JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by Rhys O'Connor
HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://bootswatch.com/bower_components/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.5.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">
<div class="wrapper">
<form role="form">
<span id="before-select">in</span>
<select name="town" >
<option value="London">London <i class="fa fa-caret-down" aria-hidden="true"></i>
</option>
<option value="Paris">Paris</option>
<option value="Madrid">Madrid</option>
</select>
</form>
</div>
CSS
.wrapper{
height:200px;
background-color:red;
padding-top:100px;
padding-left:150px;
}
#before-select{
font-size:30px;
color:#ffffff;
}
select {
border: none;
background: transparent;
/*background-color: blue;*/
-webkit-appearance: none;
-moz-appearance: none;
appearance: none;
width: 180px;
padding-top: 0px;
background-size: 20px;
color:#ffffff;
font-size:30px;
}
select option {
color:#424146;
background:#ffffff;
}