No matter what you decide to dress up as this Halloween, one way to ensure you get the most out of your costume is to complete the look with a costume kit.  These kits are great for any costume!  Just think about it…with the “kitty” costume kit you can work up a costume for a little girl – just add a pair of black leggings and a black turtleneck.  If you’re thinking a little sexier for an adult cat costume - just add a black skin tight catsuit and a pair of over the knee black high heeled boots and you’re all set!  Either way by adding the Cat Costume Kit of gloves, headband with ears and tail you’ve just turned yourself or your chid into a Kitty Cat!  What kind of cat is simply up to you!

Costume kits are an easy and inexpensive way to transform yourself into character; bunny ears, butterfly wings, devil horns and even a pocket protector (for the nerd look).  With the Michael Jackson Kit you can turn yourself into the “King of Pop” within seconds! 

Just like in any fashion, accessories make the outfit!

Sunday night was the MTV Music Video Awards and Lady Gaga stole the show!  I’m not talking about her crazy out-of-this-world sense of style with the outfits she wore, but also for the eight moonmen awards she took home with her! 

Lady Gaga may be eccentric but she is also extremely smart and talented.  How else could she sell over 15 million albums and 51 million singles worldwide?  I’m telling you there are a lot of her so-called “little monsters” (hard core Gaga fans) running around out there!  Winning all these video awards has just pushed the sales for her Halloween Lady Gaga Costumes through the roof! 

This Halloween you’re going to see young and old alike sporting some wild and crazy Lady Gaga costumes.  Join in the fun and become one of MTV’s biggest stars for a night by celebrating Lady Gaga style!

Wigs are so much fun!  They can instantly change you into someone else.  If you’ve got curly blond hair try on a wig that’s has straight black locks or vice versa; maybe you’ve always wanted to see if blonde’s do have more fun?! 

Halloween is the perfect time of year to throw all inhibitions to the wind and go for it – be someone else for the night!  A simple wig can help you do just that!  Men can turn the years back with a disco fro or mullet wig and the women can be sleek and sassy with beautiful long tresses or wild and wacky with punk rock hair.  Little girls can put on the Hannah Montana wig and be a superstar and boys can become Jack Sparrow with a pirate bandanna and braids.

This year for Halloween, top your costume off with an amazing wig.  It will change your entire look and everyone will love it!  With so many great wigs to choose from you better start shopping now!

The same goes with costumes. Superman isn’t a superhero without his cape; a child can’t pretend to walk on the moon without his astronaut boots and where would Dorothy be without her ruby red slippers?

Costume accessories range from wigs and hats to nunchucks and knives. Every superhero and warrior has to be battle ready and every princess has to have the perfect crown.

So this year when you’re picking out your costume whether it be for Halloween or just for fun, don’t forget the most important part of any costume; accessories.

The amount of candy each child gets while out trick-or-treating is the determining factor in whether they had a great Halloween or a good Halloween.  Last year my son had to run back home to dump some of his candy to make room for more.  Now to him that was a great Halloween!

Your child’s trick-or-treat bag is really a pretty important accessory on Halloween night.  This is one accessory that your child will never leave home without!  When I was young, everyone used the same type of bag, the good old plastic bag with handles.  Today though, you have a lot more choices for your child when it comes to treat bags. 

This year I decided to get my girls personalized trick-or-treat bags and they love them!  They’re simply adorable and they can use them again and again every Halloween.  It helps to have bags with their names on it so that there’s no mistaking whose candy is whose.  My son Caden explained to me that he was way too old to carry anything with his name on it and that he was just fine using an old pillowcase like all his friends.  No complaints from me, that was simple.

Today, you’ll find trick-or-treat bags come in all shapes and sizes and made out of different materials; plastic, vinyl, cotton and felt.   They have great Halloween designs for both boys and girls.  Remember, candy is the life-line of every little boy and girl on Halloween night, so get them a trick-or-treat bag that they can be proud of!

There is nothing I like better than personalized holiday decorations!  I think they are simply adorable and add the perfect touch to any home.  Having your last name on a ghostly welcome mat at your front door is a great way to welcome all the little trick or treaters in your neighborhood.

HalloweenExpress.com now has personalized Halloween items on their website and to tell you the truth I just spent about an hour checking out everything from welcome mats and candy bowls to trick or treat bags and apparel.   I think I want one of everything!

