How strict at Gatwick - liquids

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Going away on holiday next week and thinking about packing my make up/toiletries. A lot of my products are hard cream blushers/bronzers, lipsticks that technically come under the liquid rules, but can I ask if anyone has had these flagged/removed?

These new scanners and the liquid restrictions being scrapped can’t come soon enough!

You can have way more than 10 if the containers are less than 100ml.

I've been told in the past one bag per person - you'd struggle to get more than 10 x 100ml in one bag.

could you be a tad lower maintenance OP?

They will take it off you if it's over 100ml

Oh, right - thank you for letting me know. There are no answers then, but to comply with whatever Gatwick says the limits are.

I can't imagine going away with hand luggage only and needing a lot of liquids. I'm the type that needs my creature comforts

My friend goes 3-4 weeks backpacking, 2-3 times a year. She only does handluggage.

She takes clothes and flat shoes. No creams, makeup, etc. She buys what she needs in suncream, hair, and bodywash there.

You wouldn't believe she would be the type to do that at home, as her job very looks and presentation conscious as how she has to be present.

I think that's why she likes the backpacking so she can go back to basics

In the opposite. Life is so busy that it’s only when I take a break that I get chance to pamper my skin.

I really feel for those working on the security screening belts. It must be a nightmare with some passengers, and although most are clued in, they still have to check.

They are also spot checked by some International anti terrorism crowd (or maybe it's the Home Office or something) to make sure the checkers don't let anything dangerous through. There are reports issued on this somewhere or other. They are under fierce pressure, not highly paid, so try and give them a break!

And the amount of sheer make up STUFF some people are bringing with handluggage only is a hoot. No one will notice or care if you leave out five of them and use the minimum to camouflage yourself. Anyway to me it's all a waste of time if going to a hot country, well it just slips off my face in five minutes! I just use powder based foundation, brush it on, a bit of powder blush, brush it on, and coloured lip balm. A little war paint is good, too much and it just ends up on a cleansing wipe/tissue in the hotel bin anyway!

Have a great time Y'all on your hols. I'm next up at the end of May (after half term ha ha).

why are you taking so much on holiday anyway? If you are doing cabin baggage only that’s the deal. Either cut it all down or buy in Boots in the departure lounge. But don’t forget, as has been mentioned, that you still have the problem of bringing it back.

I use a liquids bag like this - never had it questioned, and I get about twice as much in as the baggies handed out at the airport.

"I need alot of contact lens supplies and eye drops. I’ve realised I can’t just take hand luggage anymore
Can't you order your solution on Prime and have it delivered to your hotel/appartment?"

Yeah but why? Why are we even having to think like this? It's not right.

That's literally what I said.
If the max is 100ml in a container then you can't have more than 10 or it'd go over 1000ml.
Maths.

Not understanding certain logics as to how things are classified (and l’m included in this) is not understanding the science of what can be disguised as other things. Remember the liquid rule was introduced after the biggest disaster in aviation history was narrowly averted.

Scanner installation is complex and time consuming, nobody wants to fly from an airport in high season with half the scanners out of action while nee technology is installed.

Remember the more commonly available cosmetics can be bought in Boots etc when airside after security. Buying things at your destination can introduce you to hitherto unknown brands not available in the UK.

What do you mean 'how strict are they'?

It's an airport and they have security rules which are non-negotiable.

Just look on the website and do what it says like everyone else.

I assume that the security teams who make the rules know more about the terrorism threat than we do, and have decided that it’s safer for passengers to not have access to large amounts of their own liquids while on the plane.

I don’t think it’s a conspiracy to sell hold luggage spaces or tiny bottles of Heads & Shoulders 🤷🏻‍♀️

Pay for hold luggage

It's not practical otherwise

Plus i need moisturiser, cleanser, spf, hair products etc

Exactly! It’s for passenger (and crew) safety. You only have to read up on why this came about. As l said upthread the biggest disaster in aviation history was narrowly averted.

I have RGP lenses and buy flight pack size - all-in-one solution comes in a 60ml bottle.

@StarlightLady i think actually it happened after the biggest aviation disaster (loss of 4 planes is massive) had happened abd another one nearly did.

plane travel was changed massively by those events and the security measures put in place have meant it has been a safe way to travel even with the terrorist threat level so high (and given the current Israel/Iranconflict likely to stay that way).

The scanners will solve it but cannot go live without being ready as the queue implications are huge particularly if you say people can travel with liquids then they don’t work

rememver though anything you buy you can’t bring back and I find the smaller airports abroad are even stricter than gatwick and notice it all - it maybe the first airport has scanners the second doesn’t do it could be around for awhile

it is why when travelling in a group of friends sharing the cost of one hold luggage is a v good idea.

although surely the issue isn’t the security measures it is that more and more airlines are charging ridiculous prices for hold luggage.

I travel with hand luggage precisely so that I do t have to wait around for hold luggage……

@Quartz2208 - The Twin Towers event certainly woke people up to the dangers; no liquids were used in that event though. But the incident that almost happened, to create the “liquids semi-ban” (my wording) was likely to have been much larger creating explosives on multiple flights.

Airlines are not particularly trying to rip you off on hold luggage charges, their main criteria, rightly or wrongly (that’s a separate issue) is to discourage you from taking it, resulting in faster turnarounds and fewer staff.

Wouldn't it be less faff to just pay the cost of a hold bag? All that stuff sounds really expensive, probably more so than paying for a bag.

Why is a problem to buy products you aren't used to? Why are so people totally wedded to one particular brand? I just don't believe that. A few people with be idiots who insist they have to take the entire contents of the make up department at Boots as well as half a tonne of other bathroom products saying they are "essential". Frankly they need a reality check. It's not a hardship to rationalise for a week. You won't die (given the reason for the restrictions this is a point which is significant).

I've travelled all over Europe and we always end up going to the supermarket. The range of brands typically includes stuff you will be familiar with anyway in most countries. I don't know how a family of 4 is going to get through more than 100ml of most products in a week either.

Honestly, I swear so people need to get out of their bubble and into the real world some days.

If you buy a pack of mini bottles for £1, you're saving ~£60-£90 per return flight in hold luggage costs. It takes me a few minutes to decant my liquids into the mini bottles while flying. I go on a lot of short holidays, it literally saves me hundreds of pounds per year.

A girl at Gatwick was told she was only allowed one bag of liquids when we were flying.
She had the other bag confiscated as they told her it was too much.

Why is a problem to buy products you aren't used to? Why are so people totally wedded to one particular brand?

I have bright pink hair. Mist shampoos are the equivalent of washing up liquid. Even colour shampoo is designed for blonde rather than vibrant colours. So I take the one that doesn’t pull my colour out. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I also have sensitive skin so soaps, creams and suncream that doesn’t cause rashes are pretty crucial too.

But apparently most of OP's stuff is blusher creams or other things I've never heard of but aren't very liquid and can't be decanted. So in this instance, of she's insisting on bringing all this faffy and expensive stuff I can't see how booking a bag isn't less faff and not that much more expensive.