<div class="styled-select">
  <select>
    <option>But Wait, There's </option>
    <option>Thing 1</option>
    <option>Thing 2</option>
  </select>
</div>

@import "compass/css3";

@mixin wgr--styled-select-box ($border-thickness, $border-color, $border-radius, $width, $height, $background-color, $padding, $arrow-color, $arrow-width, $arrow-height, $text-indent, $font-size, $font-family, $background-color-hover, $border-color-hover, $arrow-color-hover, $font-color, $font-color-hover){
.styled-select {
  display: inline-block;
  border: $border-thickness solid $border-color;
  position: relative;
  border-radius: $border-radius;
  width: $width;
  overflow: hidden;
   background: $background-color;
  
  &:hover {
    background-color: $background-color-hover;  
    border: $border-thickness solid $border-color-hover;
    &:before {
      background-color: $border-color-hover;
    }
    &:after{
      border-color: $arrow-color-hover transparent transparent transparent;
    }
    select {
       color: $font-color-hover;
    }
  }
  
  
  &, > * {
    cursor: pointer;
  }

  select {
    @include box-sizing(border-box);
    
    background: transparent;
    border: 0;
    outline: 0;
    color: $font-color;
    padding:  $padding;
    padding-left: $text-indent;
    padding-right: $height + $padding;
    overflow:hidden;
    white-space: nowrap;
    text-overflow: ellipsis;
    font-size: $font-size;
    font-family: $font-family;
    width: 100%;
    height: $height;
    
     
    -webkit-user-select: none;
       -moz-user-select: -moz-none;
        -ms-user-select: none;
            user-select: none;
    
    -webkit-appearance: none;
       -moz-appearance: radio-container;
            appearance: none;

  }
  

  &:after {
    content: '';
    width: 0;
    position: absolute;
    right: ($height  / 2)  - $arrow-width ;
    top: 50%;
    margin-top: - ($arrow-height /2);
    border-width: $arrow-height $arrow-width;
    border-style: solid;
    pointer-events: none;
    border-color: $arrow-color transparent transparent transparent;
  }
  &:before {
    content: '';
    position:absolute;
    width: $height;
    height: $height;
    background-color: $border-color;
    right: 0;
    pointer-events: none;
  }
}
}
@include wgr--styled-select-box(1px, #000, 0, 50%, 60px, #fff, 6px, #fff, 10px, 10px, 10px, 1.5rem, inherit, #dedede, #444, #fff, #222, #000);