diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4deb65c..fccbfa5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ npm run dev
 
 ### Contributing
 
-If you intend to contribute, make your changes, then do 
+If you intend to contribute, make your changes, then do
 
 ```sh
 npm run build
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ ReactDOM.render(
     removeTagLabel={"\u274C"} // Unicode of a symbol or an Object click to delete tags. Defaults to 'x',
     onBeforeAddTag={function (tagText) {return true;}} // Returning true from this function causes the tag to itself handle adding tags. Return false if you want a parent to pass in updated tags in props.
     onBeforeRemoveTag={function (tagText) {return true;}} // Returning true causes the tag to itself handle removing tags. Return false if you want a parent to pass in updated tags in props.
+    tagRootContainerStyle={/*object*/} // Object with root container styles
+    tagContainerStyle={/*object*/} // Object with tag container styles
+    tagTextStyle={/*object*/} // Object with tag text styles
+    tagRemoveStyle={/*object*/} // Object with tag remove styles
+    inputStyle={/*object*/} // Object with tag input styles
   />,
   mountPoint );
 ```
@@ -140,6 +145,26 @@ Type: function
 function (tagText) {return true;}}
 Returning true causes the Component to continue handle removing tags. Return false if you want a parent to pass down updated tags in the props.
 
+#### tagRootContainerStyle
+Type: object
+Override the inline-styles of the tag root container element.
+
+#### tagContainerStyle
+Type: object
+Override the inline-styles of the tag container element.
+
+#### tagTextStyle
+Type: object
+Override the inline-styles of the tag text element.
+
+#### tagRemoveStyle
+Type: object
+Override the inline-styles of the tag remove element.
+
+#### inputStyle
+Type: object
+Override the inline-styles of the tag input element.
+
 ---
 
 ## License
diff --git a/css/react-tagged-input.css b/css/react-tagged-input.css
index 8bc4b6a..5c47cc7 100644
--- a/css/react-tagged-input.css
+++ b/css/react-tagged-input.css
@@ -1,45 +1,3 @@
-.tagged-input-wrapper {
-  border-width: 1px;
-  border-style: solid;
-  border-color: #dadada;
-  padding: 2px;
-}
-
-.tagged-input-wrapper .tagged-input {
-  border: none;
-  outline: none;
-}
-
-.tagged-input-wrapper .tag .tag-text {
-  padding-left: 5px;
-}
-
-.tagged-input-wrapper .tag {
-  display: inline-block;
-  background-color: #E9E9E9;
-  padding: 2px 0px 2px 2px;
-  border-radius: 2px;
-  margin-left: 2px;
-  margin-right: 2px;
-}
-
-.tagged-input-wrapper .tag.duplicate {
-  background: #FFDB7B;
-}
-
-.tagged-input-wrapper .tag .remove {
-  color: #a0a0a0;
-  padding: 0px 4px;
-  font-size: 75%;
-  line-height: 100%;
-  cursor: pointer;
-}
-
 .tagged-input-wrapper .tag .remove:hover {
   color: red;
 }
-
-.tagged-input-wrapper .tag .remove,
-.tagged-input-wrapper .tag .tag-text {
-  display: inline-block;
-}
diff --git a/dist/TagComponent.js b/dist/TagComponent.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ead29ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/TagComponent.js
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+'use-strict';
+var React = require('react');
+
+var styles = {
+  tagContainerStyle: {
+    display: 'inline-block',
+    backgroundColor: '#E9E9E9',
+    padding: '2px 0px 2px 2px',
+    borderRadius: '2px',
+    marginLeft: '2px',
+    marginRight: '2px'
+  },
+  duplicatedColor: {
+    backgroundColor: '#FFDB7B'
+  },
+  tagTextStyle: {
+    paddingLeft: '5px',
+    display: 'inline-block'
+  },
+  tagRemoveStyle: {
+    color: '#a0a0a0',
+    padding: '0px 4px',
+    fontSize: '75%',
+    lineHeight: '100%',
+    cursor: 'pointer',
+    display: 'inline-block'
+  }
+};
+
+module.exports = React.createClass({
+  displayName: 'TagComponent',
+
+  propTypes: {
+    classes: React.PropTypes.string,
+    onEdit: React.PropTypes.func,
+    item: React.PropTypes.string,
+    onRemove: React.PropTypes.func,
+    removeTagLabel: React.PropTypes.string,
+    duplicated: React.PropTypes.bool,
+    tagContainerStyle: React.PropTypes.object,
+    tagTextStyle: React.PropTypes.object,
+    tagRemoveStyle: React.PropTypes.object
+  },
+
+  _getTagContainerStyle: function () {
+    var p = this.props;
+    var duplicatedBacgroundColor = p.duplicated ? {backgroundColor: p.duplicatedColor || styles.duplicatedColor.backgroundColor} : {};
+    return Object.assign({}, styles.tagContainerStyle, p.tagContainerStyle || {}, duplicatedBacgroundColor);
+  },
+
+  render: function () {
+    var p = this.props;
+    var className = 'tag' + (p.classes ? (' ' + p.classes) : '');
+    var tagTextStyle = Object.assign({}, styles.tagTextStyle, p.tagTextStyle || {});
+    var tagRemoveStyle = Object.assign({}, styles.tagRemoveStyle, p.tagRemoveStyle || {});
+
+    return (
+      React.createElement("div", {className: className, style: this._getTagContainerStyle()}, 
+        React.createElement("div", {className: "tag-text", style: tagTextStyle, onClick: p.onEdit}, p.item), 
+        React.createElement("div", {className: "remove", style: tagRemoveStyle, onClick: p.onRemove}, 
+          p.removeTagLabel
+        )
+      )
+    );
+  }
+});
+
diff --git a/dist/TaggedInput.js b/dist/TaggedInput.js
index 7001e7d..e2b4ad3 100644
--- a/dist/TaggedInput.js
+++ b/dist/TaggedInput.js
@@ -1,27 +1,24 @@
 'use-strict';
 var React = require('react');
+var TagComponent = require('./TagComponent');
 
