Where does this sheet mask go in my routine?

After toner, in place of your serum step, in the evening. Toner goes on before it, and the rest of the routine goes on after you take the sheet mask off. If you are adding it to a routine you already like, give it a week on its own first, so what you see is the Houttuynia Cordata Extract and not three changes at once.

What else is on the list besides Houttuynia Cordata Extract?

Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Tocopherol and Phytosphingosine. The order they are printed in on this sheet mask's panel is the order on the box, so you can see where Houttuynia Cordata Extract sits relative to them. Further down the same panel: Ceramide NP, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil and Cetyl Ethylhexanoate.

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Heartleaf Cream Mask Night Solution

Name: Anua Heartleaf Cream Mask Night Solution
Brand: Anua
Price: 2.99 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Anua Heartleaf Cream Mask Night Solution is a 1ea sheet mask from Anua built around Houttuynia Cordata Extract.

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$2.99

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Korean-market formula
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Suited to: Dry skinCompromised barrierDehydrated skinSensitive skin

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Key benefits

Houttuynia Cordata Extract, the plant extract this sheet mask is built around
Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate on the same list, an active
Tocopherol on the same list, an antioxidant
Phytosphingosine and Ceramide NP on the same list, barrier lipids
Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil and Cetyl Ethylhexanoate further down the same list
Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter and Arginine further down the same list

Key actives

7Phytosphingosinebarrier lipid

Phytosphingosine is the backbone every ceramide is built on, and skin uses it in its own lipid layer. In a formula it works with ceramides and cholesterol and also keeps the product stable against microbes. It is named seventh on this sheet mask's list, alongside Houttuynia Cordata Extract.

All products with Phytosphingosine

8Ceramide NPbarrier lipid

Ceramide NP is the most used cosmetic ceramide, the same class of lipid that makes up roughly half the mortar between cells in the outer layer of skin. Added to a cream it slots into that structure, which is why ceramide formulas feel less leaky rather than merely greasy. It is named eighth on this sheet mask's list, alongside Houttuynia Cordata Extract.

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9Houttuynia Cordata Extractplant extract

Houttuynia Cordata is heartleaf, and it is one of the two or three anchor plants of Korean calming skincare. Its extract carries quercitrin and other flavonoids and is used for the look of redness and blemish-prone skin. It is the entry this sheet mask is named after, and the list carries it.

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20Dipotassium Glycyrrhizateactive

Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate is a water-soluble salt derived from licorice root. It is named twentieth on this sheet mask's list, alongside Houttuynia Cordata Extract.

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22Tocopherolantioxidant

Tocopherol is vitamin E. It is an oil-soluble antioxidant that protects the oils in a formula from going rancid and works on skin as an emollient, and it is regularly paired with vitamin C because each keeps the other going for longer. The panel names it twenty-second on this sheet mask's list, beside Houttuynia Cordata Extract.

All products with Tocopherol

Inside the formula

Ingredients declared

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on the list

7Phytosphingosine9Houttuynia Cordata20Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate22Tocopherol

7Phytosphingosine
9Houttuynia Cordata
20Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate
22Tocopherol

Where each key active sits on the declared ingredient list, by entry number. Position is proportion: the further forward, the larger its share.

Anua Heartleaf Cream Mask Night Solution

23 of 23 explained

Water solvent: Water is the base almost every serum, toner and cream is built on. It dissolves the water-loving ingredients and sets how light the finished texture feels. On an INCI list it is usually first, which only means it is the largest single ingredient by weight.
Dipropylene Glycol humectant: Dipropylene Glycol is a glycol used as a solvent and a light humectant. Its main job is keeping the rest of the formula dissolved and the texture fluid rather than adding hydration of its own.
Glycerin humectant: Glycerin is the most used humectant in skincare. It draws water into the outer layer of skin and holds it there, and it is one of the very few ingredients whose hydrating effect is settled science rather than marketing. Higher amounts feel tacky, which is why it is usually blended.
Cetyl Ethylhexanoate emollient: Cetyl Ethylhexanoate is a synthetic ester used as a dry-feeling emollient. It spreads easily, leaves a silky rather than oily finish, and helps disperse pigments and UV filters evenly.
Panthenol humectant: Panthenol is pro-vitamin B5: skin converts it to pantothenic acid. It is a humectant that holds water and leaves skin feeling soft and less tight, and it is one of the ingredients formulators reach for when a formula also contains something harsh.
Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter emollient: Shea Butter is the fat pressed from the shea nut, rich in oleic and stearic acids and unsaponifiable plant sterols. It is a heavy emollient and partial occlusive, which is why it sits in balms and night creams rather than in essences.
Phytosphingosine barrier lipid: Phytosphingosine is the backbone every ceramide is built on, and skin uses it in its own lipid layer. In a formula it works with ceramides and cholesterol and also keeps the product stable against microbes.
Ceramide NP barrier lipid: Ceramide NP is the most used cosmetic ceramide, the same class of lipid that makes up roughly half the mortar between cells in the outer layer of skin. Added to a cream it slots into that structure, which is why ceramide formulas feel less leaky rather than merely greasy.
Houttuynia Cordata Extract plant extract: Houttuynia Cordata is heartleaf, and it is one of the two or three anchor plants of Korean calming skincare. Its extract carries quercitrin and other flavonoids and is used for the look of redness and blemish-prone skin.
1,2-Hexanediol humectant: 1,2-Hexanediol is a glycol used for two reasons: it holds water like glycerin, and it makes a formula harder for microbes to live in, so less traditional preservative is needed. Korean formulas use it heavily for that second reason.
Polyglyceryl-3 Methylglucose Distearate emulsifier: Polyglyceryl-3 Methylglucose Distearate is a sugar-derived emulsifier known for a light, non-soapy feel. It builds gel-creams that do not read as rich.
Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil occlusive: Plant oil hardened by hydrogenation. It behaves as a soft solid, so it gives balms and sticks their body and slows water loss from the surface.

