diff --git a/app/styles/components/_forms.scss b/app/styles/components/_forms.scss
index 0a360b5a2..36e4b49a3 100644
--- a/app/styles/components/_forms.scss
+++ b/app/styles/components/_forms.scss
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Forms
 // Placeholder text color
 $label-color                    : $dark-grey !default;
-$input-color-placeholder        : lighten($mid-grey, 5) !default;
+$input-color-placeholder        : lighten($mid-grey, 1) !default;
 $input-bg                       : lighten($light-grey, 5) !default;
 $input-bg-hover                 : $mid-grey !default;
 $input-bg-disabled              : $disabled  !default;
@@ -115,8 +115,9 @@ textarea {
     &:focus {
         background: rgba($input-border-focus, .2);
         border-color: $input-border-focus;
+        transition: ease-in-out all .25s;
         &::placeholder {
-            color: $input-color-placeholder;
+            color: rgba($input-color-placeholder, .5);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/vendor/icons b/vendor/icons
index 3781f899f..dc7c43854 160000
--- a/vendor/icons
+++ b/vendor/icons
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 3781f899f1f430fa7af78642e89055d4da2695db
+Subproject commit dc7c438544167077ea087bd594921c0d12e7b182