Try the Mediterranean diet for your skin: These skincare products made from extra virgin Italian olive oil have natural anti-ageing benefits
It's well known that a Mediterranean diet can work wonders for your health, but were you aware that slathering certain food products on your skin could also be transformative in boosting your glow?
Beauty website Mozzafiato specializes in bringing the best of Italian beauty and grooming to the US and several of their newest beauty labels specialize in skincare products where the key ingredient is usually edible including organic olive, prickly pear and organic lemon.

Olivella Fragrance Free Face & Body Bar Soap
This all-natural soap is specially formulated with Olivella's patented technology in order to treat your skin with the natural vitamins, antioxidants, and anti-aging properties found in 100% virgin olive oil.
Shoppers love how this leaves no oily residue on the skin and is suitable for every age group and skin type - even gentle enough for a baby’s skin.
For example, the Italian clean beauty brand Olivella harness the anti-ageing properties of olive oil in all their affordable and naturally effective skincare products and you can pick up a bar of Olivella soap for just $6 to cleanse and moisturize your body in the shower.
But why olive oil? Olive oil is rich in vitamins A, D, E, and K with vitamin E helping to protect against free radicals and containing anti-bacterial properties that can help with acne as well as delivering an intense burst of moisture.

Another label that is packed with natural goodness and fruits and herbs that are all grown on an organic farm in Southern Italy is Prato Botanico - which translates to 'Botanical Meadow'.
This high-end range, all beautifully packaged, would be hard to find in your local store and more likely to be stocked in a high-end luxury boutique but are reasonably priced on Mozzafiato. The best-selling calming cleanser, which contains organic aloe vera and hyaluronic acid to soothe and soften the skin with each clean, is $39.

Once you visit the Mozzafiato website, it's easy to spend hours browsing all the different men's and women's beauty brands on there but here are six of our favorite products. If you want to add a little extra to your look this summer that others are unlikely to be able to copy, you can set trends by shopping these Italian products that not many people in the US will know about yet.

Borghese Advanced Fango Active Purifying Mud Mask
This detoxifying mud mask helps counteract environmental pollution with a blend of powerful survivalist plant extracts.
It exfoliates skin and helps minimize the appearance of pores and fine lines.
Bentonite Clay draws dirt, oil and impurities from pores while Sweet Almond Oil enhances skin elasticity.

Antica Barbieria Colla Egg And Rum Shampoo
The main ingredients around which the composition of this product is developed are egg proteins and rum fragrance, traditionally used together for homemade masks aimed at giving hair strength and shine. Egg yolk is naturally rich in nourishing and restorative elements.
Rum is obtained from sugarcane and used to increase product stability and make it last longer. Read More...