Woman getting massage: dark skin tone Emoji
People
A dark-skinned woman with her eyes closed, receiving a head massage. Her hands are positioned at her temples, suggesting she is unwinding or managing stress.
Usage Context
Used to describe a visit to a spa, a professional beauty treatment, or simply the act of decompressing after a long, difficult day. People frequently use it to signal that they need a break or are currently treating themselves to some self-care. It is often paired with emojis like ✨ or 💆 to emphasize a relaxing mood.
History
This emoji began as a gender-neutral head massage icon before Unicode expanded the emoji set to include gender variants and diverse skin tones in 2015. These additions were part of a major push to make digital communication more inclusive and reflective of a wider range of physical appearances found in daily life.
Details
Glyph
💆🏿♀
Unicode
U+1F486 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2640
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f486_1f3ff_200d_2640:
HTML Entity
����‍♀
Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory person-activity
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
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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