Anua Heartleaf 77 Hyaluronic Acid Moisture Soothing Lotion

What is this product?

A 200ml lotion built on 77 percent Houttuynia cordata (heartleaf) water plus beta-glucan and panthenol, backed by a ten-form hyaluronic-acid complex disclosed at sub-2-ppb concentrations per form. No functional-cosmetic filing applies to this product (MFDS review not applicable, confirmed across three independent archive surfaces). No pH or container form is confirmed for this SKU, and its own archive holds a small, undated four-item ingredient discrepancy against a separate corpus record that is disclosed rather than resolved.

What makes it different?

A ten-form hyaluronic-acid complex at disclosed, sub-2-ppb concentrations is an unusually granular labeling choice, though the concentrations themselves are far below the percent-level dosing that typically drives a hydration claim, which is worth reading as a formulation-transparency signal rather than a potency one.

What is in it?

The full ingredient list as the brand publishes it, in the printed order. Each name links to what we know about that ingredient.

This brand publishes its ingredient list in Korean only. Names below are the matching INCI names from the Korean Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary, except 2 with no dictionary entry, left in Korean.

Key ingredient

• Houttuynia Cordata Flower/Leaf/Stem Water
• Glycerin
• Ethylhexyl Stearate
• 1,2-Hexanediol
• Glyceryl Stearate Citrate
• Methylpropanediol
• Vincetoxicum Atratum Extract
• Althaea Rosea Flower Extract
• Methyl Trimethicone
• Pentylene Glycol
• Hydrogenated Poly(C6-14 Olefin)
• Butylene Glycol
• Water
• Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer
• Glyceryl Stearate
• Polyglyceryl-3 Distearate
• Betaine
• Glyceryl Glucoside
• Hydrogenated Lecithin
• Tromethamine
• Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate
• Ethylhexylglycerin
• Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate
• Sodium Phytate
• Beta-Glucan
• Tocopherol
• Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid
• Hyaluronic Acid
• Sodium Hyaluronate
• Dimethylsilanol Hyaluronate
• Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate
• Potassium Hyaluronate
• Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hyaluronate
• Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer
• Sodium Hyaluronate Dimethylsilanol
• Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate
• Panthenol
• 세틴
• 아이소시트린
• Houttuynia Cordata Vesicles
• Carbomer

Ingredients with no mark are ones we found nothing notable about, and when marks overlap on one ingredient we show the caution first.

We could not place these in the list above: Ethylhexyl Stearate

Did the ad claims hold up?

We checked 2 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. One of them looks likely, though none are proven outright.

Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.

Each line is quoted as the brand published it, and each one was read on its own against the ingredient list and the documents the brand publishes.

How we read these lines

Which articles cover it?

Articles on this site that write about this product.

• What does heartleaf actually do, and which number on the bottle is real?Heartleaf runs from 77 percent to 3,500 parts per million on Korean labels. The biggest number belongs to the weakest form, and no study here uses human skin.
• Gel cream or lotion for oily skin: occlusion decides itGel creams and lotions both read as light on a shelf, and only one of them consistently is. Two Korean labels read end to end, with the texture words checked.