diff --git a/blender-bfct/application/static/assets/css/bfct.css b/blender-bfct/application/static/assets/css/bfct.css
index 89e9947..ac43608 100644
--- a/blender-bfct/application/static/assets/css/bfct.css
+++ b/blender-bfct/application/static/assets/css/bfct.css
@@ -9,3 +9,50 @@
 	position: absolute;
 }
 
+.label.label-2x {
+  font-size: 100%;
+}
+
+.input-group {
+	position: relative;
+}
+
+.form-control {
+	top: 0;
+	position: absolute;
+	background-color: transparent;
+	border: none;
+	margin-top: 24px;
+	border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
+	box-shadow: none;
+	transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out ;
+}
+
+.input-group-lg>.form-control, .input-group-lg>.input-group-addon, .input-group-lg>.input-group-btn>.btn {
+	padding: 0px 4px 0px 10px;
+	height: 40px;
+	font-size: 120%;
+}
+
+.control-label {
+	font-size: 80%;
+}
+
+.input-group .control-label {
+	position: absolute;
+	left: 0;
+	top: 6px;
+	opacity: 0;
+	transition: all ease-out 0.2s;
+	transition-delay: .4s;
+}
+
+.form-control:hover, .form-control:focus {
+	background-color: white;
+}
+
+.form-control:focus + .control-label,
+.form-control:hover + .control-label{
+	opacity: 0.8;
+	top: 1px;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/blender-bfct/application/static/assets_shared b/blender-bfct/application/static/assets_shared
index 03df3b9..1feae3b 160000
--- a/blender-bfct/application/static/assets_shared
+++ b/blender-bfct/application/static/assets_shared
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 03df3b93360546259dde9952e7cdd2f98db7f282
+Subproject commit 1feae3be6e341e3959a36c7679102fb6f19b88c5
diff --git a/blender-bfct/application/templates/applications/index.html b/blender-bfct/application/templates/applications/index.html
index d69453b..403a88a 100755
--- a/blender-bfct/application/templates/applications/index.html
+++ b/blender-bfct/application/templates/applications/index.html
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@
                     <td>{{application.submission_date.strftime('%d %B, %Y')}}</td>
                     <td>
                     {% if application.status == 'under_review' %}
-                        <span class="label label-info"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> Under Review</span>
+                        <span class="label label-2x label-info"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> Under Review</span>
                     {% elif application.status == 'submitted' %}
-                        <span class="label label-danger"><i class="fa fa-warning"></i> Pending</span>
+                        <span class="label label-2x label-danger"><i class="fa fa-warning"></i> Pending</span>
                     {% elif application.status == 'approved' %}
-                        <span class="label label-success"><i class="fa fa-star"></i> Approved!</span>
+                        <span class="label label-2x label-success"><i class="fa fa-star"></i> Approved!</span>
                     {% elif application.status == 'rejected' %}
-                        <span class="label label-default"><i class="fa fa-times"></i> Rejected</span>
+                        <span class="label label-2x label-default"><i class="fa fa-times"></i> Rejected</span>
                     {% else %}
                         {{application.status}}
                     {% endif %}
diff --git a/blender-bfct/application/templates/apply.html b/blender-bfct/application/templates/apply.html
index c91bb4e..141c794 100755
--- a/blender-bfct/application/templates/apply.html
+++ b/blender-bfct/application/templates/apply.html
@@ -1,84 +1,78 @@
 {% extends 'layout.html' %}
 {% block body %}
 <div class="row">
-    <div class="col-md-6">
+    <div class="col-md-8">
         <form class="form-horizontal" method="POST" action="{{url_for('apply')}}">
             <fieldset>
                 {{ form.hidden_tag() }}
-                <label class="control-label">
-                 <div class="input-group input-group-lg">
-                   <span class="input-group-addon">Blender Network Profile link</span>
-                    {{ form.network_profile(class='form-control', placeholder='First Name') }} 
+                 <div class="input-group input-group-lg width-full">
+                    {{ form.network_profile(class='form-control', placeholder='Network Profile URL') }} 
+                    <label class="control-label">Blender Network Profile</label>
                  </div>
-                </label>
 
-                <label class="control-label">
-                 <div class="input-group input-group-lg">
-                   <span class="input-group-addon">Website</span>
+                 <div class="input-group input-group-lg width-full">
                     {{ form.website(class='form-control', placeholder='Your website') }} 
+                    <label class="control-label">Website</label>
                  </div>
-                </label>
 