One of my favorite items that the kids love as well are the personalized trick or treat bags.  It makes it so much easier with their names on them so that we don’t have any fighting over who took who’s bag by mistake.  When it comes to their Halloween candy it’s amazing how children know exactly what candy is in there!  Now if I would ask my son what he did in school today, he wouldn’t have a clue, but ask him what kind of candy he has left in his Halloween bag he can tell you piece by piece!  It’s amazing isn’t it?!

Children love personalized Halloween clothing as well.  Each year my kids have a Halloween party at school and they’re allowed to be out of uniform that day.  Instead of costumes they want the children to wear something that falls in line with the Halloween theme.  That’s where the personalized sweatshirts come in handy.  With “too cute to spook” or “pumpkin princess” written across the front they’re perfect for any child.

So this year don’t forget your personalized Halloween decorations!  It’s the perfect way to add that little extra something to your home and/or yard.

Everyone knows how important accessories are to give your outfit that finished look.  Well, the same goes for Halloween costumes.  What goes on your feet is just as important as what goes on your body.

I know that with young children comfort and safety are way more important than style when they are running around the neighborhood trick-or-treating.  They could care less what’s on their feet as long as they can run fast and keep up with the other kids.   My children usually wear their tennis shoes no matter what their costumes are.  However, my oldest daughter Sydney is getting to the age when style does mean something and she would rather look cool with a nice pair of flat boots or sandals depending on what her costume is.

If you really have a great costume this year and want it to stand out be sure to find a pair of Halloween shoes that will do that.  Shoes really do make the costume!

At HalloweenExpress.com all the hard work of figuring out which shoes go with which costume isn’t a problem.  Every costume is pictured with the shoes or boots designed to make the costume complete.  You can even order the shoes at the same time you order your costume without even leaving the costume page.  Everything is right there on one page to make it as easy as possible for you to get the complete look of your Halloween costume.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen once again held on to the top spot at the box office this past weekend but shared the title with another great movie, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.  Both earned an estimated $42.5 million over the July 4th weekend!  I’m a big fan of both Transformers and Ice Age so it was a fun weekend here!   

I’ve been reading everywhere that this Transformers sequel is the “worst-reviewed movie to ever make the $400 million club.”  Well that just goes to show you what the critics like and what the mass movie-going population like are completely different.  Who cares what the critics say!  If that many people are going to see the movie then they must be really wrong on this one!  We loved it.  My son is a huge Transformer fan and has recruited his dad and I into that same category.  It really is a great movie!

However, my all time favorite movie – the one that can make you belly laugh through the whole thing – is Ice Age!  Sid the Sloth is hilarious!!  So it was no surprise to me that this new 3rd sequel Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs did well at the box office.  What’s so neat about Ice Age is that even though it’s a Disney/Pixar animated series the humor is for children and adults alike.  You never stop laughing!

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is coming out on July 15 and is sure to be a huge hit!  People of all ages just can’t seem to get enough of old Harry!  This will be the 6th novel turned big screen hit by J.K. Rowlings.  They’re saying this might be just the movie to beat out Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at the box office.  Well we’ll just have to wait and see, won’t we!

Movies make such a big impact on Halloween that movie costumes are flying off the shelves.  Transformer costumes and Harry Potter costumes will be huge this Halloween.  If you plan on attending the movie premiere of Harry Potter be sure to get all your Harry Potter costume and accessory needs at HalloweenExpress.com.   Both movies make for great group costumes too!

Halloween costumes are all fine and good, but what makes a costume complete is the costume makeup.  Even though many costumes today have masks as part of the look, many rely on accessories such as makeup to put the finishing touches on their costume.  And it’s definitely not your mothers makeup!

Halloween makeup kits are so easy to apply since most are geared toward your specific costume.  Clowns, devils, vampires and witches are just a few costumes in which makeup kits are easy to apply.  Instructions on how to apply the makeup is included in each kit and easy to follow.

So before you just throw on a mask, ask yourself if makeup would be a better alternative to give your costume the edge you’re looking for!

With today’s economic crisis, more and more people will be looking for discounted Halloween costumes for themselves and their children this year.  Well, look no further!  Even with the great low prices at HalloweenExpress.com on their costumes you’ll still find even lower deep-discounted priced costumes, masks, props and accessories in a special section on their website called “Super Saver Costumes.”  There you’ll find amazing costumes for both men and women for just $19.99.  Plus a “Closeout” section with a little bit of everything in it for a fun-filled low-priced Halloween!

Super Saver costumes for men include a Valiant Knight costume, a Vampire costume or a Scally Wag Pirate costume. 

Women can dress in an Egyptian Princess costume, a Belly Dancer costume or a French Maid costume. 

The possibilities are endless and the prices low at HalloweenExpress.com!