Anua
Anua HEARTLEAF QUERCETINOL™ PORE DEEP CEANSING FOAM 150ML
Ingredient analysis and how the ad lines read
Read on 2026-09-10
What is this product?
A heartleaf-branded pore cleansing foam that pairs an amino-acid surfactant base with two BHA-class actives and isopropyl alcohol, so its calming, non-comedogenic framing does not extend to alcohol-free or BHA-free framing. Betaine Salicylate and Capryloyl Salicylic Acid sit inside the same 150ml bottle that closes on a bare quercetin entry, the ingredient behind the line's Quercetinol name. The brand's own global site prints three specific test percentages, for pore appearance, acne severity, and sebum, none of them tied to a named institution, panel size, or report.
What makes it different?
The ingredient anchor for this record is English-only: four archived files from the brand's own domestic storefront never surfaced a Korean statutory listing, and the file that closed the gap came from the brand's separate United States storefront instead. That anchor opens on a heartleaf (Houttuynia Cordata) flower, leaf and stem water base and closes on a standalone quercetin entry, which is the ingredient the Quercetinol line name points to, while an amino-acid surfactant pairing, sodium cocoyl glycinate and sodium lauroyl glutamate, plus two glucosides carry the actual cleansing action near the front of the list. Isopropyl alcohol sits in the same list as Betaine Salicylate and Capryloyl Salicylic Acid, a pairing worth naming for anyone avoiding BHA-class actives or expecting an alcohol-free foam from soothing branding. The brand's own global product page states three test percentages in a Testing Results block, for pore appearance after one use, acne severity at two weeks, and sebum at two weeks, without naming a testing institution, a panel size, or a published report for any of the three.
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.
Key ingredientWorth a closer look
- Houttuynia Cordata Flower/Leaf/Stem Water
- Glycerin
- Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate
- Water
- Sodium Lauroyl Glutamate
- Disodiumn Cocoamphodiacetate
- Coco-Glucoside
- DecyI Glucoside
- Hectorite
- Sodium Chloride
- 1,2-He xanediol
- Betaine Salicylate
- Potassium Benz oate
- Houttuynia Cordata Powder
- Polyquaternium-67
- Acrylates/C10-30 Alky1 Acrylate Crosspolymer
- Butylene Glycol
- Gard enia Florida Fruit Extract
- Dextrin
- Disodium EDTA
- Eucalyptus Globulus Leaf Oil
- Ethylhexyl glycerin
- Sodium Acetate
- Isopropyl Alcohol
- Pinus Palustris Leaf Extract
- UImus Davidiana Root Extract
- Oenothera Biennis (Evening Pr imrose) Flower Extract
- Pueraria Lobata Root Extract
- Pentylene Glycol'. Capryloyl Salicylic Acid
- Tocopherol
- Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid
- Hyaluronic Acid
- Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluron ate
- Sodium Hyaluronate
- Potassium Hyaluron ate
- Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hyaluronate
- Sod jum Hyaluronate Crosspolymer
- Sodium Acetyl ated Hyaluronate
- Quercetin
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: Capryloyl Salicylic Acid
Did the ad claims hold up?
We checked 5 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. None of them hold up. There is nothing behind them.
no evidence5
- Pores cleaned up by 99.5% after one use.
- Acne Severity reduced by 17.46% in 2 weeks of use.
- Sebum reduced by 49.98% in 2 weeks of use.
- Non-comedogenic
- Low irritiation
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.