Hada Labo Gokujyun Hyaluronic Acid Lotion: a Guru Score of 82%

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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✓Yay

"Speaking of hyaluronic acid Japanese lotions, this is great. The super hyaluronic acid lotion. Really like this. $11.99."

All 2 takes from Dr Dray

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"Speaking of hyaluronic acid Japanese lotions, this is great. The super hyaluronic acid lotion. Really like this. $11.99."

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"The Hada Labo lotion light with hyaluronic acid is a favorite of mine that I've tried before and reviewed a while ago."

Dr. Daniel Sugai

721k subs

✓Yay

"The other one that's quite popular, I got in Japan when I visited last year, was the Hada Labo Hydrating Lotion. Which, this is not really a lotion, it is an essence I'd say. Comes out very, very, very lightweight. But check this out, put this on the face. That's really nice, soothing, feels nice and cool on a hot day, right on the clean skin. Very nice. It's going to plump up the skin. Again, we're going thinnest to thickest, so you would do that. You want to throw another thicker serum on top of it and, you know, like a true K beauty product user, you go with like an essence and then serum, a thicker one, and apply that right over. So that's a nice start there. Very great, just blends into the skin instantly. You get the skin elasticity, feels nice and plump."

All 2 takes from Dr. Daniel Sugai

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"The other one that's quite popular, I got in Japan when I visited last year, was the Hada Labo Hydrating Lotion. Which, this is not really a lotion, it is an essence I'd say. Comes out very, very, very lightweight. But check this out, put this on the face. That's really nice, soothing, feels nice and cool on a hot day, right on the clean skin. Very nice. It's going to plump up the skin. Again, we're going thinnest to thickest, so you would do that. You want to throw another thicker serum on top of it and, you know, like a true K beauty product user, you go with like an essence and then serum, a thicker one, and apply that right over. So that's a nice start there. Very great, just blends into the skin instantly. You get the skin elasticity, feels nice and plump."

Skin Hydration 101: Tips From A Dermatologist For Hydrated, Plump Skin

"The other one that's quite popular I got in Japan when I visited last year was the Hada Labo Gokujyun Hyaluronic Acid Lotion. This is not really a lotion, it is an essence I'd say. Comes out very very very lightweight. Put this on the face, that's really nice, soothing, feels nice and cool. On a hot day right on clean skin, very nice. It's going to plump up the skin. You would do that, you want to throw another thicker serum on top of it. It just blends into the skin instantly. You get the skin elasticity, feels nice and plump."

Nipun Kapur

409k subs

✓Yay

"They call it lotion but it is not a lotion, it is a serum. This is a hyaluronic acid serum and I have used it till here and here. It's not thick or hydrating, you know. I always say use one pump, so I would use like two drops of this and it is so so hydrating. This is a product I am a hundred percent going to continue using. This is a product I am going to repurchase because I loved it so much. What is unique about it is that it is not just one form of sodium hyaluronate in it, it has various various forms and it is a very very hydrating product. If you have dry skin, if you have irritated skin, if you have eczema prone skin, if you have any of those problems and your skin needs extra love, extra nourishment, I would highly highly recommend it. I would give this an 8 on 10 because this is beautiful."

Lab Muffin Beauty Science

861k subs

✓Mixed

"This is a classic super hydrating hyaluronic acid toner or essence. This has lots of different forms of hyaluronic acid, and I find that in general products that have lots of different sizes of HA tend to give more well-rounded hydration at different depths of your upper layer of skin. It kind of gives longer-lasting hydration. This product has been a staple for a really long time in Reddit skincare communities. It's really inexpensive, it comes in a large bottle, and it's been around since like 2013. I'm going to put this into solid choice, though I think this is my bias against toners that don't do much except for hydrate. These days there are tons of toners that hydrate as well as doing other things."

Gothamista

684k subs

✓Yay

"I'm just going to go with a staple which is Hada Labo's Gokujyun Hyaluronic Acid Lotion. This one, the orange one, is just the perfect weight for a day like today. It's not too thin, it's not too thick. It's not premium but might just be a little too much. This is one of my favorite all-time formulas. I just really appreciate it so much."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Humectants and emollients

Ingredients like these draw water into the surface layers and slow how fast it leaves. The evidence is for comfort, softness and hydration rather than for changing the structure of the skin.

Source: DermNet

Frequently asked.

What is Hada Labo Gokujyun Hyaluronic Acid Lotion?

A lightweight essence lotion with multiple molecular weights of hyaluronic acid, designed to hydrate skin at different depths without other active ingredients.

Is Hada Labo Gokujyun Hyaluronic Acid Lotion worth it?

Mostly yes. 4 of the 5 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 82%.

What is Hada Labo Gokujyun Hyaluronic Acid Lotion's Guru Score?

Hada Labo Gokujyun Hyaluronic Acid Lotion holds a Guru Score of 82%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 5 expert reviewers we have collected.