I have spent most of my life on or near the water. Whether I’m on a board or a boat, I’ve always been drawn to it — and in Palm Beach, that means a lot of hours under a serious sun.
For years my skin paid for it. It came home inflamed, sensitive and tight, and every after-sun product I tried made me choose between something that worked and something I was comfortable putting on my body. Most were full of synthetic fragrance and pharmaceutical ingredients; the “clean” ones did almost nothing.
There is more to it than long days outside. I live with an autoimmune condition, and it has left my skin extremely sensitive — I react to the synthetic ingredients in most after-sun creams. So for years I skipped them altogether and reached for straight aloe or coconut oil instead.
Which solved one problem and created another. Heading out to dinner after a day in the sun, I would still be covered in oil — shiny, slipping out of my clothes, never quite ready for anywhere.
So I started from scratch, and curated every ingredient around my own body. Mavi goes on like an oil and absorbs like a lotion: it sinks in, it stays comfortable, and my skin does not react to it. That became Mavi Glow — a cream that calms the inflammation first, hydrates deeply, and lets the glow of a day outside last. 99% naturally derived, vegan, and free of anything I wouldn’t use myself.
Mavi is the Turkish word for blue. It’s the colour of the water that started all of this, and a reminder of what the brand is for: slow days in the sun, taken seriously — and skin that feels as good as the day did.
Madison GentryFounder, Mavi Coastal · Palm Beach