select2 apply styles to select
<p>I am including select2 from the cdn and applying it to my select multiple input:</p>

<p>my javascript:</p>

<pre><code>$('select').select2();  
</code></pre>

<p>my html:</p>

<pre><code>&lt;select id = "cars" name="cars[]" multiple = "multiple" required = "required"&gt;          
</code></pre>

<p>my css:</p>

<pre><code>#cars{
   background-color:red !important;
}
</code></pre>

<p>For some reason, whenever I apply select2 to any select I have, all the specific styles I give to this select no longer appears. I tried to specify those styles via id and class and they all show but when I put <code>$('select').select2();</code> whatever style i specify for this select does not show.</p>

<p>How do I fix this?</p>