Search Bar - Transition Exploration

Transition exploration for search component I'm currently building for a B2C eCommerce site.

They wanted to put more emphasis on search without having a dedicated search field exposed.

Wanted to give it a bit of personality, but keep things short and snappy so it doesn't get annoying after seeing it a dozen or so times.

*Note - live version assuming it gets developed will have a hover state for both the search and close icons.