In the early years, it used to be mainly children who would don halloween costumes for this festival. The outfits would be made from clothes in their own homes and the makeup would be from mum’s personal stash.

But the tines have changed and now adults participate in the ritual of dressing in outlandish costumes, with as much or more enthusiasm than the children. In this scenario, finding quality Halloween costumes is serious business and here are a few tips to get it right.

Decide on the Halloween Costumes

The usual choices of design are anything that is monster-like, scary, supernatural or ghoulish. Hence ghosts, goblins, bats, witches, skeletons, ghosts etc. are all very popular. If you want to really stand out, get a few good accessories to go with your costume. So no matter how authentic your costume and makeup is, a few extras such as a long broom, a face mask, etc. will add that special touch.

Shop Early for Halloween Costumes

Finding quality adult Halloween costumes close to the actual day will be near impossible. All the shops will be besieged with frantic last-minute shoppers, all of whom will want the same costumes. So if you need to buy certain elements of your costume, or buy the materials to make them yourself, it is better to hit the shops at least a month earlier. This will give you a good choice but will also give you ample time to design and fit your costume properly.

Make Your Own Halloween Costume

The secret to finding quality Halloween costumes is to make it yourself. Although it is a lot faster and easier to buy or rent the entire outfit, there are drawbacks to this. These include getting clothes that may not be very clean, materials that don’t suit your skin, an incorrect fit and quite a dent in your wallet. On the other hand, if you buy just a few staples that you can use year after year, you can use your imagination and creativity to fashion amazing costumes with old or outgrown costumes from the various wardrobes in your house.

So I decide to watch a little more! This guy Russel Brand comes out as the host. I can’t quite remember where I know this guy from, then it hits me. He was that crappy actor in Forgetting Sarah Marshall. ah…

Then this guy proceeds to start talking about how he offended George Bush and saying how Barack Obama would be president. Then he says a bunch of other stuff about his pecker and tight pants. He then decides to talk about England where he is from and how they have free health care and people there aren’t dying in the streets. Gives the good ole USA a bit of a jab about that. “why did MTV hire this guy to host?” Um… last I checked people aren’t getting turned down at hospitals or dying in the streets. The issue here is “universal health insurance”! This guy should stick to what he knows ; Pecker jokes and extremely uncomfortable looking pants.

I am starting to remember why I don’t watch MTV anymore. Do they even show videos anymore?

Well here comes the real kicker! The award for best female video is up and Taylor Swift wins for her song ”You Belong With Me”. Now I am not a huge Taylor Swift fan, but this girl has got talent! She is 19 years old and she was up against big artists like Beyonce & Pink! So.. this 19 year old wins her first VMA award and can barely say a few words when Big mouth Kanye West has to get up and grab the mic and say how Beyonce’s video was the best!! Are your friggin kidding me? This guy is just a disgrace. Not only did he insult Taylor Swift, but the industry as a whole. Then MTV proceeds to just move onto the next skit and that was about when I turned off the TV.

I cannot wait to see what happens with this. In my opinion Kanye West should apologize to Taylor Swift and too all the people who were there and had to hear the garbage coming out of his mouth. It was nice to hear people booing him in the audience.

I am also curious to see if Beyonce says something. She did looked shocked at the situation and I would think she will congratulate Taylor swift later. Guess I’ll have to wait till tomorrow and see what happens.
Who knows maybe he will apologize during his live performance. Dang actually I may have to turn it back on to see if he gets booed!!

Have some respect Kanye!