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Advice for Makeup Artists Flying
Just thought I would post since so many people are asking about flight restrictions on liquids. What I did was take out all things considered "liquid"..this included lipgloss, lipsticks, liquid foundations, lotion, sprays of any kind, gels (incl liners) and I put those (along with tweezers and small scissors) in smaller makeup bags within my CHECKED baggage. I was able to fly with my entire kit once these things were removed and was not even stopped. If you are like me and paranoid about losing things like brushes and having damage done to things like powder and eyeshadow..please feel safe in the knowledge that if you follow my steps, you can take your kit with you on the plane minus those pesky "liquid" items. Of course, this info is for US domestic flights only. I will let you all know about international in a couple months  Jan 16 07 10:30 pm Link Thanks Lottie. You are fantastic! Jan 16 07 10:41 pm Link Sweet! Thanks! I just read an article about this in Makeup Artist Magazine. It had never even occurred to me that the restrictions apply to our kits until I read that. I don't fly often, haha. Jan 16 07 11:25 pm Link Having recently been about 6 hours away from losing a $5000 job due to the airline not getting BOTH my bags with me to my destination (I packed two kits in case one was misplaced)...I would HIGHLY reccomend sending your kit insured via FedEx or UPS to your destination with your return postage paid in advance. Either that or get to your destination early enough to give them a couple days to get your missing baggage to you. Jan 16 07 11:33 pm Link Jan 16 07 11:40 pm Link I took a flight from NY to LA about 2 years ago and was hasseled because i had my make up brushes in my carry on, they said the brushes could be used as weapons! Luckily I was flying with a breathtaking model who smiled our way out of the mess and we were allowed to fly with a warning. Jan 17 07 11:44 am Link BodyPainter Rich wrote: Great idea Rich! Jan 17 07 11:45 am Link you guys are lucky ...i know they can be pricey but brushes are far easier to replace than hair shears...i have never had then ( permenantly ) lost , but have had airlines three times in the last few months not get my bags to me at the baggage claim(twice british airways).....obviously i HAVE to check them.....it has caused shoots to start late and i have lost a few cut clients ......and the airline gives you 50 euro or pounds or dollars and says sorry...if my scissor case was actually lost ( it is insured) it would be well over $4000 to replace it.....it is great when you can travel for work , but it sucks you are required to put your craft's tools at risk Jan 17 07 11:51 am Link patrick hair wrote: ROFL...I feel your pain but this last trip I had... Jan 17 07 02:33 pm Link Funny how we take things for granted. Just before Xmas I went to New York for a job. I heard the horror stories from my clients about all the things taken from them at the airports. Even my friend from Chanel was saying how a lot of her customers were coming in replacing $100's of product because of ever changing rules. When it came time to pack, I thought, I can't believe how much more effort and time I need to figure out what to take. When I got to the job the first thing I was asked was how in the world did you take all this as carry on? Simple, made sure I went to a female agent. If she didn't know the difference between a lip brush and a hair brush, I'd teach her. Only thing she said was have a nice flight. Same with the return. I know, lucky. R- Jan 17 07 08:33 pm Link Lottie wrote: Jan 18 07 05:27 pm Link OOps!! Sorry, I just had a little thing to add to this. You may want to think about transfering liquids that have strong scents or alcohol in them into different un-labelled containers. These are prohibited on plains if there is label stating the contents. Most of the time if you do this they will allow it in your carry on. Placing them in zip-lock bags will also allow you to bring them on the plain. Jan 18 07 05:33 pm Link |
