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HTML

<div class="styled-select blue">
   <select name="brand" id="brand">
          <option>Choose category first</option>
          <option>Brand one</option>
          <option>Brand two</option>
   </select>
</div>

CSS

.styled-select {
    background: #fff url('http://www.myiconfinder.com/uploads/iconsets/20-20-1383000fade3dbdf3e93972212606011-Arrow.png') no-repeat 10px center;
    height: 31px;
    text-align: center;
    overflow: hidden;
    width: 80%;
    margin-bottom: 15px;
}
.styled-select select {
    background: transparent;
    border: none;
    font-size: 14px;
    height: 31px;
    width: 103%;
    float: left;
    text-align: center;
    /*padding-left:48%*/
}