Anua
Anua ANUA SILKY MOISTURE SUN CREAM
Ingredient analysis and how the ad lines read
Read on 2026-09-22
What is this product?
A silky, hydration-focused Korean sunscreen built on five UV filters, 3,000ppm Houttuynia Cordata Extract, niacinamide and panthenol, with no added fragrance or drying alcohol in the list.
What makes it different?
The formula pairs five UV filters including a modern UVA filter with hydration ingredients such as glycerin, panthenol and biosaccharide gum. Niacinamide sits seventh and adenosine appears late in the list, matching the triple functional registration. The plant extract section is led by Houttuynia Cordata Extract at a disclosed 3,000ppm, and the list contains no fragrance or drying alcohol.
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.
Key ingredient
- Water
- Dibutyl Adipate
- Propanediol
- Ethylhexyl Triazone
- Terephthalylidene Dicamphor Sulfonic Acid
- Glycerin
- Niacinamide
- Caprylyl Methicone
- Polymethylsilsesquioxane
- Tromethamine
- 1,2-Hexanediol
- Polyglyceryl-3 Distearate
- Cetearyl Alcohol
- Pentylene Glycol
- Butylene Glycol
- Diethylamino Hydroxybenzoyl Hexyl Benzoate
- Polysilicone-15
- Houttuynia Cordata Extract
- Diospyros Kaki Leaf Extract
- Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Fruit Extract
- Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Flower Extract
- Coffea Arabica (Coffee) Seed Extract
- Polygonum Cuspidatum Root Extract
- Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
- Castanea Crenata (Chestnut) Shell Extract
- Zanthoxylum Piperitum Fruit Extract
- Anastatica Hierochuntica Extract
- Panthenol
- Glyceryl Stearate
- Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine
- Potassium Cetyl Phosphate
- Methylpropanediol
- Carbomer
- Glyceryl Stearate Citrate
- Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
- Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer
- Adenosine
- Polyether-1
- Biosaccharide Gum-1
- Tocopherol
- Ethylhexylglycerin
Ingredients with no mark are ones we found nothing notable about, and when marks overlap on one ingredient we show the caution first.
Did the ad claims hold up?
We checked the one line this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. All of them hold up.
Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.
backed by evidence1
- Whitening, wrinkle improvement, UV protection triple functional cosmetic
Korean original
미백, 주름개선, 자외선차단 3중 기능성 화장품
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.