Anua
Anua HEARTLEAF 87 LOW pH DEEP CLEANSING WATER
Ingredient analysis and how the ad lines read
Read on 2026-09-04
What is this product?
Anua HEARTLEAF 87 LOW pH DEEP CLEANSING WATER is about as bare as a cleansing water gets: 500g, twelve ingredients, no fragrance and no conventional surfactant, with a citrate buffer holding the low pH and one mild glyceryl ester doing the lifting. It really does hold a Korean acne-function registration, but its printed label carries none of the recognised acne actives and Anua publishes no test behind the registration.
What makes it different?
An acne-function registration on a cleansing water is unusual by itself, and so is an ingredient list this short: fragrance-free, buffered rather than surfactant-driven, and readable at a glance. What Anua does not tell you is how to finish, since nothing it publishes says whether to wipe it off and stop or rinse afterwards.
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
- Water
- Propanediol
- 폴리글리세릴카프레이트
- 1,2-산다이올
- Dipropylene Glycol
- Houttuynia Cordata Extract
- Panthenol
- Ethylhexylglycerin
- Citric Acid
- Sodium Citrate
- Squalane
- Tocopherol
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 4 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.
likely, not proven1
- For use on all skin types
Korean original
모든 피부에 사용
partly backed1
- Functional cosmetic for the relief of acne-prone skin
Korean original
여드름성 피부 완화 기능성 화장품
no evidence2
- Applying Anua's own fluid micellar method, it boasts a deep cleansing effect that cleanly removes up to 98% of waterproof mascara, 95% of lipstick, 96% of eyebrow makeup and 97% of base makeup in just one use
Korean original
아누아만의 플루이드 미셀라 공법을 적용해 단 한 번의 사용으로도 워터프루프 마스카라를 98%, 립스틱을 95%, 아이브로우를 96%, 베이스 메이크업을 97%까지 말끔하게 지워주는 딥 클렌징 효과를 자랑한다
- It has completed an alternative eye irritation test and a skin irritation test, so even sensitive skin can use it with confidence
Korean original
안자극 대체 테스트와 피부 자극 테스트를 완료해 민감한 피부도 안심하고 사용할 수 있다
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.
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Which articles cover it?
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