 var KEY_CODES = {
   ENTER: 13,
   BACKSPACE: 8
 };
 
-var DefaultTagComponent = React.createClass({displayName: "DefaultTagComponent",
-  render: function () {
-    var self = this, p = self.props;
-    var className = 'tag' + (p.classes ? (' ' + p.classes) : '');
-
-    return (
-      React.createElement("div", {className: className}, 
-        React.createElement("div", {className: "tag-text", onClick: p.onEdit}, p.item), 
-        React.createElement("div", {className: "remove", onClick: p.onRemove}, 
-          p.removeTagLabel
-        )
-      )
-    );
+var styles = {
+  tagRootContainerStyle: {
+    borderWidth: '1px',
+    borderStyle: 'solid',
+    borderColor: '#dadada',
+    padding: '2px',
+  },
+  inputStyle: {
+    border: 'none',
+    outline: 'none'
   }
-
-});
+}
 
 module.exports = React.createClass({
   displayName: 'TaggedInput',
@@ -45,7 +42,12 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
     }),
     tagOnBlur: React.PropTypes.bool,
     tabIndex: React.PropTypes.number,
-    clickTagToEdit: React.PropTypes.bool
+    clickTagToEdit: React.PropTypes.bool,
+    tagRootContainerStyle: React.PropTypes.object,
+    tagContainerStyle: React.PropTypes.object,
+    tagTextStyle: React.PropTypes.object,
+    tagRemoveStyle: React.PropTypes.object,
+    inputStyle: React.PropTypes.object
   },
 
   getDefaultProps: function () {
@@ -88,8 +90,6 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
       placeholder = p.placeholder;
     }
 
-    var TagComponent = DefaultTagComponent;
-
     for (i = 0; i < s.tags.length; i++) {
       tagComponents.push(
         React.createElement(TagComponent, {
@@ -98,8 +98,12 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
           itemIndex: i, 
           onRemove: self._handleRemoveTag.bind(this, i), 
           onEdit: p.clickTagToEdit ? self._handleEditTag.bind(this, i) : null, 
-          classes: p.unique && (i === s.duplicateIndex) ? 'duplicate' : '', 
-          removeTagLabel: p.removeTagLabel || "\u274C"}
+          duplicated: p.unique && (i === s.duplicateIndex), 
+          removeTagLabel: p.removeTagLabel || "\u274C", 
+          tagContainerStyle: p.tagContainerStyle, 
+          tagTextStyle: p.tagTextStyle, 
+          tagRemoveStyle: p.tagRemoveStyle, 
+          duplicatedColor: p.duplicatedColor}
         )
       );
     }
@@ -107,6 +111,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
     var input = (
       React.createElement("input", {type: "text", 
         className: "tagged-input", 
+        style: Object.assign({}, styles.inputStyle, p.inputStyle || {}), 
         ref: "input", 
         onKeyUp: this._handleKeyUp, 
         onKeyDown: this._handleKeyDown, 
@@ -118,8 +123,10 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
       )
       );
 
