I use it in the morning. It's not striping, very gentle. love it 

On my third bottle - really like this cleanser, the foam is dense and skin is left clean, moist and not tight! 

I still don't really know if the leaves at the bottom are just "for show" though, because theres a layer separating it from the main compartment of solution, and it isnt just a sieve (ie. nothing flows through).