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Mayday Intensive After-Sun Recovery
59mL / 2oz
Sunburn relief in hours.
Your lifeline when you lose track of time in the sun. Our intensive after-sun recovery for sunburns and overexposed skin, powered by a 3X boost of Sirenas Complex AQ. A proprietary blend of marine bioactives designed to accelerate your skin's natural healing, neutralize chronic inflammation, restore cellular damage, and minimize peeling. So you wake up recovered and ready to get back out outside.
Key Benefits
Accelerates sunburn and windburn recovery
Quickly reduces redness, swelling, and inflammation
Minimizes peeling and restores damaged skin barrier
Rehydrates severely dry, tight skin
Lightweight, non-sticky gel cream
How to Use
Shake well. Apply a generous layer to clean, affected skin as needed after sun or wind exposure. Reapply throughout the day to help soothe, hydrate, and support recovery.
Pro tip: After 2–4 days of using MAYDAY, switch to EVERYDAY to help keep recovery going, strengthen your skin barrier, and support daily UV recovery after the burn fades.
Ingredients
,Solvent that helps to deliver our product's efficacious ingredients to your skin.
,Plant-based humectant that helps your skin retain and lock in moisture.
,Vitamin that improves skin barrier function and skin tone, minimizes pores, and reduces hyperpigmentation for a more even complexion.
,Naturally derived humectant and preservative booster that keeps our product safer for longer.
,Promotes skin regeneration, reduces redness and swelling, and enhances moisture retention.
,Seaweed extract that soothes skin and helps the skin return to balance when under stress.
,A rich butter that provides intense moisture to skin and has been shown to have regenerating and anti-inflammatory properties.
,Seaweed extract that has antioxidant and hydrating properties.
,Skin conditioner and humectant that is suitable for dry skin due to its high polysaccharide content.
,Plant derived emollient that provides an occlusive layer for skin barrier protection and has been shown to help in the healing of burns.
,Plant extract that strengthens the skin barrier, has anti-inflammatory properties, and helps to brighten and soothe skin.
,Naturally occurring antimicrobial ingredient that is used as a preservative.
,Emulsifier derived from olive oil that mixes water and oil ingredients together.
,Emulsifier derived from olive oil that mixes water and oil ingredients together.
,Naturally occurring antimicrobial ingredient that is used as a preservative.
,Humectant derived from coconut oil and preservative booster that keeps our product shelf-stable.
,Texturizer that provides a pleasant experience when applying our product to skin.
,Plant-based emulsion stabilizer that keeps the product stable and well blended.
,All-natural chelating agent that keeps our product shelf-stable for longer.
,Emulsion stabilizer that provides a pleasant experience when applying our product to skin.
,Emollient derived from coconut oil that helps lock in moisture for skin in need of extra hydration.
,Antioxidant that moisturizes skin (also known as Vitamin E).Acidifier that adjusts the pH of our product to ensure skin safety.
Travel Friendly
Travel like a pro. Fits easily in your gear bag and carry-on.
MAYDAY is our most borrowed after-sun product. If you’re heading on a group trip somewhere with intense UV and zero shade, maybe bring 2 just in case one goes "missing".
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Clean ingredients and sustainable practices
No Dyes or Alcohols
Fragrance-Free
Dermatologist Approved
Cruelty-Free
Recyclable
Clean Ingredients
Sustainable Practices
Nature-Derived
Travel-Friendly
No Dyes or Alcohols
Fragrance-Free
Dermatologist Approved
Cruelty-Free
Recyclable
Clean Ingredients
Sustainable Practices
Nature-Derived
Travel-Friendly
The Problem
SOS, you've overdone it. You got burned.
Maybe you put on SPF. Maybe not. Either way, you got fried. Getting a bad sunburn is only part of the problem. UV overexposure triggers cellular stress that breaks down your skin barrier, accelerates chronic inflammation, and compounds sun damage over time. That's inflammaging. And without intensive recovery, your skin is still breaking down long after the burn fades.
Safe for face and body
Our Solution
More than aloe. The most advanced sunburn recovery.
Powered by 3X Sirenas Complex AQ, MAYDAY rapidly calms burns, redness, irritation, and swelling while helping minimize peeling.
Accelerates Sunburn and Windburn Recovery
Quickly soothes severe redness, irritation, swelling, and inflammation — fast.
Acute UV overexposure triggers intense inflammation that breaks down barrier from within. MAYDAY works beneath the surface to neutralize inflammaging and restore what extreme UV exposure strips away.
Lightweight, Non-Sticky, Fragrance-Free
Clear, not neon green. Feels like putting out a fire, without the messy aftermath.
Our proprietary formula
3X Sirenas Complex AQ
After analyzing hundreds of marine extracts and thousands of associated molecules, we developed The Sirenas Complex. Our proprietary blend of concentrated marine bioactives designed to work at the cellular level to restore UV damage, stop the cycle of inflammaging, and strengthen skin's natural defenses.
