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Anua Heartleaf Quercetinol Pore Deep Cleansing Foam

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Quick answer: Heartleaf Quercetinol Pore Deep Cleansing Foam is Anua's water cleanser (gel / foam), built around Heartleaf (Houttuynia). Oily and combination skin that wants a proper wash after an oil cleanse, especially anyone already using the Heartleaf oil and toner and wanting the range to hang together.

The second-cleanse partner to Anua's cleansing oil, keeping heartleaf as the through-line. It is a low-pH foaming cleanser with a soft, dense lather that rinses without tightness — brisker than the gentlest gels, milder than a traditional foam. Quercetinol is the brand's coined term for its heartleaf-derived complex rather than a standardised ingredient, so read it as branding. The cleansing performance is the part that stands up.

🏷️ Anua 🧼 Water cleanser (gel / foam) 💸 $14-20

What it is built around

🌱 Heartleaf (Houttuynia)

Who it suits

Oily and combination skin that wants a proper wash after an oil cleanse, especially anyone already using the Heartleaf oil and toner and wanting the range to hang together. It suits blemish-prone skin reasonably well. Dry and sensitive skin will do better with a milk or cream cleanser — the foam is mild, but it is still a foam.

🕳️ Pores & texture🛢️ Oil control⚫ Blackheads & sebaceous filaments🔴 Acne & breakouts

How to use it

A small amount worked into a lather in wet hands, massaged over damp skin for around thirty seconds, rinsed lukewarm. Evening as the second step after the oil cleanser; morning too if your skin is oily on waking. Follow with a hydrating toner on damp skin rather than waiting for the face to dry.

⚠️ Worth knowing: "Quercetinol" sounds like a defined active and is not — it is a brand name for a heartleaf extract complex, and no rinse-off product delivers a soothing ingredient in a way that lasts. "Pore deep" is the same over-claim every cleanser in this category makes. Judge it as a good mild foam at a fair price, and put your money into a leave-on product if pores are the concern.

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✍️ Written & reviewed by the KoreaPlus Editorial team — dermatologist-informed, cosmetic-science researched & source-cited. Last reviewed: 2026-08-23.

General educational information using cosmetic structure-function wording — not medical advice. Always patch-test new actives. © KoreaPlus.