UpCircle uses leftover coffee beans from cafes around London to make soaps, face masks, serums and exfoliators. UpCircle was formed by a brother and sister who thought how about using waste products from coffee shops to make soaps.
UpCircle teamed up with Urban Outfitters and started to ship their coffee bean products around Europe. One they started they thought of many other all-natural products to make beauty products. This is when they started collecting left over hemp seeds husks to make face masks. They also started to mess around with spices used to brew chai tea which they now use to make soap bars out of. Spices such as nutmeg, vanilla, ginger and cloves are grounded into a fine powder and blended to make bars of soap.
Speaking to GLAMOUR about the brand story, co-founder William Brightman, explained: “Back in 2015, we had a thought: 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. Since then, we’ve saved approximately 35 tonnes of coffee from landfill, based on our current growth rates we estimate that we will have saved an additional 1000 tonnes in the next 5 years. Now that’s a lot of espressos!”
Their most popular product is the Hydrating Face Serum which is made from oil in coffee beans and other key ingredients. It is rich in vitamin c from rosehip and sea buckthorn ois. It will brighten the skin whilst hydrating, it can also be used on any skin type.
UpCircle’s body scrub can be found in 740 Boots stores which comes after their three year anniversary of the brand.
