Anua
Niacinamide 10% + TXA 4% Serum
Niacinamide 10% + TXA 4% Serum
Niacinamide third and tranexamic acid fourth, with arbutin and alpha-arbutin below them - four tone ingredients stacked, which is why it does something and why it is the most likely thing here to sting. The percentages in the name are the brand's; the label does not carry them. Start at two evenings a week and build. Marks come back with sun, so it is wasted without a sunscreen beside it.
How to use it
- Best for
- Established dark spots and uneven tone
- Skip it if
- You are new to actives, or your skin is currently reactive
- Texture
- Light fluid
- Routine step
- Step 3
- How often
- Evening, twice weekly to start
Full ingredients
Water, Glycerin, Niacinamide, Tranexamic Acid, Butylene Glycol, Diethoxyethyl Succinate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Arbutin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Alpha-Arbutin, Coccinia Indica Fruit Extract, Eclipta Prostrata Extract, Macadamia Integrifolia Seed Oil, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Extract, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Chamaecyparis Obtusa Leaf Extract, Prunus Persica (Peach) Flower Extract, Camellia Sinensis Seed Oil, Yeast Ferment Extract, Centella Asiatica Extract, Artemisia Princeps Leaf Extract, Candida Bombicola/Glucose/Methyl Rapeseedate Ferment, Hyaluronic Acid, Pentylene Glycol, Betaine Salicylate, Sucrose Palmitate, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Gellan Gum, Sodium Phytate, Cellulose, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Panthenol, Cyanocobalamin, Polyglutamic Acid, 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid, Ceramide NP, Dextrin, Asiaticoside, Madecassic Acid, Asiatic Acid, Dimethylsilanol Hyaluronate, Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate, Potassium Hyaluronate, Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hyaluronate, Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer, Sodium Hyaluronate Dimethylsilanol, Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate, Xanthan Gum
Listed in INCI, the standard naming used on every cosmetic sold in the EU. It is the same in every language.
The pack is the authoritative list. Brands reformulate without announcing it, and the batch you receive may not match this page - so if you react to something, check the pack itself before you use it.
We could only find the list this brand publishes for another market. The European pack may differ, and we have not been able to confirm either way.
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Where it comes from
- Made in
- South Korea
This arrives sealed. If you break the seal we cannot take it back, for hygiene reasons. Unopened, you have 14 days to change your mind, and opening the parcel does not count - only the seal on the product itself.
Some early reviews are from testers who received this product free. They're marked, and we didn't edit them.