2012

How To Create A Memorable Halloween, Spooky or Gothic Styled Bathroom

With Halloween comes the excuse for a spooky get together with friends, family and neighbours. If the party will be hosted by you and you intend to decorate your house then don't forget the room everyone is likely to visit - the bathroom. You could keep it very simple and just put up a spooky shower curtain like one covered in bloody handprints or one with a scary shadow. The Psycho shower curtain is quite popular for a quick scary makeover that will make a few of your guests jump.

If you have a guest toilet separate from your main bathroom then you absolutely must have a toilet tattoo. This latest craze in toilet art allows you to choose a zombie hand emerging from the depths of your toilet bowl, spiders or even snakes to adorn your toilet seat. The best part is that they are easy to remove. A quick bathroom makeover can be achieved by purchasing a whole Halloween themed set which includes shower curtain, bat shower curtain rings, toilet seat and tank covers as well as a U-shaped mat.

Skeletons can adorn your bathroom buy purchasing a bag of bones to place in the bath or shower, or in a pile under the sink or in a corner. You could get a skeleton to sit on a chair or even one to hang on the door. Skulls candles are great for the windowsill and a spooky talking hand soap dispenser is a must for the sink. Toilet roll can be held by another skeleton and you must not forget to switch out your normal towels for some Halloween themed ones. Toilets can be adorned with toilet seat covers, toilet tattoos, tank covers and bloody clings. The shower curtain is often the largest focal point in the bathroom so make sure you choose a suitable patterned curtain or just stick with plain black and get some themed shower curtain hooks. If your bathroom has windows, there a great window clings available, perfect for front of the house windows to scare the trick or treaters. As a final touch consider a spooky themed collection of songs to add some real atmosphere to your Halloween bathroom.

Some people may choose to keep a spooky style bathroom all your around - particularly if they like all things gothic. So whether you choose to just change your shower curtain or add some themed hooks, or add a toilet tattoo to your toilet seat or completely transform your entire bathroom - have a safe and spooky Halloween!

Healthy Halloween Treats - Temporary Tattoos

Every year people search for healthy alternatives to the traditional trick-or-treat sugar snacks. Children nowadays eat more candy and soda than ever before. Schools are stocking vending machines with sugar-free options and parents are encouraging fruits and outdoor activities.

Even on Halloween, parents attempt to force children to pace themselves on their candy intake. But even when they're successful, the negative impacts of sugar intake will be felt: sugar is bad for the teeth, bad for the brain, bad for the hips (only good for the lips)!

But what if you could give your trick-or-treaters a healthy alternative that they'll actually enjoy? Apples are out of the picture and pencils are so last year.

Tip of the season: give your trick-or-treaters temporary tattoos!

Halloween temporary tattoos are an excellent alternative to candy and chocolate. Instead of another sweet treat, give the children in your neighborhood an activity. Non-permanent tattoos are unique, 100% safe and provide a lot of fun.

Children get plenty of candy! From chocolate to suckers to gum; they could have enough to last the whole year. This is what makes fake tattoos so special. It is something different that children will appreciate.

Plus, children actually love temporary tattoos. Unlike pencils or notebooks, kids see temporary tattoos as cool and something worth while. It is something they are going to want to tell their friends about.

Parents will appreciate you handing out fake tattoos instead of candy, too. They will see it as unique and thoughtful.

So take a break from candy and give kids something healthy and fun: Halloween temporary tattoos!

Amber Golden serves as Marketing Communications Specialist for Tattoo Manufacturing, the largest manufacturer of temporary tattoos in the world. Tattoo Manufacturing, located in Tucson, AZ, produces more than 6 million temporary tattoos a day. All of the company's products are Made in the USA and only FDA certified colorants are used.

Hard, Grinding and Unmistakably German - The Best German Metal Bands of All Time

There are few musical genres in the world that display as much musical intensity and youthful aggression as heavy metal. The long hair, the leather, the swagger and the tattoos combine with harsh yells, the racing fast guitar riffs and the pounding drums. It is at the same time the angriest and one of the most sensitive and emotional genres of music. And one of the best sources for this style of music is Germany.

This place is almost as well known for its amazing heavy metal as it is for its beer and its top of the line luxury cars. And here are a few of the bands that have contributed to the charge of the hordes of metal in no particular order of importance:

* Blind Guardian: Equally as influenced by Queen, Black Sabbath, Tolkien and Broadway, Blind Guardian is known as one of the best speed/power metal bands in the world. Led by the charimatic Hansi Kursch, Blind Guardian have lorded it over for almost two decades with their epic music and technical mastery of their instruments. Album to check out: "Nightfall In Middle Earth"

* Gamma Ray: With their once-guitarist Kai Hansen handling vocal duties, Gamma Ray have pushed themselves to the top of the metal heap. With their powerful vocals and intricate musicianship, Gamma Ray are one of the few bands who have made better albums with time. Album to check out: "Land of the Free"

* Helloween: In the 80s, there were few German bands who could compete with Helloween for influence. Many bands all over Europe adopted some of the basic Helloween style for their purposes and heavy metal was never the same since. Album to check out: "Keeper of the Seven Keys"

* Kreator: One of the biggest names in thrash metal, that has consistently churned out albums of quality would definitely be Kreator. Taking their heavy music to new heights, they together with their compatriots Sodom and Destruction would pioneer the death metal genre, by containing a lot of the elements present in modern day death metal. Album to check out: "Terrible Certainty"