Upcircle organic eco-friendly skincare

Upcircle organic eco-friendly skincare

UpCircle craft natural, organic skincare that’s better for you and the planet. Using leftover, natural ingredients, such as used coffee grounds and brewed spices, Upcircle brings them back to life as eco-friendly beauty products that are great for all skin types and smell amazing.

Nature gives us lots of wonderful ingredients that make our skin healthier and more radiant – like used coffee grounds and brewed chai tea spices. They often end up going to landfill, but why should all that good stuff go to waste?

I love the Upcircle have done something about using up these still-valuable, skin-friendly waste ingredients. 

Click here to browse the full range of Upcircle organic eco-friendly skincare.

I’ve also picked out my 3 favourite products from the range to share with you here. Hope you and your skin enjoy!

 

UpCircle face moisturiser, £18.95

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A deeply hydrating, fast-absorbing face cream to nourish and brighten the skin. The moisturising and conditioning properties of the ingredients help soothe dryness and irritation.

Reused, repurposed, reloved: This face cream is made with finely-ground powder of discarded argan shells, a natural by-product of the argan oil industry and rich in antioxidant Vitamin E.

The moisturiser is suitable for all skin types and daily use. The argan shell powder is combined with skin-soothing cocoa butter, aloe vera and blood orange. This fast-absorbing moisturiser will help to balance out your skin’s own oils and reduce inflammation.

Made with 99% natural ingredients, this moisturiser is vegan, sustainable and cruelty-free.

Upcycle organic face serum with coffee oil, £15.95

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This hydrating face serum is made with jojoba, sea buckthorn and rosehip oils. 

Use morning and night to help boost collagen and keep skin firm.

Rich in Vitamin C, antioxidant-rich coffee and rosehip oils, it fades dark spots and brighten complexion. Incredible, planet-saving fact – the coffee is repurposed!

Scented with geranium, rose and lemon essential oils.

Also excellent as a hair or beard oil: jojoba oil softens hair whilst rosehip keeps the skin beneath healthy and reduces irritation.

For all skin types.

Certified Organic, 100% natural, vegan, sustainable and cruelty-free.

 

Upcycle coffee face scrub, £12.95

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This coffee face scrub has been carefully formulated for dry, dehydrated skin with rosehip, sweet orange and lemon verbena essential oils. 

Reused, repurposed, reloved. This scrub is made with top-quality Arabica coffee grounds sourced from artisan coffee shops.

Orange oil acts as both an antiseptic and anti-inflammatory. So, it’s perfect for soothing redness and irritation, whilst uplifting lemon verbena helps to tone the skin. With strong antiseptic properties, this scrub can help treat acne and spots for a clear complexion.

Buff away dry, dead cells to leave you feeling soft, smooth and glowing. Blended with shea butter to nourish the skin post-scrub. 

Certified Organic, 100% natural, vegan, sustainable and cruelty-free.

 

Upcircle cleansing face balm with apricot powder, £18.95

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An everyday cleansing balm to gently remove makeup, pollution and impurities. Skin is deeply cleansed, soothed and hydrated.

If you’re looking for a gentle way to remove makeup whilst providing nourishment to the skin, this might well be it!

Reused, repurposed, reloved. This cleansing balm contains the finely-ground powder of discarded apricot stones, a natural by-product of the apricot oil industry and rich in antioxidant Vitamin E. The effects of pollution can cause dull, lifeless skin. Use this balm to revive and brighten the complexion.

The balm is suitable for all skin types. The apricot stone powder combines with skin-calming blackcurrant seed, blue tansy and sea buckthorn oils.

More about Upcircle

UpCircle’s journey began by collecting used coffee grounds from coffee shops in London and repurposing them into a skincare range of fully natural, vegan face and body scrubs.

Back in 2015, brother and sister co-founders Anna and Will Brightman began their journey.

‘We had a thought,’ says Anna, ‘That if we’re throwing away a cafetière full of coffee grounds every morning, how much is going to waste from coffee shops all over London?

‘A lot, as it turns out. So we decided to do something about it. We needed a way to give those coffee grounds a new lease of life. And UpCircle was born.

‘We began our journey collecting coffee grounds from one coffee shop, we now collect from hundreds of coffee houses across London – our list is always growing!’

Dragon’s Den

You might remember seeing Will and Anna pitching their business on Dragon’s Den in 2018. They received investment offers from 3 dragons and agreed a deal with Touker Suleyman and Tej Lalvni. 

They now repurpose ten would-be waste ingredients from the argan, tea, juice, coffee, date, apricot, olive and wood industries. This has grown into full planet-kind skincare range of moisturisers, face cleansers, make-up removers, body creams, toners, eye cream, facial serums, antibacterial hand wash and soaps. They now repurpose ten would-be waste ingredients from the argan, tea, juice, coffee, date, apricot, olive and wood industries.

The ethos behind the brand is simple – ‘Reused, repurposed, reloved’. Creating a positive environmental impact is at the heart of what UpCircle do.

They really have left no stone unturned and everything is 100% cruelty-free and made from top quality ingredients and sustainable materials.  We are proud to be a stockist of UpCircle beauty products and their closed-loop, circular economy of skincare.  

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