Nail polish: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A hand with a medium-light skin tone holding a small brush, shown in the act of applying bright pink polish to the fingernails. The gesture implies a sense of calm, focus, or deliberate indifference.

Usage Context

Widely used in digital culture to signal 'sass,' total disinterest, or a 'whatever' attitude after delivering a sharp remark. It is frequently employed to show that the sender is unfazed by drama, similar to the vibe of 🙄 or 💁🏼‍♀️.

History

The nail polish emoji arrived with Unicode 6.0 in 2010. Over the years, it evolved into an internet shorthand for self-care and confidence, famously moving from a simple beauty tool to a high-utility reaction for brushing off haters or celebrating a fresh start.

Details

Glyph

💅🏼

Unicode

U+1F485 U+1F3FC

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f485_1f3fc:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC85;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory hand-prop

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

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