JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/3.2.1/css/font-awesome.css">
    <input type="text" class="inputtext" placeholder="Search">

CSS

input { 
        font-family: 'FontAwesome';
        background-image: url(http://www.levenmetwater.nl/static/global/images/icon-search.png);
        background-position: 10px center;
        background-repeat: no-repeat;
        text-indent: 30px;
    }