You'd be forgiven for associating foaming cleansers with the teenage 'just started cleansing properly but can't be bothered with the whole cleanser toner and cotton wool option'; however, you'd also be wrong. Apart from anything else, what teenager could afford to buy La Prairie products?

FOAM CLEANSER

The tube itself is unlike any other foam cleanser I've used - smart glossy white sturdy plastic with nothing but the product name and brand name on the front. Not forgetting functionality it stands easily on its shiny silver lid. As suggested in the instructions I normally use this cleanser morning and night: morning, before applying tinted moisturiser, and night, to cleanse before bed (and remove makeup if that's not already been done). I do sometimes use cleansing wipes early evening but that's only when I feel I need to remove my makeup earlier.

If I am wearing full makeup I remove my eye makeup before using this because you are not supposed to use it in the eye area - and anyway, who would want their eye makeup massaged all over their skin? As with all foaming cleansers it's important that you wash your hands first otherwise you are just rubbing all that dirt on to your face. The lid unscrews easily, even with wet hands, and the cleanser squeezes out slowly which is great because you (literally) only need a pea sized ball. The cleanser is a pearlescent baby pink and very thick so you won't waste any by dropping it down the plughole. I generally replace the lid before I forget (which, although a screw top, is very easy to use) and then blob it around my face and get lathering!

This cleanser claims to 'clarify and calm skin, remove makeup and surface impurities, and environmental pollutants. Suitable for all skin types, even dry and sensitive skin. Its gentle foaming action preserves skin's natural barrier leaving it instantly refreshed, perfectly smooth and hydrated.'

I found that over a prolonged period of use (several months) that it balanced out my skin which had previously been combination, with oil on my forehead. However it did not particularly reduced the amount of spots I had; so occasionally I swap back to my Clean & Clear Deep Clean Cream as that's got Salicylic Acid in it, which combats spots. I would definitely agree that it calms skin because I used to quite often get a slightly blotchy redness/uneven skin tone on my forehead and sometimes my cheeks but I haven't had that in a long time.

£35 for 125ml which when used twice daily will last 8 months. No, it's not cheap to buy initially but let me do some sums….It works out at £4.38 a month which equates to about the same price as a pack of the more expensive cleansing wipes.

La Prairie products are available direct from their website, from various upmarket department stores, or my favourite strawberrynet.com which offer discounted prices (£32.50) and free postage worldwide which makes it even cheaper than the prices above.

If I had all the money in the world I reckon I'd repurchase this. Luckily my mum bought another tube for Christmas so I'll have that for the next 8 months but after that I think I might try a slightly cheaper Shiseido foaming cleanser, which hopefully might be similar! Being 21 and often suffering that annoying monthly breakout I was not particularly impressed that it doesn't really combat spots, but I guess being La Prairie it's probably marketed at more mature people who don't really get any spots. I will remove a star for this, but seeing as it works out fairly cheap each month I shan't be removing a star for price.