Is there a textured side I am supposed to use?

No, there is no scrubby face to keep track of. The pad is soft, essence-soaked fabric, and it is designed to rest on skin like a small mask rather than to buff it. The polishing here is chemical rather than physical, handled by gluconolactone and a little betaine salicylate while the pad sits. Lay whichever side is easiest against your skin and get on with your morning.

Can I genuinely put this under my eyes?

That is what the half-moon shape exists for, and it maps neatly onto the crescent below your eye and up along the cheekbone. Keep it on skin, below the lash line, and well clear of the eye itself. This is a face product rather than an eye patch, so nothing here belongs on the lid or the waterline. If any essence migrates, rinse with cool water.

Do I need to rinse afterwards?

There is no rinsing step. Lift the pad off once your ten to twenty minutes are up, draw it slowly across everywhere you have not covered, then press in whatever essence is still sitting on the surface. Carry on with serum, moisturiser and, in the morning, sunscreen exactly as usual. Shut the lid firmly so the pads still in the jar stay properly wet.

Will it sting if my skin reacts easily?

The essence is fragrance-free and Anua has it skin-irritation tested, so most people find it comfortable. It does carry gluconolactone and betaine salicylate, though, so skin that reacts to any acid may want to start every other day. Patch test along the jaw first, and if a retinoid or a strong exfoliant is already in your routine, alternate nights rather than stacking the two.

How is this different from Anua's Niacinamide 10 + TXA 4 serum?

The serum is a leave-on step with double the niacinamide and a higher tranexamic acid level, spread across the whole face. This is a lower-strength pad you park on one area for ten to twenty minutes and then wipe outward. They are built for different jobs, and plenty of people run the serum daily and reach for a pad when the under-eye area wants extra attention.

Either, and daily is fine. Mornings tend to be easiest in practice, because ten to twenty minutes with a pad in place lines up with drying your hair or waiting on the kettle. In the evening it slots in straight after cleansing and before serum. The one thing worth avoiding is layering it with another acid product inside the same routine.

How soon should I expect to see anything?

Hydration and a softer feel turn up on the very first use, simply because the pads are so saturated. Anything to do with how even the area looks moves far more slowly, and Anua's own testing ran across eight weeks. Give it a consistent month or two before deciding, and keep daily sunscreen going, because sun exposure works directly against the look you are after.

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ANUA Niacinamide 5 + TXA Brightening Pad 210ml (60 pads)

Brightens
Hydrating
Smooths
Lightweight

60ea ·$19.99 USD

Brightens

Hydrating

Smooths

Lightweight

PRODUCT DETAILS

A jar of sixty pink half-moon pads, each one saturated with a light, water-based essence built around 5% niacinamide and tranexamic acid. The curve is the whole idea: it traces the dip beneath your eye and rides up over the cheekbone, so the essence stays on the area you meant it for instead of sliding off. One pad, after cleansing, morning or evening.

Wear it for ten to twenty minutes the way you would a mini mask, then lift it away and sweep the same pad over the rest of your face. Alongside the two headline ingredients, the essence carries gluconolactone and pink vitamin B12 for a quiet chemical polish, madecassoside and seven peptides for comfort, and hyaluronic acid to hold water at the surface. Nothing is rinsed off.

It suits normal, dry, combination and oily skin. The people who get the most out of it are the ones whose face reads tired around the eyes and cheekbones by the end of a long week, and who would rather do one deliberate step than stack three products. The pads are wet enough that a single one covers both the focused area and the full-face wipe.

At one pad a day a jar runs to roughly two months. Close the lid firmly so the pads underneath stay soaked, keep the pad below the lash line and out of the eye itself, and give the gentle acids a few consistent weeks before you judge them.

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Fresher-looking under-eye area
A curve that stays put
Polish without grit
Mini mask and toner in one
Cushioned, never tight

Key Ingredients

Niacinamide

Helps visibly brighten uneven tone and support the skin barrier.

An ivory abstract form with soft, flowing folds rests on a dusty rose seamless surface, casting a gentle studio shadow.

Tranexamic Acid

May gradually improve the look of uneven tone in some leave-on formulas; the evidence is formula-specific and sun protection still matters.

Gluconolactone

A gentle exfoliating PHA that helps smooth skin texture while attracting moisture.

Real Results

20.6%Less visible under-eye shadow after eight weeks¹
45.7%Greater measured skin gloss across the area¹
3.5%Better measured elasticity around the eye¹

Based on ANUA's clinical testing of this pad. Individual results may vary.

1. ANUA clinical test

A translucent pink half-moon pad rising from behind the closed jar, its curve catching light against a soft grey-white ground.

Concerns & Benefits

Your Concerns

1
Dull Skin
Skin that photographs flat and grey by Thursday, however much sleep you actually got.
2
Dark Circles
A shadow beneath the eyes that concealer creases into rather than covering.

How To Use

1After cleansing, take one pad and lay it along the area you want to focus on. That curve was cut for the crescent of skin below your eye and the swell of the cheekbone. Leave it in place for ten to twenty minutes, like a small mask.
2Lift the pad away and run it gently over the remaining areas of your face to spread the essence that is left, then press in anything still sitting on the surface. There is no rinsing step.
3Suitable for daily use, morning and night. Follow with your usual serum and moisturiser, and with sunscreen in the morning.
4Keep the pad on skin below the lash line and clear of the eye itself. Close the lid firmly after every use so the remaining pads stay soaked. If a strong exfoliant or a retinoid is already in your routine, alternate rather than layering them together.

Frequently asked questions

How many pads come in the jar, and how long will it last?

Sixty pads in 210ml of essence. Anua's own guidance is one pad a day, which puts a jar at roughly two months; using one morning and night brings that closer to a month. Each pad holds enough essence to spend ten to twenty minutes on the under-eye and cheekbone area and still have plenty left over to carry across the rest of the face afterwards.

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ANUA

ANUA Niacinamide 5 + TXA Brightening Pad 210ml (60 pads)

Brightens
Hydrating
Smooths
Lightweight

ANUA Niacinamide 5 + TXA Brightening Pad 210ml (60 pads)

60ea ·$19.99 USD

Brightens

Hydrating

Smooths

Lightweight

PRODUCT DETAILS

Learn more

GOES WELL WITH

BEAUTY OF JOSEON Ground Rice and Honey Glow Mask 150ml$11.99 USD

ANUA 7 Rice Ceramide Hydrating Barrier Serum 50ml$17.99 USD

ANUA Rice Enzyme Brightening Cleansing Powder 40g$13.99 USD

Banila Co Clean It Zero Cleansing Balm Original 100ml$17.99 USD

100 VITA-LIGHT Reedle Shot$9.49 USD

1025 Dokdo Cleanser$11.99 USD

1025 Dokdo Eye Cream$22.99 USD

1025 Dokdo Lotion$14.99 USD

One pad does the job of a targeted mask and a toner sweep, so the areas you care about get attention without adding a step.

Fresher-looking under-eye area
A curve that stays put
Polish without grit
Mini mask and toner in one
Cushioned, never tight