Get cake mascara and other powdered forms of your makeup.

You can take a full makeup bag - just mostly new (to you) products.

Is there a makeup artist involved with this shoot? Maybe she/he could provide what you need. Or if you need special brands, could you call ahead and make arrangements with the video company? These seem like special circumstances, so maybe they'd be willing to help you out.

Lib

Or stop at a CVS, Eckerd's, Walgreens or grocery store and just buy the stuff you really want and can't carry on.

Buy the NYC brand - inexpensive.

I've done this twice already. Just toss afterwards.

I can't believe there won't be one of the above between the airport and the shoot.

Another option - FedEx a package of your cosmetics to a person involved in the shoot (cheaper for me to buy and toss, but if you have more expensive taste in cosmetics.)

I would take one of the above suggestions before I would try to hide something on my person. I am sure its been tried before and I would bet they keep an eye out for that sort of thing.
Again for future reference check e-bay for sample lots. I just looked and found them for just about everything.

I think the smartest & easiest would be to pack a bag and check it thru. It normally doesn't take more than 20 mins. for baggage to come in off a plane.

BTW I'd hush up about that bra of yours ;-)

Those of you who took on the non liquid form of make-up what were the EXACT brands?

For instance I wonder if I can take on Burts Bees lip balm in the stick. It's colored.

Could I?

canterbury that's a good point about the water...something similar happened to us.... on the flight back from Vegas we bought bottled water at Starbucks near the gate. This was after the security check and everything, and we walked right onto the plane with it. We were 1/2 way thru the flight before a flight attendant noticed and took it away. There is no security check for what you carry on the plane once you're at the gate, and we thought it was OK to bring something on the plane that you purchased from the gate, but apparently not. And it occurred to me that there was a Crabtree & Evelyn store (after security check) that I almost bought some bath gel in but decided not to. I guess that would have been taken away if I had, but who would have known if I'd put it in my bag? The whole liquid check process seems a little "off" to me. If you can't bring it on the plane, they shouldn't sell it past the security check point unless they plan on scanning your carry-ons again.

tube lipstick is OK

To me this entire discussion and the reason behind it is missing the point. To inconvenience ALL travelers like they're doing so they can be politically correct, appeasing the idiot liberals (who are so opposed to the "evil" of profiling)when instead they should be looking for terrorists - not checking makeup in housewive's and grandma's carry-on. ALL of these attacks and attempts to attack have been committed by young, middle-eastern males, NONE have been committed by housewives or grandmas - but heaven forbid we check for THEM instead of worrying whether Susie and Mary Jane are carrying a dreaded liquid lipgloss on the plane!!

This is why we will NEVER win the war on terror - we don't have the ba_ _s to fight it in anyway that actually makes sense.

Well, my, my, my.

bashful is not so bashful.

Whether or not bashful's comments are accurate, I do believe housewives and grannys are willing to do what they can to help the process. Is it all ridiculous? Maybe. So are so many things I see on a daily basis - but to keep this travel related and not political, I'll stop there.

OP can abide by present regulations or have her makeup tossed.

"ALL of these attacks and attempts to attack have been committed by young, middle-eastern males, NONE have been committed by housewives or grandmas"

This is a really, really ignorant and stupid comment, Bashful. Apparently you don't watch much news - haven't you heard of the Chechen rebels with their female suicide bombers? If TSA decides to ignore "housewives and grandmas" as you suggest, guess who will be recruited and trained for the next terrorist attack?

Have you ever seen the HBO show "Curb Your Enthusiasm"..... whenever Larry David is questioning whether someone is telling him the truth he stares at them in the eyes and tilts his head baacck and fooorth very slowly......

we had a moment like this with the flight attendant when she took our water away (she playing the Larry David part of course)...

and the moment ended with her saying "you just never know what a terrorist looks like these days"

From a former high maintenace gal(I now live the life of an wood sprite, gardening in nothing more than my Crocs)..

those handy all-in-one compacts(powder foundation, blush, eye makeup) and moistened makeup cloths(Body Shop vitamin E brand) were not cruelly taken away on my return flight this summer(right after the changes for allowables).. J.

Tell us more about the moistened cloths from Body Shop. I can substitute okay items for just about all my stuff but haven't figured out how to wash my face since I usually use Cetaphil lotion.

What about Daily Facials from Oil of Olay? The facial cleanser is actitvated once you add water tot he cloth.

SharonG~ they come in a soft pink pack, opening on top with a seal for closure(self stick).. they smell divine.. I also use the lotion cleanser and hydration spray.. smells faintly like roses.

What I like is they hydrate, cleanse and make a nice hand freshener. Lots of Body shops in airports now. Anyway, no need to add anything like water.
Hope it works for you, J.

Thanks Jetset1. I may be able to "carry on" once again.

How about contact solution in the case? I'm sure I can't take my travel size solution, but can I even have the solution in the contact case?

I will be so screwed if not...flying from the U.S. to Egypt and will definitely want to take them out at some point!

That's a good idea Lizzie!

Regarding "There is no security check for what you carry on the plane once you're at the gate":

Don't count on that. I flew the first day of the new ban and they had a guy at the gate checking the same passengers and the same bags all over again.

The ban is not evenly enforced. We watched with parched throats as an off duty flight attendant boarded the plane with a huge bottle of water. Special strokes for special folks, I guess.

I agree that Bra Lady is asking for trouble by trying to sneak something on. Her name will go in a special list and every single time she flies, they will be pulling her aside for "special screening."