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Need help with Zip-lock guidelines

Sorry, I am sure my questions have been answered before but am limited in my time with the internet. Still confused with liquids and solids, where to put them? These are what I use and keep in my purse almost daily. Can I carry them on flights? All are under 3 ounces/100ml.
---Carmex Lip Balm (7.5g/0.25oz -plastic pot)
---Tiger Balm (18g/0.63oz-small glass jar)
---Bach's Rescue Remedy (20ml glass bottle w/dropper)
---OLBAS Oil - 10ml glass bottle
---Badger Balm Ginger/Lemon (21g/0.75oz tin)
---Burt's Bees Banana&Beeswax Hand creme (7g/0.25oz tub)
---Watkins Petro-Carbo Salve (9g/0.3oz tin)
---Tea Tree Oil- Holista (25ml glass bottle)
---Lavender&Aloe Vera Gel (10ml Roll-on glass bottle)
---Vaseline (8g plastic tub)
---Room freshener (60ml/2 fl oz plastic spay bottle)
---Divided pill box of aspirin, gravol, benedryl, evening primrose oil capsules, vitamins, peptobismol tablets
---Eyeglass wipes (foil packets)
---Babywipes (plastic travel pouch)

When I travel, I take a solid shampoo, FA bath gel, small bar of tea tree oil soap, travel size tin of body powder, Vitamin E lotion, small cannister of laundry powder, 100ml nalgene bottles of isopryl alcohol and chlorine bleach,Lakota Pain Reliever(88ml roll-on plastic),small tube of antibitic creme, aluminum bottle of Burt's Bees insect oil (1 fl oz/29ml, sunscreen creme, small jar of calendula salve, Tom's of Maine toothpaste in refillable tube and Crystal stick deodorant. Also, I might bring some essential oils/aromatherapy blends in small bottles. Are all of the above okay to carry-on?

In your experience, have you had any difficulty with the above products and where should I have them placed when going through security? Thanks for all responses.

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If you can pour it out (liquid), squeeze it out (gel), or spray it out (aerosol) it must go in a single 1-qt size Ziploc bag if you are carrying them on. No container can be over 3 oz., and all must fit into the bag with the top zipped. This bag must be presented separately from your carryon when going through security. Sometimes they will make you send it through in a separate bin, sometimes they will just glance at it and send you on.

Baby wipes and eyeglasses wipes are not liquid and don't need to go in. Your bath gel, lotion, pain reliever, salve, antibiotic cream, toothpaste, and insect oil must be in there, too, if you are taking only a carryon bag. If you are checking your luggage you can put any size of liquid/gel in your bag (unless it's on the TSA list of items prohibited in checked luggage). I'm not sure if they would allow the bleach or alcohol. Are you sure you really need all of this stuff?

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11507 posts

Nobody NEEDS all that stuff, if you have vaseline why bring lip balm, or vice versa.

Second, I don't think any airline is going to be happy with you carting bleach around. Why for goodness sake do you need that.
All essential oils also need to go in liquid bag but I doubt you will have room since you are packing too much stuff.

Good luck.

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Thanks Nancy and Kent. I am not likely to take all my kit, but wanted to know which PRODUCTS are likely to get on and where I should pack them. Even though they seem like alot, they are all small or travel size and they all fit into a small zippered toiletry bag. From your information, I will put all my solids in my carry-on and then the others in the zip-lock bag.Thank you again.

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Arl, since you live in Canada, I would check whoever makes the rules there. The TSA rules only apply to the US. I highly doubt, though, that you would be able to take the bleach or alcohol on board. Though, they SELL alcohol on board (just buy a mini of those and use it)....lol

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1158 posts

I don't believe carmex and Tiger balm fall in the liquid category. I had a tub of Blistex in my pocket, nobody cared about it.
You can buy some of these cosmetic overseas. hand and sun Cream you can find anywhere for cheap.
Instead of room freshener get some incence.
I don't believe you have to put the gel medicine in the bag, but you have to declare them at the security gate.

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9371 posts

Bea, Carmex and Tiger Balm are both considered gels. Unless you showed it to them, they wouldn't have detected a tube in your pocket, but that doesn't mean it was OK. And yes, gels have to go in the ziploc bag.