Anua PDRN Lip Serum 10ml
Anua's PDRN Lip Serum 10ml is a serum (10ml), built around Sodium DNA for a Korean-market formula, positioned as the serum step, after toner or essence and before moisturizer.
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- Suited to
- Dry skinCompromised barrierDehydrated skinSensitive skin
- Helps with
- Shoppers looking for Sodium DNA in a serumRoutines that want Sodium DNA and Pentaerythrityl Tetra-di-t-butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate in one stepFilling the serum step with a Korean-market formula
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How it works
The PDRN Lip Serum is a 10ml serum, used after toner and before moisturizer, morning and evening. The active it is built around is Sodium DNA, named twenty-seventh on its own ingredient list. The same list carries Pentaerythrityl Tetra-di-t-butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Ceramide NP and Hydrolyzed Collagen, so the active is not the only thing on it worth naming. How much of the Sodium DNA stays on the skin, and for how long, is decided by the serum format rather than by the list alone. Anua sells this Sodium DNA serum in Korea, and this is that version.
Key benefits
- Sodium DNA, the active this serum is built around
- Pentaerythrityl Tetra-di-t-butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate on the same list, an antioxidant
- Ceramide NP on the same list, a barrier lipid
- Hydrolyzed Collagen on the same list, a protein
- Microcrystalline Wax and Synthetic Wax further down the same list
- Diisostearyl Malate and Bis-Diglyceryl Polyacyladipate-2 further down the same list
Key actives
Sodium DNAactive
Sodium DNA is the salt of DNA, in Korean skincare almost always salmon derived, and it is the ingredient behind the PDRN category. It is used as a humectant and for the look of tired skin; the fragments themselves are what the name PDRN refers to. The name on the box points at it, and it is named twenty-seventh on this serum's own ingredient list.
Pentaerythrityl Tetra-di-t-butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamateantioxidant
This is a stabiliser that keeps the oils and fragrance in a formula from oxidising. Its job is the shelf life of the product rather than any effect on skin. It is named twenty-first on this serum's list, alongside Sodium DNA.
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-first on this serum's list, alongside Sodium DNA.
Hydrolyzed Collagenprotein
Hydrolyzed Collagen is collagen broken into fragments small enough to dissolve in water. It cannot become collagen in skin; what it does is hold water at the surface and leave a smooth, conditioned film. The panel names it thirty-fourth on this serum's list, beside Sodium DNA.
Rosa Damascena Flower Extractplant extract
Damask rose flower extract, the rose grown for perfume. It carries tannins and flavonoids and is used as a conditioning extract. The panel names it twenty-sixth on this serum's list, beside Sodium DNA.
Where does this serum go in my routine?
After toner and before moisturizer, morning and evening. Anything thinner than a serum goes on before it, and anything richer goes on after. 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 Sodium DNA and not three changes at once.
What else is on the list besides Sodium DNA?
Pentaerythrityl Tetra-di-t-butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Ceramide NP and Hydrolyzed Collagen. The order they are printed in on this serum's panel is the order on the box, so you can see where Sodium DNA sits relative to them. Further down the same panel: Rosa Damascena Flower Extract, Microcrystalline Wax and Synthetic Wax.
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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
Ships domestically, no international leg
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.
Every unit keeps its original barcode and batch code intact, so the unit in your hands can be checked against the brand’s own records.
Import duties are paid by us before the parcel reaches you, so nothing is owed at the door, and returns run for 30 days.
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How to use
- Apply a thin layer directly to clean, dry lips.
- Reapply through the day as needed, especially after eating or drinking.
- Use it as the last step of an evening routine if your lips tend to dry out overnight.
- Do not apply it over broken or cracked skin without checking with a professional first, since a balm formula is meant for everyday dryness rather than a wound.
Worth knowing
- Patch test this serum on a small area and wait a day before using it more widely, especially with Sodium DNA on the list.
- Introduce this serum on its own for the first week, so anything your skin does is traceable to the Sodium DNA rather than to three changes at once.
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Korean-market original
Built around Sodium DNA, named on this product's own ingredient list, sourced as the authentic Korean-market formula.
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Korean-market stock with the original barcode and batch code intact, exactly as it left Korea.
Match the batch code on the box against the code printed on the bottle or tube itself; the two are stamped separately and should agree.
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.
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 Topical collagen is a very large molecule that's too big to absorb into the skin.
Michelle Henry, MDDermatologist, Cosmopolitan
1 more professional perspective
It's still a very new ingredient in the field of regenerative medicine.
Catherine ChangBeverly Hills board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon, Harper's Bazaar
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