Planes and The Ordinary Glass Bottles

[JMAngel1]

So now that 80% of my skincare is the Ordinary, how am I going to safely take them on holiday? Given that all bottles are 30mls, do you think safer to take in hand luggage with bubble wrap and hope they survive the rough handling at security scanner - would I need to take the bubble wrap off to go through security? Would be worried if I put them in my hold suitcase, they would end up in smithereens. Any advice for fellow Ordinary users/addicts?

Given the tiny size of the bottles they will be fine in bubble wrap in your case, either of them. We carted a litre bottle of whisky from London to Bangkok, repacked it in our suitcase 4 days later for another flight. 3 weeks later as it wasn't drunk it was packed back in a suitcase and survived 3 flights back to the UK. And our luggage was badly damaged by Thai Airways but the whisky survived intact.

I pack small glass bottle in my hand luggage just in the plastic bag to go through security and have yet to have anything broken and we travel a lot.

Like the idea of Tupperware box - will def do that. I have a deep insecurity about skincare /makeup going missing if put in hold - would rather lose all my clothes plus I've had 3 trips where luggage went awol for 2-3 days.

If they’re in your hand luggage you’ll need to put them in one of the 20 x 20cm clear plastic bags. It’s probably OK to wrap them in bubble wrap within the bag.

I flew recently with two of The Ordinary bottles and just wrapped one in bubble wrap so that they didn't bash together in the plastic bag for security. They were both fine. I think the glass is fairly thick.

oh god two, I wish! I am currently dependent on 6!! did you have to remove the bubble wrap for security?

Just keep the boxes they come in and use them.

What about tying 2 each together with an elastic band and weaving some bubble wrap between them?
Should stop them bouncing around too much and no dramas if they do need to be seen clearly.

Six sounds like a crazy regimen! I watched Dr Sam on YouTube and realised I needed to pare down my products and so have four, including sun screen now.

I know, I know.
salicylic acid for any rogue spot
caffeine eye
niacinamide zinc - helping with oiliness
hyaluronic B5 my moisturiser
granactjve 2% emulsion twice a week
alpha lipoic acid twjce a week

could leave the retinoid and ALA at home I suppkse but the others are essential.

If it’s in hand luggage I’d be surprised if they let you do it in bubble wrap. But there’s not really any rough handling in my experience, don’t you just put your little clear bag of stuff in a large tray which then goes through the scanner and then you collect at the other side? I’ve never done it any other way. If you stick the bag on top of your coat or something it won’t knock about. Then you can treat it as reverently as you want, maybe get a large passes envelope and slip it inside to keep it safe.

Are you allowed to take glass bottles on planes? I honestly can't remember, because I only ever travel with hand luggage and now have everything decanted into little plastic bottles. But I've recently started using The Ordinary products too, so ....

If they are in hand luggage, don't you have to put them in that wee small plastic bag to go through security, all in one layer?

Wrap them in socks and shove them in your shoes?

I'm eagerly awaiting my first order from them!

That's shoes in your hold luggage, not the ones you're wearing!

ha ha tbh I'm that attached to them, smuggling them through safely on my body is looking attractive right now! anyone else get seperation anxiety from skincare/make-up travelling? last year, I swear I was holding my breath whilst my precious soolantra was out of my view whilst being tray searched by security - most stressful 20 mins of the whole journey!!

Are you allowed to take glass bottles on planes?

Of course! Considering a vast amount of duty free comes in glass bottles (think booze).