<select>
    <option>Apples</option>
    <option selected>Pineapples</option>
    <option>Chocolate</option>
    <option>Pancakes</option>
</select>

select {
  margin: 50px;
  width: 550px;
  font-size:17px;
  padding: 10px 35px 10px 10px;
  font-size: 16px;
  border: 1px solid #ccc;
  height: 54px;
  -webkit-appearance: none;
  -moz-appearance: none;
  appearance: none;
  background: url(http://tuckeralbin.com/wp-content/uploads/intense-cache/icons/plugin/font-awesome/angle-double-down.svg);
  background-repeat:no-repeat;
  background-size: 5%;
  background-position: 98% 50%;
}

/* CAUTION: IE hackery ahead */
select::-ms-expand { 
    display: none; /* remove default arrow on ie10 and ie11 */
}