diff --git a/src/App.scss b/src/App.scss
index c155de730b..a97ad56de3 100644
--- a/src/App.scss
+++ b/src/App.scss
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-$main-color: #f58d2c;
-$main-background: white;
-$darkened-background: whitesmoke;
-
+@import './_variables.scss';
 #app {
     background-color: $main-color;
     background-size: cover;
@@ -225,9 +222,10 @@ status.ng-enter.ng-enter-active {
 }
 
 .fa {
-    color: $main-color;
+    color: grey;
 }
 
+
 .status-actions {
     width: 50%;
     display: flex;
diff --git a/src/_variables.scss b/src/_variables.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c317fd3240
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/_variables.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+$main-color: #f58d2c;
+$main-background: white;
+$darkened-background: whitesmoke;
+$green: #0fa00f;
+$blue: #0095ff;
+
diff --git a/src/components/favorite_button/favorite_button.vue b/src/components/favorite_button/favorite_button.vue
index 0455c70603..6eaf0607b5 100644
--- a/src/components/favorite_button/favorite_button.vue
+++ b/src/components/favorite_button/favorite_button.vue
@@ -7,8 +7,15 @@
 
 <script src="./favorite_button.js" ></script>
 
-<style>
- .favorite-button {
-     cursor: pointer
- }
+<style lang='scss'>
+  @import '../../_variables.scss';
+  .favorite-button {
+      cursor: pointer;
+      &:hover {
+        color: $main-color;
+      }
+  }
+  .icon-star {
+      color: $main-color;
+  }
 </style>
diff --git a/src/components/retweet_button/retweet_button.vue b/src/components/retweet_button/retweet_button.vue
index ec94356acf..9b2f5c7b36 100644
--- a/src/components/retweet_button/retweet_button.vue
+++ b/src/components/retweet_button/retweet_button.vue
@@ -7,12 +7,16 @@
 
 <script src="./retweet_button.js" ></script>
 
-<style>
- .icon-retweet {
-     cursor: pointer
- }
- .retweeted {
+<style lang='scss'>
+  @import '../../_variables.scss';
+  .icon-retweet {
+     cursor: pointer;
+     &:hover {
+      color: $green;
+     }
+  }
+  .retweeted {
      cursor: auto;
-     color: green;
- }
+     color: $green;
+  }
 </style>
diff --git a/src/components/status/status.vue b/src/components/status/status.vue
index d309c495ea..d4bcc27978 100644
--- a/src/components/status/status.vue
+++ b/src/components/status/status.vue
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@
 <script src="./status.js" ></script>
 
 <style lang="scss">
- .status-el {
+  @import '../../_variables.scss';
+  .status-el {
      hyphens: auto;
      overflow-wrap: break-word;
      word-wrap: break-word;
@@ -66,9 +67,13 @@
          margin-top: 3px;
          margin-bottom: 3px;
      }
- }
+  }
 
- .status-actions {
+  .status-actions {
      padding-top: 5px;
- }
+  }
+
+  .icon-reply:hover {
+     color: $blue;
+  }
 </style>