A higher concentration of our proprietary marine bioactives quickly neutralizes redness and inflammation, accelerates your skin's natural healing mechanisms, and restores UV damage at the cellular level.
Squalane
Replenishes the lipid barrier UV exposure strips away. Locks in hydration without sitting heavy on damaged skin.
Niacinamide
Rebuilds barrier function. Calms visible redness. Strengthens your skin's natural defense system during the recovery window.
Full ingredient list
,Solvent that helps to deliver our product's efficacious ingredients to your skin.
,Plant-based humectant that helps your skin retain and lock in moisture.
,Vitamin that improves skin barrier function and skin tone, minimizes pores, and reduces hyperpigmentation for a more even complexion.
,Naturally derived humectant and preservative booster that keeps our product safer for longer.
,Promotes skin regeneration, reduces redness and swelling, and enhances moisture retention.
,Seaweed extract that soothes skin and helps the skin return to balance when under stress.
,A rich butter that provides intense moisture to skin and has been shown to have regenerating and anti-inflammatory properties.
,Seaweed extract that has antioxidant and hydrating properties.
,Skin conditioner and humectant that is suitable for dry skin due to its high polysaccharide content.
,Plant derived emollient that provides an occlusive layer for skin barrier protection and has been shown to help in the healing of burns.
,Plant extract that strengthens the skin barrier, has anti-inflammatory properties, and helps to brighten and soothe skin.
,Naturally occurring antimicrobial ingredient that is used as a preservative.
,Emulsifier derived from olive oil that mixes water and oil ingredients together.
,Emulsifier derived from olive oil that mixes water and oil ingredients together.
,Naturally occurring antimicrobial ingredient that is used as a preservative.
,Humectant derived from coconut oil and preservative booster that keeps our product shelf-stable.
,Texturizer that provides a pleasant experience when applying our product to skin.
,Plant-based emulsion stabilizer that keeps the product stable and well blended.
,All-natural chelating agent that keeps our product shelf-stable for longer.
,Emulsion stabilizer that provides a pleasant experience when applying our product to skin.
,Emollient derived from coconut oil that helps lock in moisture for skin in need of extra hydration.
,Antioxidant that moisturizes skin (also known as Vitamin E).Acidifier that adjusts the pH of our product to ensure skin safety.
BeforeAfter
How it works
Sunburn relief in hours.
Hours 0-6
Cool the Heat for Immediate Relief
A cooling gel-cream helps take the edge off hot, overexposed skin while a 3X boost of Sirenas Complex helps reduce visible redness, swelling, and inflammation and replenishes moisture-loss.
Hours 6-24
Stay Ahead of the Burn
Redness and sensitivity often peak between 12 and 24 hours after sun exposure. MAYDAY helps aggravated skin by moisturizing, supporting the skin barrier and calming the inflammaging cascade through the most acute post-sun exposure window.
Hours 24-48
Support Cellular Recovery and Minimize Peeling
In UV-stressed skin cells, Sirenas Complex helps calm key inflammatory signals after 48 hours, supporting your skin's natural cellular repair mechanisms.
Hours 48+
Reinforce Skin Barrier Defense
As overexposed skin can become dry, tight, or flaky, keep using MAYDAY to help restore comfort and support barrier resilience.
How to use: Shake well. Apply a generous layer to clean, affected skin after sun or wind exposure. Reapply every 2-3 hours for best results.
Pro tip: After 2–4 days of using MAYDAY, switch to TERNS EVERYDAY to help keep recovery going strong after the burn fades.
*Based on published ingredient studies and in vitro testing of Sirenas Complex in UV-stressed human skin cells. Individual results vary.
References
Stout EP, Esquenazi E, et al. Effects of 7 botanical complexes on cytokine release by UV-irradiated normal human epidermal keratinocytes. TERNS unpublished data, 2024.
Howell M, Esquenazi E, Stout EP, et al. Ex vivo human skin biological assessment of 4 naturally occurring compounds. TERNS unpublished data, 2022.
Fitton JH, et al. Topical Benefits of Two Fucoidan-Rich Extracts from Marine Macroalgae. Cosmetics, 2015, 2, 66.
Sivapirabu G, et al. Topical nicotinamide modulates cellular energy metabolism and provides broad-spectrum protection against ultraviolet radiation-induced immunosuppression in humans. Br. J. Dermatol., 2009, 161, 6, 1357.
Wolosik K, et al. Squalane as a Promising Agent Protecting UV-Induced Inhibition of Collagen Biosynthesis and Wound Healing in Human Dermal Fibroblast. Molecules 2025, 30, 1964.
Safe for face and body
How to use
For days you push your limits outside. Goes anywhere the sun hits.
How to use
Shake well. Apply a generous layer to clean, affected skin after sun or wind exposure. Reapply every 2-3 hours for best results.
Pro tip: After 2–4 days of using MAYDAY, switch to TERNS EVERYDAY to help keep recovery going strong after the burn fades.
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