Ever play the alphabet travel game?  It goes like this:  I'm going to Alaska and bringing my abacus, my beachball, and my curling iron.  Each person repeats the list and adds another item and so on down through the alphabet.  Ever played the TSA version of this game?

The original game was played long before the TSA began playing with its own rules of the travel game--what you can and what you can't carry on.  The TSA is responsible for a whole new three-ounce size revolution--go into any drug store and you'll see tons of "travel-approved" sizes of toiletries now on the market. 

It's bad enough to be afraid to fly.  But it must be awful to also have to worry about what's on the approved list and whether your stuff will be pitched by one of those well-intentioned TSA agents if it's not on the list of acceptable travel items.  

Once a fearful flyer 'sready to fly, they need the list of what's TSA permissible and what isn't.  Today someone did a search for "curling iron" on our site.  Unfortunately they didn't find our site helpful in that regard.  But because we want to help make flying as enjoyable as possible for you, I'm including the link directly to the TSA's website of what you can and can't bring on.  

http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/prohibited/permitted-prohibited-items.shtm  

So maybe you've overcome your fear of flying and are all ready for the big trip.  I'm going on an airliner and I'm taking an axe, a bow and arrow, and a cattle prod.  Oops, you and your stuff won't get very far past the TSA screeners. 

Maybe this is you:  I'm going on an airliner and I'm taking an aerosol can (3 ozs. or less), bath oil (3 ozs. or less), my cuticle cutters, deodorant (3 ozs or less), and my eyelash curler.  Great!  You'll sail right past security with all this stuff in your carry-on bag.  Unfortunately, the TSA site, like our site, doesn't have "curling iron" listed on either the okay-to-bring or okay-not-to bring list.  I'd say it's probably safe to bring it, but if the TSA pitches it, you can always use your eyelash curler in a pinch!