# Email Style Customizations

In order to implement custom styling for email templates, Fides supports forwarding [variables](/content/docs/privacy-requests/guides/configure-email/email-template-types/index.html) directly to an email provider like Mailgun, Sendgrid, or Twilio. In this tutorial, we are going to walk through an example of using [Mailgun](/content/docs/platform/messaging/mailgun-email/index.html) to style an email.

While each vendor will vary in how they implement it, the same general steps should apply for all.

For steps to update the _content_ of these messages, please see our guide for [configuring email templates](/content/docs/privacy-requests/guides/configure-email/index.html).

## Creating a Mailgun template [Permalink for this section](/content/docs/privacy-requests/guides/configure-email/email-style#creating-a-mailgun-template/index.html)

A template describes how styling, such as font choices, should be applied to incoming email content.

To create a template using Mailgun:

1. Click **Create message template** and name this new template something helpful (ex. `fides`) using Mailgun's Visual builder.

2. Modify this email template to match your organization's branding guidelines by following Mailgun's [guide to email template building (opens in a new tab)](https://www.mailgun.com/blog/product/mailgun-template-builder/).

3. Add an HTML block to the email template and add the following snippet of code, updating the style as needed, to reference the incoming email content from Fides:

```
    <div style="padding-left: 25px;padding-right: 25px;color: #2D3748;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;">

{{fides_email_body}}

</div>
    ```

4. Test the email template by running a privacy request.

[Template Types](/content/docs/privacy-requests/guides/configure-email/email-template-types "Template Types"/index.html) [Complex Fields](/content/docs/privacy-requests/guides/complex-fields "Complex Fields"/index.html)