How to Make a Jelly Face Mask for Beginners

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A hydrating face mask is one of the best feelings after a long day of work. This jelly face mask recipe is hydrating and contains pore-minimizing properties.

This jelly face mask recipe is an easy recipe for beginner DIY skincare creators. You can purchase the ingredients in this jelly face mask on Amazon, Formulator Sample Shop, and Lotion Crafter.

Frequently Asked Questions About Jelly Face Masks

Before we dive into the recipe, we need to look at some frequently asked questions about jelly face masks.

What Does a Jelly Face Mask Do?

Jelly face masks are created to have a jelly consistency that contains different desired skincare effects. Some jelly face masks can contain clay to give them a detoxing effect, while others can contain only hydrating ingredients.

Most jelly face masks are created to give your skin maximum hydration.

How Long Do You Leave on a Jelly Mask?

Some jelly face masks you can wear overnight, while others need to be washed off after 10 minutes. 

This jelly face mask recipe for beginners contains beetroot powder. If you leave this jelly face mask on overnight, it could potentially stain your bed. It is best to leave it on for as long as you would like while awake.

How Often Should You Use a Jelly Face Mask?

You can use a jelly face mask once to twice a week. If the jelly face mask you are using is only hydrating, you can use it every day, but if it has detoxifying ingredients, it is best to see how your skin reacts before using it more than twice a week.

How Do You Remove a Jelly Mask?

To remove a jelly face mask, you can use a wet washcloth. Another way you can wash it off is by splashing lukewarm water on your face.

Some people like using a jelly face mask before taking a shower. If they do this, they will wash it off while in the shower.

Ingredients in the Jelly Face Mask Recipe

This jelly face mask for beginners recipe consists of two phases. Phase A contains three ingredients that will color and gel the face mask, while phase B contains ingredients that add more hydrating properties to the jelly face mask.

Phase A

In phase A you have three ingredients: glycerin, hyaluronic acid, and beetroot powder. The first two ingredients you will start mixing are glycerin and hyaluronic acid. After those two ingredients are combined, you will add your beetroot powder.

When you add beetroot powder to phase A, it will become clumpy. Do not worry about this because when you add it to phase B, you will use a coffee frother or immersion blender to mix it. After mixing it for approximately five minutes, it will no longer be clumpy.

Glycerin

Glycerin is a hydrating ingredient in this jelly face mask recipe for beginners. It is a humectant, which means it draws moisture to your skin.

The main use of glycerin in the recipe is to help the hyaluronic acid dissolve. If you added hyaluronic acid to phase B, it would be clumpy.

Hyaluronic Acid (High Molecular Weight)

In the jelly face mask recipe for beginners, you will use high molecular weight hyaluronic acid. Hyaluronic acid is an ingredient used to gel the jelly face mask and add hydrating benefits to the skin. 

When you research hyaluronic acid, you will notice that they come in high or low weights or are weighted as Daltons.

You will find hyaluronic acid ranging from ultra-low molecular weight up to high molecular weight.

Beetroot Powder

This jelly face mask uses beet root powder to add a splash of color and extra nutrients. Using beet root powder in the jelly face masks gives it a pink color that develops into a darker purple.

Beetroot powder also gives the jelly mask a slight scent of beets.

Formulator Sample Shop mentions all the nutrients that beetroot powder offers the skin.

Phase B

In phase B, you have your hydrosol, extracts, and preservatives. The hydrosol and extracts used in the jelly face mask recipe for beginners are hydrating to that skin, add antioxidants benefits, and minimize the appearance of pores.

The preservative in our phase B helps keep the jelly face mask free of mold, yeast, and bacteria.

DL Panthenol

A powder ingredient in our jelly face mask recipe is DL Panthenol. DL Panthenol is also known as vitamin B5. Using DL panthenol in face masks gives this skincare product some necessary benefits for the skin.

The main benefit of DL Panthenol is it can deeply penetrate the skin and help with restoring and maintaining moisture. This helps the skin stay hydrated and smooth. It also has humectant properties that help attract and hold moisture to the skin.

Rose Hydrosol

Rose hydrosol is very moisturizing and helps the skin lock in moisture. It is the main ingredient in our jelly face mask. 

The rose hydrosol also gives our toner a wonderful floral scent. 

It is beneficial to mature skin because it helps reduce the appearance of wrinkles. This is due to the hydrating properties that it obtains. Rose hydrosol will pump out the skin helping rescue fine lines and wrinkles.

