Anua US
8 Hyaluronic Acid Moisturizing Gentle Gel Cleanser
skincare$15 MSRPGTIN 8809640735813
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CLAY CLEANSER WITH LAVENDER Travel Size16 AUD
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Also screened, nothing found: California Proposition 65 · US NTP Report on Carcinogens · IARC Monographs · ANSES Endocrine Disruptors · ECHA SVHC Candidate List · EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)
Recognized on a safer-ingredients list: US EPA Safer Choice recognizes 67% of ingredients as safer choices — a marker, never a score.
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What we know about the packaging
Unidentified0 of 1 identified
Nobody recorded what this pack is actually made of beyond “plastic”, so the packaging score is a stand-in for the middle of that range — not a reading of this container.
- Recorded only as “plastic” — no resin code. It could be PET (#1) (widely recyclable) or PVC (#3) (hard to recycle); nothing on record says which, so it counts as 46 out of 100, the middle of that range.
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The container looks like this, rather than the maker saying so. A photo also cannot show the resin code moulded into the base, so every plastic container reads as “plastic, unspecified” — the cautious end of the plastics range, not a finding about this particular pack.
Ingredients, decoded
Data availability
Robust30 of 30 characterized
Our sources have reference data on all 30 listed ingredients.
Worth a look (2)
EU microplastics-restrictedflagged by 1 of 9 lists →
Health Canada Hotlist — restrictedflagged by 1 of 9 lists →
No flags in our sources (28)
- Water
- Coco-Betainecommon irritant
- Sodium Cocoyl Alaninate
- Potassium Cocoyl Glycinate
- Glycerinhumectant
- 1,2-Hexanediol
- Propanediol
- Polyglyceryl-4 Caprate
- Caprylyl Glycol
- Hydroxyacetophenone
- Tromethaminefragrance material
- Glyceryl Glucoside
- Disodium EDTA
- Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acidhumectant
- Squalane
- Ectoin
- Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein
- Maltodextrin
- Hydrogenated Lecithin
- Ceramide NPbarrier lipid
- Butylene Glycol
- Hyaluronic Acidhumectant
- Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate
- Sodium Hyaluronatehumectant
- Potassium Hyaluronate
- Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hyaluronate
- Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer
- Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronatehumectant
What these ingredient tags mean (3)
These describe what an ingredient is, not whether it is a problem. The stance marks above are the ratings; these are not.
common irritantCoco-Betaine
- Coco-Betaine: A mild cleansing agent, but a recurring patch-test finding, usually traced to leftovers from how it is made. American Contact Dermatitis Society, Allergen of the Year 2004 (Fowler JF Jr, Dermatitis 2004;15(1):3-4).
humectantGlycerin, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid
- Glycerin: A humectant, and one of the two ingredients a comparison of moisturiser components found made a significant difference to skin hydration. FDA OTC skin protectant monograph, 21 CFR 347.10(h), lists glycerin as a skin protectant at 20 to 45%. On the humectant half: Jeong CB, Han JY, Cho JC, Suh KD, Nam GW, "Analysis of electrical property changes of skin by oil-in-water emulsion components", Int J Cosmet Sci 2013;35(4):402-410, DOI 10.1111/ics.12059, PMID 23621673, found that "glycerine and urea showed significant skin hydration effects compared with other humectants".
- Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid: A humectant that holds a large amount of water at the skin surface. Chylińska N, Maciejczyk M, "Hyaluronic Acid and Skin: Its Role in Aging and Wound-Healing Processes", Gels 2025;11(4):281, DOI 10.3390/gels11040281, PMID 40277717, open access: hyaluronic acid's "high osmotic activity and anionic structure enable it to bind large amounts of water", and "sodium and potassium hyaluronate are widely used in moisturizing products". The same review notes that high-molecular-weight hyaluronic acid does not penetrate the deeper layers.
barrier lipidCeramide NP
- Ceramide NP: One of the lipid families the skin barrier is actually built from. Feingold KR and Elias PM, "The role of ceramides in the disruption of the cutaneous permeability barrier, a common manifestation of skin disorders", J Lipid Res 2024;65(8):100593, DOI 10.1016/j.jlr.2024.100593, open access: the barrier lipid matrix "by weight is approximately 50% ceramides, 25% cholesterol, and 15% free fatty acids".