HUM Nutrition Supplements, Glow Serums and Scalp Care

Walter Faulstroh, co-founder of HUM Nutrition, has said the brand began with his own skin. After years of adult acne, he worked with a nutritionist who looked at his gut, and the results made him wonder whether nutrition could help other people. He moved to Los Angeles in 2012 to start the company, and it began as a way to connect people with nutritionists before it built its own supplements. The name comes from how good he feels when he hums, and from the hummingbird.

The first grid is the HUM line, and each description here is the brand's own. Daily Cleanse is a green formula with chlorella, spirulina, milk thistle and matcha, and the brand says it supports clear skin. Red Carpet is a skin and hair formula with black currant seed oil and vitamin E, meant to support hydration. Flatter Me has 18 digestive enzymes and a ginger, fennel and peppermint blend, and the brand describes it as a fast debloat for after meals. Collagen Love is made with collagen from grass-fed beef, vitamin C, hyaluronic acid and grape seed extract. Here Comes the Sun is a vegan vitamin D3 made from lichen. OMG Omega the Great is an anchovy fish oil that the brand says has no fishy aftertaste. Big Chill is an adaptogenic formula built on rhodiola for stress. Hair Strong lists biotin, B12, folic acid, zinc and Fo-Ti.

A quick tip: read the label and the brand's guidance, and run any new supplement by your doctor first.

Vitamins work on the inside, and the second grid is the topical side of a glow routine. Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Dew Drops is a lightweight gel serum the brand says you can wear morning and night or under makeup. Glow Recipe Hue Drops in Sun Glow is the tinted cousin, with two sheer tints that even tone. MERIT Great Skin Instant Glow Serum is a bi-phase serum with hyaluronic acid and niacinamide, and it leaves the skin plump and looking calmer. Danessa Myricks Yummy Skin Glow Serum in Fresh Pressed is a radiant priming serum in a soft pink. Beauty of Joseon Glow Deep Serum uses rice bran water and alpha arbutin for dullness and dark spots, while the Glow Serum with propolis and niacinamide is the one for pores and oil control. point of view. drip it is a glass-skin style serum with niacinamide and fermented ingredients. YISE Beauty Xtreme Glow is a dewy peptide serum that plumps and brightens.

Pairing tip: use a tinted or dewy serum on days you want a lit-from-within face with almost no makeup.

What I would skip: layering three glow serums in one morning. One or two is plenty, and stacking them can leave skin sticky.

Hair care starts at the scalp, and the last grid is scalp serums to sit alongside something like Hair Strong. Act+Acre 2% Stem Cell Scalp Serum is the brand's serum for thicker-looking hair with apple stem cells. Kérastase Genesis Strengthening Scalp and Hair Serum is silicone free and made to reduce breakage on weak hair. The Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + Hyaluronic Acid Scalp Serum is a milky serum for a dry, flaky scalp. OUAI Hydrating Scalp Serum is meant to balance and hydrate the scalp. Act+Acre Daily Hydro Scalp Serum is a leave-on serum with hyaluronic acid for dry scalps. Dr. Groot Miracle In Shower Scalp & Hair Hydrating Treatment is an in-shower treatment that cleanses and exfoliates. Nécessaire The Scalp Serum has 5 percent Capixyl and 1 percent hyaluronic acid, and the brand says it dries fast and leaves no residue. K18 FutureIQ Hair Longevity Serum is a nightly scalp serum the brand makes for graying, thinning and scalp aging.

Pairing tip: part your hair in a few sections and apply to the scalp itself, not the lengths.

What I would skip: heavy serums on a scalp that already gets oily. Start with the hydrating or fast-drying ones.

When I build a routine, I start with what I want to feel. If I want a calmer day, I read up on the stress formulas. If it is hair, I look at the biotin and zinc ones and pair them with a scalp serum. If it is skin, I keep the inside and outside separate, one supplement and one serum. HUM Nutrition labels are useful because the brand explains what each formula is for. Add one thing at a time and give it a fair stretch. Supplements are not a replacement for food, sleep or a dermatologist. Run it by your doctor first and keep the routine short.