One question I have not asked, nor seen a response to.

I have quite a few prescription meds I will be taking IN THE ORIGINAL BOTTLE with label, etc;

1) Must I put those pill bottles in the same Ziploc baggie with the deoderant, toothbrush?

1a) or can the meds, in their bottles, just go in my carry-on?

2) Also, does makeup have to go in the one Ziploc also?

(Makeup I have is limited to eyeliner pencil and a small jar or lipgloss).

Thanks.

The rules are for liquids and gels. Nothing to do w/ dry or powdered products. You can take as any loose powder you want in your carry on and it does not have to fit in the quart sized baggie.

Amy, the only thing that must be in the ziploc is a liquid or gel. I do not put my solid deodorant (roll on would be different as that is a gel/liquid), meds or any kind of powder make-up, such as compacts, eye shadow or blush that is in a compact into the bag. This means that you really have more space in the bag than would appear at first blush.

The zip lock isn;t for make-up - it's for any liquids - including deodorant, perfume, hand cream,, shampoo etc - anything that's not a solid.

And there's no reason solid medicines need to be anywhere in particular.

Your 1-quart ziplock for security purposes *only* needs anything in it that can be considered a liquid or gel.

Prescriptions medications, toothbrush, deodorant, eyeliner pencil are therefore NOT in this category. I *do* in fact use ziplocks for everything just to keep it organized at a glance, but that is my choice. You could use a normal cosmetic tote for all these items just as well.

As others have said, for security purposes, the meds and make up (non-liquid) don't have to be in the ziplock. I do put meds in a seperate ziplock to keep them contained and for convinience should a security person want to inspect them for some reason. I use ziplocks a lot for organizing items for travel.

Especially traveling carry-on only, I think it's handy to put things like underwear, socks, small loose items into various sized ziplocks too. Depending on how thoroughly they decide to hand-search your suitcase, this helps keep things neat and clean and easy to repack, if that happens to happen to you.

Yes - ever since my underwear were dropped on the floor of an airport during a security check, I always pack them in a ziplock. Much nicer that way

Thank you all so very much!

Reason I was confused is because, in the past, in order to expedite moving through TSA and for practical reasons, I put everything in a see through bag (meds, makeup, liquids, etc; (even my camera). So, I couldn't remember what was actually REQUIRED. LOL

Thank you again.

Is toothpaste and pain relieving lotion or cream considered a gel or a liquid, if any please?

Thanks in advance.

Yes, they are. Here's the official TSA list:

http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtrav...d-items.shtm#2

Anonymous, thanks so much. I was at the site looking and looking, and it went right over my head. LOL
Thank you again, in the Ziploc bag it will go.

What constitutes a gel or liquid to the TSA. Here is their response:

If you can pour it, pump it, squeeze it, spread it, smear it, spray it or spill it.

http://www.tsa.gov/assets/pdf/311-insert.pdf