What is Anua Heartleaf 77% Soothing Toner?

A lightweight, watery toner built around heartleaf extract, designed to calm visible redness and soothe sensitive skin after cleansing.

Is Anua Heartleaf 77% Soothing Toner worth it?

The gurus are split. 11 of the 16 gurus give it their stamp of approval while 4 would skip it, which lands it in the middle at a Guru Score of 73%.

What is Anua Heartleaf 77% Soothing Toner's Guru Score?

Anua Heartleaf 77% Soothing Toner holds a Guru Score of 73%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 16 expert reviewers we have collected. At least one expert has named it a Top Pick in its category.

Who is Anua Heartleaf 77% Soothing Toner best for?

Anua Heartleaf 77% Soothing Toner is generally suited to sensitive skin.

Anua Heartleaf 77% Soothing Toner: a Guru Score of 73%

What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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CYoung

96k subs

~Yay

"If you have dry, mature skin and nothing you use, not even moisturizer, works, please try this as a first step in your skincare. It totally works well, and I've tried so many milk toners. [...] This is an OG, definitely worth the hype. Though honestly it's not even more hydrating than other watery toners, and my oily skin friend used it as her only step."

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"This toner is marketed as a soothing, calming water type toner, but [...] I didn't feel that much soothing effect from it. I use Tukto toner more and like it better. This one might work well for people looking for a more milky toner that works more like a serum."

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"It's supposed to be calming for your skin but I didn't find it that different from other watery toners. They say it's 77 percent Heartleaf but I don't see the good point about this. It's fine for all skin types, but don't expect too much, it's just more like a hydrating water. It also has exfoliating ingredients, so if your skin is sensitive and gets red a lot, using this every single day is not good for your skin barrier."

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"According to social media the Anua toner is good for both exfoliating and hydration, but let me tell you the truth, no toner can do both, you actually have to pick exfoliating or hydrating. [...] If you have [...] sensitive skin and think all toners are the [...] same and use the Anua toner every single day wiping it out with a cotton pad, it's going to be too much stimulus and you'll get more red."

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"This is that typical [...] superstar K-beauty toner, [...] more popular outside of Korea than in Korea. I don't think it's worth the hype. I finished one bottle because I use it on all my clients, but I'm not going to repurchase it. Anua says it provides mild exfoliation, but I can't feel anything else from it. It makes dry skin a bit hydrated, but for oily or combo skin you can just pass on it. You can just tap it on and use it."

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"Anua's toner contains seventy seven percent heartleaf extract, which is great for soothing. It's a light, watery toner, more like water, so I only recommend it for oily or combo skin, dry or mature skin doesn't feel like it works no matter how many layers you apply. It's supposed to make your skin texture better too but I don't feel anything from that, it just feels like it's giving some moisture to my skin."

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"It was really soothing and really mild, the most similar to micellar water. But compared to the Toko toner half and half, this one feels a little tacky and sticky. I gave it to my husband who has oily skin and he picked the Toko instead. A lot of reviews say it makes them break out, so if you're really sensitive, patch test it first. It's okay for oily skin, but if you really hate a little stickiness, the Toko would be better."

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"Anua's toner is just water, it does nothing. I don't understand why it's not popular here anymore, nobody uses it, it's only big on TikTok. People say it's just water, so it might be fine if you have oily skin, but I have dry skin and I keep asking myself why I'm even using it since it's just water."

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"A long time ago I finished one but never bought it again because I didn't like it, and this time I bought it again for this review and again I didn't like it at all. It doesn't have enough serum in the pad, and whenever I used the toner pad it started to get dry after you open it. Heartleaf is supposed to help soothe your skin but I can't feel that because there isn't enough serum, so it's not even moisturizing. It says it removes dead skin cells, so it's only recommended once or twice a week."

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"I just don't understand why this is popular, it's just water. The texture is very watery so it's inconvenient to apply with your hands, it's much easier to wipe it off your face with a cotton pad. Even after cleansing there can be residue left, so you have to cleanse once more. [...] For those with thin skin or redness on the cheeks, if you keep rubbing your face with a cotton pad you become more red and your skin gets irritated. When I tested it on my face it dries out too quickly."

