By Katrina Doran.

Having truly clean skin is the foundation of the best skincare regime. All too commonly women, and men!, skimp on their cleanser opting to invest in their moisturiser instead, but for optimum skincare results - cleanser is key!

As someone who suffered from teenage acne, and still suffers breakouts of adult acne - cleansing has been almost an obsession since my teenage years however over-cleansing can be damaging too so achieving the cleanest pores possible without over stripping the skin has literally been my holy grail of skincare.

Eve Lom and Liz Earle's cleansers are the top of the range products and with the recent launch of Elemis' anti-ageing cleanser I thought I'd found my holy grail but the beauty industry is always unveiling new products and I've had my socks knocked off with the discovery of Emma Hardie's Professional Cleansing System (£39) which has just been launched in Space NK stores in Belfast.

The complete cleansing and exfoliating system, allows customised application to meet the specific needs of the skin and contains a large tub of Moringa Cleansing Balm, a small tub of Rosehip exfoliating seeds and Emma's amazing cleansing cloth. The Moringa Cleansing balm is a multi use product - somewhere between Eve Lom's iconic cleanser ( which you would never use as a treament) and Liz Earle's wonderbalm (which you would never use to cleanse!) this product can be used as a cleanser, as a soothing and softening mask as well as a universal rescue balm for dry skin conditions.

To cleanse - The balm should be mixed with a little warm water to create a milk and massaged into the skin using a special facial sculpting technique pioneered by Emma Hardie.

The balm melts away make-up (it does say that it removes eye make-up as well but personally I'd recommend removing eye-make-up separately) and is removed with the double-sided cloth. The abrasive muslin side of the cloth to exfoliate dry, lined, thickened and congested areas and the smoother micro fibre side for more delicate and sensitive areas. The main ingredient of Moringa oil is fantastic for purifying water so if you have limescale problems with your water so avoid wash-off cleaners - this is the product to go for. Skin is left feeling incredibly clean, smooth and supple; never tight.

I was impressed with the balm and the cloth and then (big dramatic pause!) I tried the Aromatherapy Infused Rosehip Exfoliating Seeds and was wowed all over again.

I do prefer to use a manual scrub to exfoliate and really work around the nose and blackhead prone areas and always go for a product with dense micro beads as some scrubs with natural ingredients like apricot kernal can actually damage your pores with their uneven shape and sharp edges. The superfine particles of the rosehip seeds felt amazing on my skin. When removed with the damp wash cloth my skin looked like it had been polished - plus with Emma's facial sculpting techniques there is also the ability to lift and sculpt the face too.

Emma Hardie Amazing Face Natural Lift and Sculpt Skincare is available exclusively at Space NK

In-store, by mail order (020 8740 2085) and on-line at www.spacenk.com and www.emmahardie.com