Nail polish: light skin tone Emoji

People

A hand with a light skin tone holding a small brush, shown in the act of applying bright pink or red polish to the fingernails. The gesture captures a moment of personal grooming or a deliberate pause to focus on one's appearance.

Usage Context

Widely used in digital conversations to signal indifference, sass, or a 'don't care' attitude, similar to the vibe of 💁. It is also used to show off a fresh manicure or to suggest that the user is feeling confident, unbothered, or 'slaying' a particular situation.

History

The base nail polish emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2010. The option to modify skin tones was introduced in 2015 as part of the expansion of the Unicode Emoji 1.0 update, allowing users to better represent their own appearance in messages.

Details

Glyph

💅🏻

Unicode

U+1F485 U+1F3FB

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f485_1f3fb:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC85;&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;

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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