Anua
Heartleaf Succinic Moisture Cleansing Foam
Anua's Heartleaf Succinic Moisture Cleansing Foam is a cleansing foam (150ml), built around Houttuynia Cordata Extract for a Korean-market formula, positioned as the second cleanser after an oil or balm, or alone in the morning.
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- Congested skinUneven textureDry skinCompromised barrier
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- Shoppers looking for Houttuynia Cordata Extract in a foam cleanserRoutines that want Houttuynia Cordata Extract and Succinic Acid in one stepFilling the foam cleanser step with a Korean-market formula
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How it works
The Heartleaf Succinic Moisture Cleansing Foam is a 150ml foam cleanser, used as your first step, morning and evening, on a face already wet with lukewarm water. The plant extract it is built around is Houttuynia Cordata Extract, named tenth on its own ingredient list. The same list carries Succinic Acid, Protease and Salicylic Acid, 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 foam cleanser format rather than by the list alone. Anua sells this Houttuynia Cordata Extract foam cleanser in Korea, and this is that version.
Key benefits
- Houttuynia Cordata Extract, the plant extract this foam cleanser is built around
- Succinic Acid and Protease on the same list, actives
- Salicylic Acid on the same list, an exfoliant
- Ceramide NP on the same list, a barrier lipid
- Cholesterol and Vincetoxicum Atratum Extract further down the same list
- Althaea Rosea Flower Extract and Panthenol further down the same list
Key actives
Houttuynia 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 foam cleanser is named after, and the list carries it.
Succinic Acidactive
Succinic Acid is a small organic acid used for the look of blemish-prone skin and as a pH adjuster. It is far milder than an AHA at the levels used here. The panel names it twenty-first on this foam cleanser's list, beside Houttuynia Cordata Extract.
Proteaseactive
Protease is an enzyme that breaks down protein. In a cleanser or peel it loosens the protein bonds holding dead surface cells together, which is a gentler route to smoothness than an acid or a scrub. It is named thirty-first on this foam cleanser's list, alongside Houttuynia Cordata Extract.
Salicylic Acidexfoliant
It loosens the dead cells that block pores and is used for the look of congested, oily skin. It is named twentieth on this foam cleanser's list, alongside Houttuynia Cordata Extract.
Ceramide 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 thirty-fourth on this foam cleanser's list, alongside Houttuynia Cordata Extract.
Anua Heartleaf Succinic Moisture Cleansing Foam
Where does this foam cleanser go in my routine?
As your first step, morning and evening, on a face already wet with lukewarm water. Nothing goes under it: this foam cleanser is the step everything else in the routine lands on top of. 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.
Does this foam cleanser contain fragrance?
Yes. The ingredient list names Fragrance. It sits on the panel printed on this page, so you can read the position for yourself before you buy. If fragrance components are something you avoid, this foam cleanser is not the one.
What else is on the list besides Houttuynia Cordata Extract?
Succinic Acid, Protease and Salicylic Acid. The order they are printed in on this foam cleanser'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, Cholesterol and Vincetoxicum Atratum Extract.
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Where this unit came from
- 1Seoul
Bought as Korean-market stock - 2Customs
Duty paid by us before it enters the US - 3California
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We stock the version of a formula that is sold in Korea, not the release a brand prepares for another market under the same name.
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How to use
- Use the Heartleaf Succinic Moisture Cleansing Foam as your first step, morning and evening, on a face already wet with lukewarm water.
- A short pump or a pea of product is enough. Work it into a lather in wet hands for about twenty seconds before it touches the face.
- Rinse with lukewarm water and go straight on to your toner while skin is still damp, because a humectant layer has more to hold on to on a damp face.
- Twice a day is the ceiling. Do not follow it with a second cleanse in the morning, when there is no sunscreen or makeup left on the face to remove.
Worth knowing
- Patch test this foam cleanser on a small area and wait a day before using it more widely, especially with Houttuynia Cordata Extract on the list.
- This list names Fragrance, so skip it if fragrance components are something you avoid.
- Citric Acid and Salicylic Acid on this list makes this foam cleanser an exfoliating step, so do not stack it with another one on the same night.
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Built around Houttuynia Cordata Extract, named on this product's own ingredient list, sourced as the authentic Korean-market formula.
Verify your unit when it arrives
Verify your unit when it arrives
Korean-market stock with the original barcode and batch code intact, exactly as it left Korea.
Anua uses a holographic QR seal that only the HiddenTag app can read. Install HiddenTag from your phone’s app store and scan the seal on the box. A camera app alone will not resolve it.
Source: Anua packaging, HiddenTag scheme
On the unit itself
- The Korean-market barcode, unaltered from the retail package.
- The manufacturer’s batch code, exactly as the maker printed it.
정품Genuine article, Korean-market stock
What professionals say
What professionals say
What skin-care professionals say about the key actives in this formula, quoted from the medical sources linked beside each.
BHAs like salicylic acid get really deep into the pores, whereas the water-soluble ones don't go as deep.
Samantha Stein, PA-CDermatology physician assistant, Cleveland Clinic Ceramides are part fatty acid and part amino acid and are able to be the grout that keeps the building blocks of the skin together and functioning as a barrier between the inside and outside world.
Amy Kassouf, MDDermatologist, Cleveland Clinic
1 more professional perspective
Its potential for skincare is promoted because of its anti-inflammatory (think blemishes, rashes, eczema) and hydrating properties.
Michele Koo, MDPlastic surgeon, PureWow
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