-                <label class="control-label">
-                 <div class="input-group input-group-lg">
-                   <span class="input-group-addon">City and Country</span>
-                    {{ form.city_country(class='form-control', placeholder='Your city and country') }} 
+                 <div class="input-group input-group-lg width-full">
+                    {{ form.city_country(class='form-control', placeholder='Your city and country') }}
+                    <label class="control-label">City and Country</label>
                  </div>
-                </label>
 
-                <label class="control-label">
-                 <div class="input-group input-group-lg">
-                   <span class="input-group-addon">Teaching at university</span>
-                    {{ form.teaching(class='form-control') }} 
+                 <div class="input-group input-group-lg width-full">
+                    {{ form.teaching(class='form-control') }}
+                    <label class="control-label">Are you teaching at a university?</label>
                  </div>
-                </label>
 
-                <label class="control-label">
-                 <div class="input-group input-group-lg">
-                   <span class="input-group-addon">Institution Name</span>
+                 <div class="input-group input-group-lg width-full">
                     {{ form.institution_name(class='form-control', placeholder='School or institution name') }} 
+                    <label class="control-label">School or Institution Name</label>
                  </div>
-                </label>
 
-                <label class="control-label">
-                 <div class="input-group input-group-lg">
-                   <span class="input-group-addon">Areas of expertise</span>
+                 <div class="input-group input-group-lg width-full">
                     {{ form.skills(class='form-control') }} 
+                    <label class="control-label">Areas of Expertise</label>
                  </div>
-                </label>
 
-                <label class="control-label">
-                 <div class="input-group input-group-lg">
-                   <span class="input-group-addon">Video Example</span>
+                 <div class="input-group input-group-lg width-full">
                     {{ form.video_example(class='form-control', placeholder='Video Example') }} 
+                    <label class="control-label">Video Example</label>
                  </div>
-                </label>
 
-                <label class="control-label">
-                 <div class="input-group input-group-lg">
-                   <span class="input-group-addon">Written Example</span>
+                 <div class="input-group input-group-lg width-full">
                     {{ form.written_example(class='form-control', placeholder='Written Example') }} 
+                    <label class="control-label">Written Example</label>
                  </div>
-                </label>
 
-                <label class="control-label">
-                 <div class="input-group input-group-lg">
-                   <span class="input-group-addon">Portfolio and CV</span>
+                 <div class="input-group input-group-lg width-full">
                     {{ form.portfolio_cv(class='form-control', placeholder='Porftolio and CV') }} 
+                    <label class="control-label">Porftolio / Curriculum Vitae</label>
                  </div>
-                </label>
 
-                <label class="control-label">
-                 <div class="input-group input-group-lg">
-                   <span class="input-group-addon">Bio and message</span>
+                 <div class="input-group input-group-lg width-full">
                     {{ form.bio_message(class='form-control', placeholder='Bio and message') }} 
+                    <label class="control-label">Biography or Personal Message</label>
                  </div>
-                </label>
                 
-                <input class="btn btn-default btn-block" type="submit" value="Go">
+                <button class="btn btn-default btn-success btn-squishy width-half pull-right offset-top-2" type="submit" value="Go">
+                    Send Application <i class="fa fa-send"></i>
+                </button>
             </fieldset>
         </form>
     </div>
+    <div class="col-md-4 box">
+        <i class="backicon fa fa-question-circle"></i>
+        <h2>What happens when I apply?</h2>
+        <p>
+            Once we receive your application, the Blender Foundation Certification Board
+            will proceed to review it. This may take some days.
+            <br/><br/>You can come back to this page and check
+            the status of your application anytime.
+            <br/><br/>Once your application has been reviewed, you'll receive
+            an e-mail with the results, and instructions on how to proceed.
+        </p>
+    </div>
 </div>
 
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/blender-bfct/application/templates/layout.html b/blender-bfct/application/templates/layout.html
index 317f7aa..49cd1ba 100644
--- a/blender-bfct/application/templates/layout.html
+++ b/blender-bfct/application/templates/layout.html
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
     </div>
 
     <header class="navbar navbar-default navbar-secondlevel navbar-static-top bright" role="navigation">
-      <div class="container">
+      <div class="container relative">
         <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-left">
           <li {% if title == 'home': %} class="active"{% endif %}>
             <a href="{{ url_for('homepage') }}">Home</a>
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@
           {% endif %}
 
           {% if current_user.is_authenticated() %}
-          <li class="dropdown">
+          <li class="dropdown absolute right">
             <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">{{current_user.email}} <b class="caret"></b></a>
-            <ul class="dropdown-menu">
+            <ul class="dropdown-menu right">
               {% if not current_user.has_role('bfct') %}
               <li><a href="{{url_for('apply')}}"><i class="fa fa-edit"></i> Apply / View</a></li>
               {% endif %}