Strawberry Extract

If you are looking for an ingredient that will reduce the appearance of pores, then the strawberry extract is your answer.

Due to the pore-reducing properties of strawberry extract, it is an excellent ingredient to add to a jelly face mask recipe.

Green Tea Extract

The next extract in phase B is green tea. Green tea contains antioxidants that help protect the skin from free radical damage. 

With the skin protected from free radicals, it will be less damaged and reduce the signs of aging by increasing the elasticity in the skin.

Chamomile Extract

Chamomile extract is gentle on sensitive skin and helps to soothe irritated skin.

Another benefit chamomile extract offers the skin is it contains anti-inflammatory properties. These anti-inflammatory properties help protect the skin from free radical damage that could cause premature aging of the skin.

Watermelon Extract

The last extract added to the jelly face mask recipe for beginners is watermelon extract. This extract is rich in vitamin C, amino acids, and lycopene.

What is lycopene?

Lycopene is what gives watermelons that deep red color. It is a potent antioxidant. Antioxidants help protect the skin from free radical damage that could cause the skin to age and increase signs of wrinkles and fine lines.

Leucidal SF Max

The final ingredient in phase B is our preservative, Leaucidal SF Max. This is a broad-spectrum preservative that fights against mold, yeast, and bacteria.

Leucidal SF Max gives formulators extra confidence on the pH front. The pH levels that this preservative is effective in are from 4.0 to 11.0. Because of this large pH range, this preservative is easy for beginner skincare formulators to use.

Substitutions for Ingredients in a Jelly Face Mask

If you would like to make this recipe your own, you may try some substitutions in the recipe. Any substitutions done to the recipe will make the serum contain different benefits, and it may possess a different feel to it as well.

Hyaluronic Acid Substitution

For a jelly face mask to have the desired consistency, you need to use a gelling ingredient. Some skincare formulators may use hyaluronic acid, while others prefer xanthan gum soft.

Also, you can use the different hyaluronic acid molecular weights as a substitution for the high molecular weight used in this recipe.

Beet Root Substitution

As a substitution for beetroot powder in the jelly face mask recipe for beginners, you can use any fruit powders or clays.

If you use clay in the jelly face mask, it will add detoxifying properties to the jelly face mask.

There are a few different fruit powders that you can use in your jelly face mask:

• Pumpkin Powder
• Watermelon Powder

Rose Hydrosol Substitution

You can use most hydrosols as substitutions for rose hydrosol in this jelly face mask recipe for beginners.

For example, if you want your jelly face mask to have soothing properties, you can add cucumber or chamomile hydrosol.

Green Tea, Chamomile, Watermelon, and Strawberry Extract Substitution

There are many different extracts you can use in a jelly face mask. When choosing other extracts to add to your jelly face mask, ask yourself, “What benefits do I want my jelly face mask to possess?”

Once you make your list, you can look for extracts containing those skincare benefits. 

Some extracts that contain different benefits are:

• Blueberry Extract: Contains antioxidants and vitamins A and C.
• Turmeric Extract: Keeps skin soft and smooth. It reduces pigmentation and blemishes.
• Licorice Root Extract: Brightens and soothes the skin.

Leucidal SF Max Substitution

Finally, we can look at the different substitutes for the preservative in our jelly face mask recipe. 

One preservative that you can use as a substitute is leucidal complete. This preservative works in pH levels between 5.0-9.0. 

The pH of our face mask falls in between these pH levels, with a preferred pH of 5.0. 

The pH of Jelly Face Mask

Understanding the pH of your jelly face mask is very important because the pH determines if our preservative and other ingredients will work. There are a few pH-picky ingredients in the recipe. 

These ingredients are:

• DL Panthenol: 4.0-7.0
• Chamomile Extract: 3.0-6.0
• Watermelon Extract: 4.0-6.5

The ideal pH for our jelly face mask is 5.0. To obtain this pH level, you will need to use baking soda or raise the pH and citric acid to lower the pH. When using baking soda and citric acid to raise and lower pH, you will need to use only a little because a small amount will go a long way.

There are three different pH meters that you can use to measure the pH of your jelly face mask. The most accurate pH meter is the Extech PH110. This will give you an accurate pH level of your skincare products.

Tools to Make a Jelly Face Mask

When making a jelly face mask, you will need a few basic tools. Some of these tools can be found around your home.