+    var tagRootContainerStyle = Object.assign({}, styles.tagRootContainerStyle , p.tagRootContainerStyle || {});
+
     return (
-      React.createElement("div", {className: classes, onClick: self._handleClickOnWrapper}, 
+      React.createElement("div", {className: classes, style: tagRootContainerStyle, onClick: self._handleClickOnWrapper}, 
         tagComponents, 
         input
       )
@@ -215,7 +222,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
               duplicateIndex: null
             });
             if (p.onRemoveTag && poppedValue) {
-              p.onRemoveTag(poppedValue);
+              p.onRemoveTag(poppedValue, s.tags);
             }
           }
         }
@@ -247,7 +254,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
   },
 
   _handleClickOnWrapper: function (e) {
-    this.refs.input;
+    this.refs.input.focus();
   },
 
   _validateAndTag: function (tagText, callback) {
diff --git a/examples/index.css b/examples/index.css
index 8bc4b6a..5c47cc7 100644
--- a/examples/index.css
+++ b/examples/index.css
@@ -1,45 +1,3 @@
-.tagged-input-wrapper {
-  border-width: 1px;
-  border-style: solid;
-  border-color: #dadada;
-  padding: 2px;
-}
-
-.tagged-input-wrapper .tagged-input {
-  border: none;
-  outline: none;
-}
-
-.tagged-input-wrapper .tag .tag-text {
-  padding-left: 5px;
-}
-
-.tagged-input-wrapper .tag {
-  display: inline-block;
-  background-color: #E9E9E9;
-  padding: 2px 0px 2px 2px;
-  border-radius: 2px;
-  margin-left: 2px;
-  margin-right: 2px;
-}
-
-.tagged-input-wrapper .tag.duplicate {
-  background: #FFDB7B;
-}
-
-.tagged-input-wrapper .tag .remove {
-  color: #a0a0a0;
-  padding: 0px 4px;
-  font-size: 75%;
-  line-height: 100%;
-  cursor: pointer;
-}
-
 .tagged-input-wrapper .tag .remove:hover {
   color: red;
 }
-
-.tagged-input-wrapper .tag .remove,
-.tagged-input-wrapper .tag .tag-text {
-  display: inline-block;
-}
diff --git a/grunt/react.js b/grunt/react.js
index 5fb2865..0fa62fe 100644
--- a/grunt/react.js
+++ b/grunt/react.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 module.exports = {
-  'dist/TaggedInput.js': 'src/TaggedInput.jsx'
+  'dist/TaggedInput.js': 'src/TaggedInput.jsx',
+  'dist/TagComponent.js': 'src/TagComponent.jsx'
 };
diff --git a/src/TagComponent.jsx b/src/TagComponent.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99691d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/TagComponent.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+'use-strict';
+var React = require('react');
+
+var styles = {
+  tagContainerStyle: {
+    display: 'inline-block',
+    backgroundColor: '#E9E9E9',
+    padding: '2px 0px 2px 2px',
+    borderRadius: '2px',
+    marginLeft: '2px',
+    marginRight: '2px'
+  },
+  duplicatedColor: {
+    backgroundColor: '#FFDB7B'
+  },
+  tagTextStyle: {
+    paddingLeft: '5px',
+    display: 'inline-block'
+  },
+  tagRemoveStyle: {
+    color: '#a0a0a0',
+    padding: '0px 4px',
+    fontSize: '75%',
+    lineHeight: '100%',
+    cursor: 'pointer',
+    display: 'inline-block'
+  }
+};
+
+module.exports = React.createClass({
+  displayName: 'TagComponent',
+
+  propTypes: {
+    classes: React.PropTypes.string,
+    onEdit: React.PropTypes.func,
+    item: React.PropTypes.string,
+    onRemove: React.PropTypes.func,
+    removeTagLabel: React.PropTypes.string,
+    duplicated: React.PropTypes.bool,
+    tagContainerStyle: React.PropTypes.object,
+    tagTextStyle: React.PropTypes.object,
+    tagRemoveStyle: React.PropTypes.object
+  },
+
+  _getTagContainerStyle: function () {
+    var p = this.props;
+    var duplicatedBacgroundColor = p.duplicated ? {backgroundColor: p.duplicatedColor || styles.duplicatedColor.backgroundColor} : {};
+    return Object.assign({}, styles.tagContainerStyle, p.tagContainerStyle || {}, duplicatedBacgroundColor);
+  },
+
+  render: function () {
+    var p = this.props;
+    var className = 'tag' + (p.classes ? (' ' + p.classes) : '');
+    var tagTextStyle = Object.assign({}, styles.tagTextStyle, p.tagTextStyle || {});
+    var tagRemoveStyle = Object.assign({}, styles.tagRemoveStyle, p.tagRemoveStyle || {});
+
+    return (
+      <div className={className} style={this._getTagContainerStyle()}>
+        <div className='tag-text' style={tagTextStyle} onClick={p.onEdit}>{p.item}</div>
+        <div className='remove' style={tagRemoveStyle} onClick={p.onRemove}>
+          {p.removeTagLabel}
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+});
+
diff --git a/src/TaggedInput.jsx b/src/TaggedInput.jsx
index b92d7ac..bfa96f7 100644
--- a/src/TaggedInput.jsx
+++ b/src/TaggedInput.jsx
@@ -1,27 +1,24 @@
 'use-strict';
 var React = require('react');
+var TagComponent = require('./TagComponent');
 