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Glyceryl Stearate emulsifier: Glyceryl Stearate is glycerin joined to stearic acid, and one of the most used emulsifiers in skincare. It holds oil and water together and thickens the result, and it softens skin at the same time.
Cetearyl Alcohol fatty alcohol: Cetearyl Alcohol is a waxy solid, not the drying kind of alcohol. It is a blend of cetyl and stearyl alcohols used to thicken a cream and keep oil and water from separating, and it softens skin as it does so.
Sodium Hyaluronate humectant: Sodium Hyaluronate is the salt of hyaluronic acid, and it is what most products labelled hyaluronic actually contain. The salt dissolves more readily and the molecule is smaller, so it sits in the outer layer of skin rather than only on top of it.
Carbomer thickener: Carbomer is a synthetic polymer that only gels once a base neutralises it, which is why arginine or tromethamine sits nearby on the list. It gives the clear, non-stringy gel texture a xanthan formula cannot reach.
Arginine amino acid: Arginine is an amino acid that does two jobs here: it holds water in the outer layer of skin, and it neutralises acidic gelling agents, which is why it often stands in for a synthetic pH adjuster.
Hydroxyacetophenone preservative booster: Hydroxyacetophenone is an antioxidant that also strengthens a preservative system, so a formula needs less traditional preservative. Korean formulas pair it with 1,2-hexanediol constantly.
Caprylyl Glycol preservative booster: Caprylyl Glycol is a glycol that conditions skin and, more importantly, strengthens a preservative system so less of the traditional preservative is needed. It appears in most modern formulas built without parabens.
Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate active: Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate is a water-soluble salt derived from licorice root. It is the licorice fraction Korean formulas use for the look of redness, and it is far more stable in water than the whole extract.
Ethylhexylglycerin preservative booster: Ethylhexylglycerin softens skin and boosts a preservative system, which is why it is nearly always sitting beside phenoxyethanol or 1,2-hexanediol. It also cuts down the odour bacteria produce, so it turns up in deodorising products.
Tocopherol antioxidant: Tocopherol is vitamin E. It is an oil-soluble antioxidant that protects the oils in a formula from going rancid and works on skin as an emollient, and it is regularly paired with vitamin C because each keeps the other going for longer.
Sodium Phytate chelator: Sodium Phytate is a rice-derived chelator used in place of EDTA. It ties up trace metals so the formula stays stable and its colour and scent hold.

How it works

The Heartleaf Cream Mask Night Solution is a 1ea sheet mask, used after toner, in place of your serum step, in the evening. The plant extract it is built around is Houttuynia Cordata Extract, named ninth on its own ingredient list. The same list carries Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Tocopherol and Phytosphingosine, so the plant extract is not the only thing on it worth naming. How much of the Houttuynia Cordata Extract stays on the skin, and for how long, is decided by the sheet mask format rather than by the list alone. Anua sells this Houttuynia Cordata Extract sheet mask in Korea, and this is that version.

How to use

Use the Heartleaf Cream Mask Night Solution after toner, in place of your serum step, in the evening.
Unfold the sheet, line it up at the eyes first, then smooth it outward so no air is trapped underneath.
Take it off at the time printed on the pack, pat in the essence left behind rather than rinsing, then go straight to your moisturizer.
Two or three evenings a week is a normal rhythm. Do not leave it on past its time; a sheet that has gone dry takes moisture back off the face as it goes.

Worth knowing

Patch test this sheet mask on a small area and wait a day before using it more widely, especially with Houttuynia Cordata Extract on the list.
Introduce this sheet mask on its own for the first week, so anything your skin does is traceable to the Houttuynia Cordata Extract rather than to three changes at once.

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The Original Korean Formula sheet mask from Anua, 1ea formulated with Houttuynia Cordata Extract and Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, shipped from California or direct from Korea.

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What professionals say

What skin-care professionals say about the key actives in this formula, quoted from the medical sources linked beside each.

It contains liquiritin, an active compound that helps to disperse and remove existing melanin in the skin.
Jennifer Chwalek, MDDermatologist, Byrdie
People with dry, flaky skin are more likely to see a benefit from using vitamin E because it enhances moisturization.
Amy Kassouf, MDDermatologist, Cleveland Clinic

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Its potential for skincare is promoted because of its anti-inflammatory (think blemishes, rashes, eczema) and hydrating properties.
Michele Koo, MDPlastic surgeon, PureWow