Keeping your skin clean and clear can be a real challenge. While it’s important that you wash your face at the end of each day, washing itself isn’t going to dig into your pores and excise all the tiny dirt particles that are trapped inside irritating your skin, accumulating oil and bacteria. For that, you'll need a good face mask. Gelatin face masks are among the most popular type of DIY face masks because they’re easy to make, easy to apply, and easy to wash off. Overall, they do an outstanding job of cleansing your face. We're going to take a close look at DIY gelatin face masks and see if we can figure out what makes them so effective. What Are Gelatin Face Masks and the Benefits A gelatin face mask is a mixture of gelatin powder and other ingredients that you apply to your face on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. Its job is to grab hold of the pollutants hiding in your pores and pull them out. A gelatin face mask provides a whole ‘nother layer of cleanliness as well as other benefits including: Smoother skin - One of the jobs of the gelatin face mask is to exfoliate your skin. Once your face is shorn of dead skin cells, it will look and feel smoother.