Anua Heartleaf Toner vs I'm From Rice Toner: Which One Should You Buy

Anua Heartleaf: pick this if your skin tends to redness, breakouts or oily shine. It soothes and lightly mattifies. I'm From Rice: pick this if your skin looks dull, dry or uneven. Brightening and plump hydration. For combination skin you can use both: I'm From on cheeks, Anua on the T-zone.

Hero ingredient: 77% Houttuynia cordata (heartleaf) extract. Plus panthenol, niacinamide and a low dose of PHA. Texture: watery, clear, barely sticky. Price: 18 to 22 EUR for 250 ml. What it does: reduces redness, calms active breakouts, gives light exfoliation and a slight matte finish. Fragrance-free.

Hero ingredient: 77.78% fermented rice extract. Plus 2% niacinamide and panthenol. Texture: slightly syrupy, feels warmer on application and noticeably stickier than Anua. Price: 22 to 28 EUR for 150 ml. What it does: instant plumpness, brightening over 4 to 6 weeks, a moisture reserve, mild improvement of melasma and post-inflammatory marks. Fragrance-free.

Hydration: I'm From clearly wins when skin is dry. Soothing: Anua wins for active redness and breakouts. Brightening: I'm From wins, Anua is neutral. Price per ml: Anua is cheaper (about 8 cents per ml vs 15 cents per ml). Texture: Anua feels lighter, I'm From is richer. Both are fragrance-free and alcohol-free.

Oily and acne-prone: Anua. Dry and dull: I'm From. Sensitive and redness-prone: Anua. Mature skin with pigmentation: I'm From. Combination skin: both, or one of the two depending on your priority. Eczema or very reactive skin: introduce Anua carefully, I'm From is usually well tolerated.

Anua absorbs in 30 seconds and leaves practically no feeling behind. I'm From stays on the skin for 60 to 90 seconds and is slightly sticky afterwards, until the next product goes on. If you hate stickiness, Anua is the clear choice. If you love the feeling of real plumpness, you will enjoy I'm From.

Anua works perfectly before the COSRX Snail 96 or a BHA serum. I'm From loves being combined with the Beauty of Joseon Rice Ferment line for maximum brightening, or with a niacinamide serum. Both pair well with retinol in the evening and vitamin C in the morning.

Both are reliably available at Yesstyle, Stylekorean and Skinsider, with shipping to Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Anua also appears sporadically at Douglas online. I'm From so far is mostly limited to Asian online shops. Always check the batch number, Anua is frequently counterfeited on Amazon because of its popularity.