We started stocking some of the UpCircle beauty products early in 2021. There are so many brand options for UK-made, plastic free natural skin care products these days, so it was not an easy selection process for us. As always, we did a lot of research to find just the right brand for Get Loose and for you.

How UpCircle started

With discarded coffee grounds! The founders, Anna & Will, realised that discarded coffee grounds from London coffee shops could be turned into something useful. They tested the coffee based scrub at the London Coffee Festival in 2016 and haven't looked back.

UpCircle Founders, siblings Anna & Will (Image by UpCircle)

Next they moved on to repurposing waste chai spices and fruit stones, into products that worked and smelt great.

Why we chose to stock them

Each product has, at its core, at least one item that would have been wasted, e.g. coffee grounds, date seeds, apricot stones.
Soil Association Organic certified
No SLS, SLEs, palm oil, silicones, parabens, mineral oil, parfum or sulfates
Vegan, Cruelty free, Ocean friendly
Offices and warehouse in South London, produced in Dorset. 🇬🇧
All packaging is easily recyclable or reusable and for some products — re-fillable!
You can bring your own jar to fill up UpCircle moisturiser at GetLoose. 🎉 UpCircle have a refill programme, that we hope to extend to all the products we sell at the shop, once they become popular with customers.
Products were a hit with Get Loose staff and volunteers.
Price compares well to mainstream products of a similar quality.
...and they smell great!

Coffee grounds being collected from a London cafe (Image by UpCircle)

Workers rights in the UK and supply chain

The products are produced in the UK, and both UpCircle & their manufacturers are Soil Association & COSMOS certified brands. This means they regulate the integrity of the supply chain. Each decision UpCircle makes has to pass a “win-win-win test”. Is it a win for the skin? Is it a win for UpCircle as a business (cost, availability, supply)? Is it a win for the grower (fair trade, adding value to the harvest)? Every product they make must meet this test, keeping the range sustainable from start to end.

All employees are paid at least the living wage, although they don’t have the Living wage certification yet.

What we stock at Get Loose

*Face moisturiser — natural, fast-absorbing day cream for all skin types. It is made with the fine powder of discarded argan shells.

*Face serum — brightens skin with oil from repurposed coffee grounds. Rich in vitamin C from rosehip and sea buckthorn oils.

*Cleansing face balm — an everyday cleansing balm to gently remove makeup (including mascara), pollution and impurities, made with the finely-ground powder of discarded apricot stones, a natural by-product of the apricot oil industry and rich in antioxidant Vitamin E.

*Face mask — clarifying face mask for all skin types; use to fight blackheads, minimise pores and prevent breakouts. The mask is made with the fine powder of discarded olive stones.

Body creme —soothing body cream with skin-calming repurposed date seed extract.

Body scrub — discarded coffee grounds from London coffee shops.

*Suncream SPF 25 - a gentle cream with raspberry seed extract. Rubs in easily.

* denotes that we sell in bulk, bring your own container.

Ask staff to try the products before you buy.