Face Cleansers for Tweens

Somewhere between eight and twelve, a kid's skin starts making a bit more oil, usually around the nose and forehead, and the old baby wash stops feeling like the right thing. This is where a routine starts: one good cleanser, used properly, morning and night.

Our cleansers are foaming face washes made for tween skin, ages 7 to 14. The pump is the quiet hero, it dispenses the right amount every time, so there's no over-squeezing, no product sliding off small hands into the basin, and the bottle lasts. One pump, lukewarm water, thirty seconds, rinse. That's the whole step.

Two scents to choose from: Confetti Face Cleansing Foam smells like vanilla ice-cream, Crosses leans citrus. Same foaming formula, made in Australia,  the difference is just what they'd rather smell at the sink, which matters more than you'd think when you're trying to get a ten-year-old to actually do it.

If you're after a single tween face wash to start with, the foaming Crosses cleanser is our most popular pick. Prefer to refill instead of re-buying the bottle? The refill pouches keep the routine going with less waste.

Washing your own face is a basic life skill, not a beauty routine. This is where it begins, one step, done well.