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Your 5-Step Shower Routine for Maximum Moisture
Moisturized, glowing skin is one of our eternal goals year-round. Spring’s transitional period from chilly temperatures to heat and humidity is the perfect time for a shower routine revamp to ensur...
Read moreYour Step-By-Step Candle Care Guide
Despite what your coffee table might be telling you, there's always room for another candle. On a more emotional end, their sensorial aromas help create lasting memories, and then there's the unden...
Read moreMeet Nue Au Soleil: A Beach Day Without the Travel
In the hot summer afternoon, a young woman lounges on the beach, a straw hat shadowing her face. The coast is deserted; everyone is at home enjoying a respite from the heat. Taking one more look, s...
Read moreFound: The Elixir for Glowing Healthy Skin
A magic potion that cures all your life woes might not exist in real life, but when it comes to boosting skin health, our new nourishing face and décolleté oil, Elixir II, comes pretty close. Our d...
Read moreThe people of southern France have practiced “soaping” for centuries – it literally means washing with soap. This everyday, seemingly mundane task might be overlooked by most, but our Beautisan Béa...
Read moreA Unique Dry Oil, the Bastide Way
Browsing the shelves of your favorite beauty stores, you’ve probably noticed that dry oils are having a moment. Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse, Kiehl’s Argan Dry Oil, and L’Occitane Almond Supple Skin Oil ...
Read moreHow Can I Make My Body Routine Clean?
Clean beauty is constantly talked about these days. Everyone’s claiming to be natural, organic, green and good for you. What does it all mean? We break down what’s worth listening to and how you c...
Read moreWhat is dry oil? Incorporating oils into your beauty routine is increasingly popular among clean beauty aficionados. It’s no wonder, considering oils are full of skin-loving ingredients. When most...
Read moreBastide’s Commitment To Naturality
There is a lot of content these days on "all natural" or "clean beauty." We want to open up and share with you about what we have in mind when we talk about natural beauty. It is an ever evolving...
Read moreFive Things You May Not Know About Bastide
At Bastide, we create all of our products in accordance with our Blacklist – a list of over 30 ingredients that we would never use in our products. You’ll never find ingredients such as sulfates...
Read moreBehind the Founder: My Journey with Fragrance Creation
Fragrance has always been a special part of my life. I’ve been wearing a variation of fig scents for some time, so when Frédéric and I began developing Bastide’s fragrances, I knew I wanted to incl...
Read moreA French Love Affair: Bastide x Sézane
Last week, we gathered at l’Appartement Sézane in New York to uncover the truths and myths of French beauty. Bastide co-founder Shirin von Wulffen moderated the panel featuring our very own Frédéri...
Read moreWith every great product comes a compelling story of how it came to be... Picture the majestic olive tree, known for its virility and nobleness, standing tall and confident in boundless land. Acros...
Read moreLiquid Gold: The Beautiful Benefits of Provence Olive Oil
Here in Provence as well as at Bastide, there are a number of things that we hold sacred: family, nature and the absolute joy of simplicity. From the closet to the kitchen, we rely only on the esse...
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