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AliceintheRabbitHole

59k subs

~Nay

"I no longer have the Anua Heartleaf 77 Toner because it was just so expensive. It didn't used to be expensive, but it started getting super popular and the price crept up too much."

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"I no longer have the Anua Heartleaf 77 Toner because it was just so expensive. It didn't used to be expensive, but it started getting super popular and the price crept up too much."

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"I bought these a while ago, but if you know anything about me and this channel you might know that I love this product. [...] I get about fifteen to twenty sheet masks worth of use out of each one of these [...] bottles, so it is definitely better for the planet than buying sheet masks. I've always liked using it in this toner form, though I'm thinking about bringing in a stretchy serum alongside it to help build more of a barrier for my dry skin before I use my silicone mask."

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"We knew there was going to be a Heartleaf 77 Clear Pad and it is indeed the Anua. I had a feeling it would be, and I think that's probably part of why I was so tempted to get this box. I know not everybody likes this, but some people do, and I'm one of them, and this is currently retailing for $22, so about half the cost of the box."

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"So calming and yet very hydrating is a wonderful combination. I also love all the ways I can use this, you can put it in a spray bottle, you can use it to make your own sheet masks, you can use it to make your own toner pads. That just means this is a versatile product that my skin loves."

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"I found this toner through a Reddit recommendation years ago [...] and fell in love with it. [...] This is realistically one of my absolute favorite toners, that's why I keep plowing through bottle after bottle, because I love everything I can do with it. I make sheet masks with it, I make toner pads with it, I put it in a spray bottle, and the formula works really well for my skin type. [...] It's one of very few viral products where I've been over here going it absolutely deserves it."

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"I'm not at all surprised this one went viral, to this day I love this. A big part of why is that Anua was willing to tell people all the different ways you can use it, you can turn it into toner pads, pour it on pads and add them to your skin, make a DIY compressed sheet mask with it, or decant it [...] into a spray bottle. [...] This is still one of my favorites."

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"This is a long running favorite for me. I think heartleaf is an ingredient that my skin does really well with because it helps with inflammation, and I do have inflammation prone skin."

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"I love this toner. [...] This really does feel like it is helpful for people like me who deal with acne, but not just acne, inflammation too. Because heartleaf has these antibacterial, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, I really think this is correct in calling itself the soothing toner, and I think it will really help people that deal with inflammation. [...] It is also a hydrating toner, but let me be blunt, it's not the best for hydration, there are better products in my opinion."

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"I almost didn't include these Anua toner pads, I don't know if I'll actually repurchase them, but I have been enjoying them. My issue with toner pads in general is that I already have everything I need to make my own, and I like the flexibility of turning a toner into a mist, a sheet mask, or pads myself, so this category is never going to be a favorite for me, but I get it if you're in a rush or you just like using toner pads."

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"I'm going to use the Anua Heartleaf 77% Toner. It's a beloved product for me at this point, [...] this is my fifth bottle. [...] I love this product, but heads up, if you're really sensitive definitely pay attention to plant extracts, because this does have quite a few plant extracts including flowering plants in it, and there can still be a risk of allergy or irritation for some people."

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"I'm giving my pick for favorite calming toner to the Anua Heartleaf 77 Toner. This is a product that contains 77% heartleaf extract, an ingredient that is antioxidant, hydrating, and anti-inflammatory, which is a trio of perfection for my skin type. It doesn't stop there, it also has other extracts in it as well, plus some panthenol, which I love as an ingredient. You get a giant bottle, 8.4 fluid ounces."

Dr. Aleksandra Brown

152k subs

~Yay

"My recommendation in this category is Anua Heartleaf 77% Soothing Toner. This toner is formulated with high concentration of heartleaf extract and is designed to calm that visible redness rather than exfoliate the skin. It has a really lightweight, watery texture that absorbs really quickly and layers easily without feeling heavy. It's suitable for sensitive, acne prone, reactive skin and can be used daily even alongside retinoids. The key ingredients are heartleaf and hyaluronic acid."

