"Britain's main airport operator yesterday banned all cosmetics from passengers' hand luggage unless the items were bought at shops in the departure lounge.
Under the new restrictions, imposed by BAA, travellers are forbidden to take talcum powder, lipstick, eyeliner and mascara through security control.
These items had been exempted from the ban, while other cosmetics such as lip gloss had been banned from the start of the terrorist alert. The move was designed to end confusion, said a spokesman for BAA which owns Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Southampton, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen airports.
Transatlantic passengers found their position unchanged with all cosmetics and liquids banned from the flight cabin, even if they were bought at duty free shops before boarding.
It emerged last night that the BAA directive was its interpretation of the instructions issued last week by the Department for Transport.
Some airports were taking a different line. Cardiff, for example, allowed passengers to take talcum powder, lipstick and eyeliner through security as long as they were X-rayed before being allowed into the departure lounge.
Birmingham airport's website said it was still allowing passengers to take lipstick on board. However, it explicitly banned gel-filled bras."
I confess that I am not entirely sure what a gel-filled bra is, but the ban would seem rather discriminatory in relation to those women who wear such a garment.
However, it is delightful that the BAA announcement 'was designed to end confusion'.
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As long as it is just gel filled bras that are banned otherwise half the women on Big Brother would not get past screening.
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