Nail polish: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A dark-toned hand holding a bottle of nail polish and applying it to a fingernail. The gesture depicts a freshly manicured hand, typically shown in a relaxed or elegant pose.

Usage Context

Widely used in digital culture to signal indifference, dismissiveness, or a 'don't care' attitude, often referred to as 'sassy' or '💅-ing'. It serves as a visual punchline when someone is unbothered by drama or is focused on their own self-care. It frequently appears alongside 💁🏿 to emphasize a confident or haughty tone.

History

While the nail polish emoji was introduced in 2010, the specific dark skin tone variant arrived in 2015 as part of the expansion of the Unicode skin tone modifier system. This update was a major move to help users represent their own identity more accurately in casual messaging.

Details

Glyph

💅🏿

Unicode

U+1F485 U+1F3FF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f485_1f3ff:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC85;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory hand-prop

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

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