April Basi

72k subs

~Yay

"It's going to be amazing for my oily skin girlies to combo skin who are wanting brightening and lightweight hydration [...] without the heaviness, and it's truly a way for my oily and combo skin baddies to get that glass skin glow. But if you're looking for actual barrier repair, [...] this is not going to be very functional for that. It's more of a brightening toner, not repair support."

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"I follow up with a really great toner, this one by Anua is a K beauty toner that I love. I got this in Korea last year, this is all I have left, I have run through so many bottles of this, it's actually insane how much I go through this bottle, I need to repurchase. Toners are so great because they really bring your skin pH back and set the tone for the rest of your skincare."

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"This toner is a must have if you're looking for a super soothing toner that really calms your skin, like truly, it is really well formulated with great extracts. It has the right molecules in it that are not going to be triggering to the skin, even for me and I have acne prone skin. It has great formulas in there to really help lock in the moisture, like acrylate crosspolymer, which is super hydrating, and glycerin as well, a strong humectant."

Dr. Jenny Liu

324k subs

~Yay

"It's a great one and it's a simple product. It may just look like water because the packaging is very clear, almost looks like you're putting on water, but it's really lightweight. [...] It absorbs really nicely. It's very elegant, but at the same time, it's amazing how this clear bottle of water, if you will, really helps to rebalance your skin after cleansing. It helps to reduce irritation and the fact that it's really suitable for all skin types, sensitive and acne prone skin."

Dr. Sam Ellis

900k subs

~Yay

"This is such a wonderful calming toner. If you have redness, you're easily irritated, this is the toner I would pick for sure. [...] It feels like water. So, it's incredibly lightweight. But that heartleaf in there is a plant extract that has a ton of flavonoids in it. So, that's going to be soothing. That's antioxidant rich. It's really there to just calm the skin down and allow it to tolerate things that you put on top of it."

Dr. Vanita Rattan

1.23M subs

~Nay

"So for this reason this product is in WR"

Nipun Kapur

413k subs

~Yay

"This toner is a rescue toner. [...] If you do have that problem, redness, rosacea-prone skin, general sensitivity, broken skin barrier, any of those kind of things, you're going to love this toner."

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"This toner is a rescue toner. [...] If you do have that problem, redness, rosacea-prone skin, general sensitivity, broken skin barrier, any of those kind of things, you're going to love this toner."

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"I highly recommend the Anua Heartleaf 77% Soothing Toner. [...] This is literally water, and because the heartleaf ingredient is basically an antioxidant vitamin and antioxidant, this one gets into your skin. It's like washing your face with water. This is so lightweight and so amazing. When I'm going through a breakout situation, because this just calms the redness, calms the irritation. It's so good."

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James Welsh

1.58M subs

~Nay

"I shared this for a soothing toner and I found this actually stung a lot and a lot of people agreed with me and had the same issue. I cannot stand the heartleaf 77% toner, it's a soothing toner that's stung my face like crazy, it's also too watery when I use it, I lose half the product down my arms. For a product for irritated skin it shouldn't irritate my irritated skin."

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"But after about the first week, when my skin was getting a lot better, I started using this again, still stung. Two weeks later, stung. When my skin barrier is fully healed and I'm back to using actives, this stings. This stings my skin, and it shouldn't. The whole point is that it's soothing. It's also too watery that [...] you put it in the palm of your hands and it just goes all down your arms, or on a cotton pad the cotton pad just soaks it up."

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Dr. Mamina

283k subs

~Yay

"This toner has more of a watery texture and it's really good for sensitive skin, it just feels so soft and hydrating on your skin. I absolutely love this toner, like genuinely this toner has helped so much with my texture, and especially if you have acne prone textured skin this is going to be perfect for you. This is one of my Holy Grail skincare products at the moment, it's just so good. So if you haven't tried it out, try it out, because there's a reason why this is number one."

Kelly Driscoll

91k subs

~Yay

"I like this toner a lot. Is it the most hydrating one out there? No it's not, but I think it's a really nice solid toner and I understand why it's so popular and why it's still ranking very high at Olive Young, because it's something that I can see working for a majority of people. It's just a very simple toner, very simple ingredients, very simple texture, and I can see it working for a variety of skin types."