 var KEY_CODES = {
   ENTER: 13,
   BACKSPACE: 8
 };
 
-var DefaultTagComponent = React.createClass({
-  render: function () {
-    var self = this, p = self.props;
-    var className = 'tag' + (p.classes ? (' ' + p.classes) : '');
-
-    return (
-      <div className={className}>
-        <div className="tag-text" onClick={p.onEdit}>{p.item}</div>
-        <div className="remove" onClick={p.onRemove}>
-          {p.removeTagLabel}
-        </div>
-      </div>
-    );
+var styles = {
+  tagRootContainerStyle: {
+    borderWidth: '1px',
+    borderStyle: 'solid',
+    borderColor: '#dadada',
+    padding: '2px',
+  },
+  inputStyle: {
+    border: 'none',
+    outline: 'none'
   }
-
-});
+}
 
 module.exports = React.createClass({
   displayName: 'TaggedInput',
@@ -45,7 +42,12 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
     }),
     tagOnBlur: React.PropTypes.bool,
     tabIndex: React.PropTypes.number,
-    clickTagToEdit: React.PropTypes.bool
+    clickTagToEdit: React.PropTypes.bool,
+    tagRootContainerStyle: React.PropTypes.object,
+    tagContainerStyle: React.PropTypes.object,
+    tagTextStyle: React.PropTypes.object,
+    tagRemoveStyle: React.PropTypes.object,
+    inputStyle: React.PropTypes.object
   },
 
   getDefaultProps: function () {
@@ -88,8 +90,6 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
       placeholder = p.placeholder;
     }
 
-    var TagComponent = DefaultTagComponent;
-
     for (i = 0; i < s.tags.length; i++) {
       tagComponents.push(
         <TagComponent
@@ -98,8 +98,12 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
           itemIndex={i}
           onRemove={self._handleRemoveTag.bind(this, i)}
           onEdit={p.clickTagToEdit ? self._handleEditTag.bind(this, i) : null}
-          classes={p.unique && (i === s.duplicateIndex) ? 'duplicate' : ''}
+          duplicated={p.unique && (i === s.duplicateIndex)}
           removeTagLabel={p.removeTagLabel || "\u274C"}
+          tagContainerStyle={p.tagContainerStyle}
+          tagTextStyle={p.tagTextStyle}
+          tagRemoveStyle={p.tagRemoveStyle}
+          duplicatedColor={p.duplicatedColor}
         />
       );
     }
@@ -107,6 +111,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
     var input = (
       <input type="text"
         className="tagged-input"
+        style={Object.assign({}, styles.inputStyle, p.inputStyle || {})}
         ref="input"
         onKeyUp={this._handleKeyUp}
         onKeyDown={this._handleKeyDown}
@@ -118,8 +123,10 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
       </input>
       );
 
+    var tagRootContainerStyle = Object.assign({}, styles.tagRootContainerStyle , p.tagRootContainerStyle || {});
+
     return (
-      <div className={classes} onClick={self._handleClickOnWrapper}>
+      <div className={classes} style={tagRootContainerStyle} onClick={self._handleClickOnWrapper}>
         {tagComponents}
         {input}
       </div>
@@ -215,7 +222,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
               duplicateIndex: null
             });
             if (p.onRemoveTag && poppedValue) {
-              p.onRemoveTag(poppedValue);
+              p.onRemoveTag(poppedValue, s.tags);
             }
           }
         }
@@ -247,7 +254,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
   },
 
   _handleClickOnWrapper: function (e) {
-    this.refs.input;
+    this.refs.input.focus();
   },
 
   _validateAndTag: function (tagText, callback) {