💅🏽

Nail polish: medium skin tone

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Subgroup
Unicode
U+1F485 U+1F3FD
Status
Fully Qualified
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Meaning and examples

Last updated: 05/06/2026

💅🏽 represents nail polish: medium skin tone, typically shown as a hand with the index finger extended while a brush applies colored polish to the fingernail. It is a skin-tone variant of the nail polish gesture.

This hand gesture mainly means glam, beauty, or self-care. It is frequently used to express a sense of confidence, nonchalance, or an unbothered attitude during a conversation.

You can use this emoji when you are getting ready for a night out or simply enjoying some downtime. It also works well as a sassy response to indicate you are staying fabulous despite any drama, such as in captions like "just minding my own business 💅🏽" or "new nails, who dis? 💅🏽".

Last updated: 05/06/2026

Unicode
U+1F485 U+1F3FD
Version

Platform rendering differences

nail polish: medium skin tone appearance on Apple

Apple

nail polish: medium skin tone appearance on Microsoft

Microsoft

nail polish: medium skin tone appearance on Twemoji

Twemoji

nail polish: medium skin tone appearance on Noto

Noto

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💅🏽
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nail polish: medium skin tone
Unicode
U+1F485 U+1F3FD
Python code
\U0001F485\U0001F3FD
JavaScript code
\u{1F485}\u{1F3FD}
Discord shortcode
:nail_care_tone3:
HTML entity (hex)
💅🏽
HTML entity (decimal)
💅🏽
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