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"This is one of my favorite toners to recommend because the success rate with this I think is going to be very high for a majority of folks. Heart leaf is one of my favorite ingredients not only for a soothing calming effect on the skin, it's a great anti-inflammation ingredient, it is an antibacterial ingredient as well, and that's what makes it so good for helping to gently clarify the skin. It's really good if you are congestion prone or acne prone."

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"This is a really fantastic product. We do have as the name suggests 77% of Houttuynia Cordata extract or heart leaf and then we have some really great hydrating ingredients in here too like panthenol, betaine and glycerin. First and foremost this is a hydrating toner and they're really delivering with those humectants in the ingredients list, and also remember that heart leaf can bring hydration into the skin as well. But that's not where this toner ends."

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"My winner in this battle is the Anua toner. There's really two main reasons why I think that this is the slightly more superior heartleaf toner. [...] It really comes down to ingredients. It's not because this has a higher percentage of heartleaf in it, it's because they have married the heartleaf with some real superstar supportive ingredients. Heartleaf is an ingredient that I have loved for many many years and I've used in many different forms."

No BS Beauty

89k subs

~Nay

"The Anua Heartleaf 77% Soothing Toner, a lot of people really love this one and to me it felt like kind of using like water. I didn't notice any soothing benefits from it. It didn't irritate my skin but I've tried other toners that have really helped with redness and things like that and this one just didn't do it. I'll finish it, but I [...] certainly wouldn't repurchase it."

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"I didn't love it, I didn't hate it, I didn't really think much of it. But a lot of people absolutely love it so nothing wrong with that. [...] I will say I appreciate this toner a little bit more using that cleanser because that cleanser was harsh. [...] It's not as harsh as other things but [...] it pretty much did a good job removing everything."

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"I didn't love it, I didn't hate it, but I'm trying to finish it up now. It's so dry. I don't know, maybe some people have good luck with it or maybe you could probably spend an hour sitting there flooding your skin, but if you're going to spend an hour on your skin I don't know, I could think of other things to do."

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"I finished up the Anua Heartleaf 77% Soothing Toner. This toner was nice. There wasn't anything wrong with it. It doesn't have any scent to it, it's affordable, it's got some nice soothing ingredients in it which is nice, but it just didn't blow me away the way other toners have. There's absolutely nothing wrong with it, it just wasn't like a game changer for me. However, it's a total game changer for a lot of other people, so don't necessarily take my experience to be what yours will be."

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"I used it once and then I put it back in the box and I put it back on the shelf for a while. I didn't find [...] it to be overwhelmingly exciting. [...] It's got heart leaf extract, also known as houttuynia cordata, and then panthenol, bane sugar cane, chamomile, supposed to be very gentle, but I found it to be kind of average."

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"The Anua Heartleaf Soothing Toner, I came out of the same experience with that as I did with this one. It was nice, it wasn't overly exciting, but for some people who are looking for a very simple ingredient list, nothing wrong with that. It just kind of the same opinion in a lot of ways."

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"I'm going to use a light toner, and the one I'm going to use is the Anua Heartleaf 77% Soothing Toner."

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"In terms of performance, I can't say I'm either impressed or disappointed with this one. [...] I just didn't love it, I didn't hate it, I didn't really think much of it. I [...] didn't really have an opinion on it. I didn't notice any benefits, I didn't get irritated from it. I guess it's hydrating. I didn't notice any redness, I didn't notice it helped with redness, I didn't notice it helped with irritation, but definitely didn't cause redness or irritation."

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Cassandra Bankson

2.46M subs

~Yay

"I've heard that it's great, there are over 5,300 sold, the price on this is really good. [...] I am very interested in trying this especially because it has sugarcane and grape, both of those can actually hold on to moisture and pull that moisture deeper into the skin, and as we approach winter, that's what I'm looking for."

Hyram

4.33M subs

~Mixed

"I would personally say that's probably the best product from Anua, or maybe their PDRN serum, which is really good too. I've personally used this toner before, and I was most impressed by the ingredient list because it has a bunch of goodies in it, not only for soothing redness and sensitivity. The only thing I don't love about it is that it's a toner, and I don't feel like toners are really necessary in a skin care routine."