time because we love going
on walks and we love doing things as a family.
And this is what I use now and I also apply it
on my own self 'cause who has time
to use a different sunblock for an adult.
And a baby, SPF was such a huge part
of my youth because I trained like
in the Florida sun and my mom was always so adamant
about like reapplying SPF and this one smells very natural.
I actually, I prefer
like beauty items that don't have much
of a smell because we use so much in our lives
and we're always stimulated by lights and smells.
And I actually prefer like beauty products to be
to feel pure and natural and not with a strong scent.
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So my next essential are travel items
because I absolutely love traveling.
And these two items are
like beautifully packaged and they're small.
And this is a hand cream and this is a deodorant
and the smell is Havana, which I've never been to Cuba.
But if it's anything
like the smell I'm going tomorrow, no, I feel
like any brand that's not creating travel size items is
I don't know, missing the boat.
I don't wanna admit how many natural deodorants
I have gone through, but several.
And this is definitely one of my favorites.
It goes on completely clear if you can see that.
It smells like you're traveling through the jungles
of Havana and you're on the beach drinking a pina colada.
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Must have, must have the sunglasses.
These I got in Italy and well just cheated.
It says handmade in Italy, duh.
And they even have my name on it.
I got engraved just in case I lose them.
We all lose them.
Sunglasses are just like a staple
and you know when you first get a pair of sunglasses
and they come with this like little bag and a box.
And how long does that last?
Like an hour?
I think it's more
about the shape than the brand and sunglasses.
Like, I think the bigger the better.
What do you think?
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This is really serious, intimate stuff.
I love stationary and every time I travel I always pick
up stationary at a local shop and postcards
and all that thing.
I just like, you know, it makes us feel
like we're personal and we're sending each other notes
which we rarely do unless it's on text.
So this is one that I recently was gifted
and it has my name on it so it feels very official.
I feel like it fits with my aesthetic.
Our families, they love sharing like thank you notes
and birthday cards and there's always like a deep meaning
behind them that, you know, when their message is genuine
when there's a thought to it or there's humor in it
or perhaps there's a memory that comes to mind.
I think that always adds an element of, okay
they didn't just, you know, buy a card and put it
in the mail.
There's definitely a process which I think makes it
a greater experience to receive it
and to open it and to read it and keep it.
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Next essential.
And this is like an essential
essential essential because this is a pen
I think it's very important that you have a pen that almost
like makes your handwriting better.
Like it enhances it and makes it pretty.
And this was a pen that Annie Liebowitz
signs her autographs with.
So I was on set with her and she pulled this
out and I asked her like, is this a specific pen?
And she said, yes, it's
it's the only one I write and sign autographs with.
It's the papermate flair medium.
I went on Amazon and I bought like a hundred
of these and they're now my favorite pens too.
Ta da.
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So my next essential is probably something I
would've never thought about four years ago
before the pandemic.
But now I don't leave home without a hand sanitizer.
This one is a called magic molecule
and it is a skin cleanser.
But what I love about it is it comes
on as a spray and it's completely clear
and it has no scent and it's not sticky, which I don't,
I feel like for hand sanitizers is unique.
That's all I have to say about this one.
Alright GQ, that's a wrap.
These are my essentials.