💄 Lip balm

If the container exceeds 100ml, it will be confiscated. If it is 100ml or under but is not in your clear liquids bag, the screener may ask you to remove it from your bag and place it in a tray — or in some airports, the bag will simply be pulled for a secondary inspection. Having your liquids pre-sorted in the clear bag before the checkpoint avoids both scenarios.

Yes — this is one of the clearest format distinctions in carry-on rules. A solid stick lip balm (the kind in a twist-up tube) is not classified as a liquid and does not need to go in your liquids bag at all, in any region. Liquid, gel, or pot-format lip balm is a liquid and must comply with the 100ml rule. The same brand often makes both formats, so check before you pack.

A solid stick lip balm does not belong in the liquids bag, and a screener should not ask you to put it there. In practice, some screeners do question it out of habit, and in those cases simply explaining that it is a solid stick rather than a gel or liquid is usually enough to resolve the question. If you want to avoid any interaction, you can put it in the bag voluntarily — it just is not required.

For solid stick lip balm there is no limit — carry as many as you like. For liquid or gel formats, each individual container must be 100ml or less, and all of them must fit together in your single one-litre clear liquids bag alongside your other liquids. If your combined liquids fill the bag, that is the practical limit.