💄 Lip gloss

You will be asked to either place it in your clear quart-sized liquids bag if there is room, or it will be confiscated if your bag is already full and the gloss is over 100ml — though standard lip gloss tubes are nearly always well under that limit. Most screeners will simply ask you to add it to your liquids bag rather than immediately confiscate it, but this varies by checkpoint and screener.

Lip gloss is classified as a liquid or gel at security checkpoints across all regions we cover — the US, UK, EU, and elsewhere all apply the same 100ml limit. There are no regions that exempt lip gloss from the liquids rule, so the requirement to fit it in your clear bag applies universally.

A standard lip gloss tube will not cause any issues as long as it is in your clear liquids bag. If it is loose in your main carry-on bag and the screener notices it on the X-ray, you may be asked to open your bag so it can be moved to your liquids bag. Keeping it in the bag from the start avoids any delay.

Not really — since standard lip gloss tubes are well under 100ml, they travel fine in carry-on as long as they are in your liquids bag. Packing it in checked baggage just means you will not have it accessible during the flight. Carry it on and put it in your liquids bag to keep it handy.