Nail Polish Emoji
What does the Nail Polish emoji mean?
A hand brushed with colorful nail polish, often purple but varying by platform, evokes self-care and pampering. It’s most usually used to suggest a little indulgence or to hint that someone’s nails could use a professional touch.
The emoji shows a manicure in progress — nail polish being brushed onto the nails. It’s depicted in a classic yellow hue and is most often used in chats between girlfriends or by women.
You’ll see it used when talking about self-care and appearance, often alongside the lipstick emoji. It can also be used figuratively to suggest a casual, carefree attitude toward something.
Also Known As
- 💅 Fingers
- 💅 Manicure
- 💅 Nonchalant
Apple Name
- 💅 Nail Polish
Unicode Name
- 💅 Nail Polish
How does this emoji look on different platforms?
Download the Nail Polish emoji
Vector file from the Noto Emoji set by Google, licence CC BY 4.0.
💅 Emoji Codes
Codepoints
U+1F485
Shortcodes
- works in Github, Slack, Discord
- works in Emojipedia
For developers
| URL escape code | %F0%9F%92%85 |
| Punycode | xn--kr8h |
| Bytes (UTF-8) | F0 9F 92 85 |
| JavaScript, JSON, Java | \uD83D\uDC85 |
| C, C++, Python | \U0001f485 |
| CSS | \01F485 |
| PHP, Ruby | \u{1F485} |
| Perl | \x{1F485} |
| HTML hex | 💅 |
| HTML dec | 💅 |
Tags: care, cosmetic, manicure, nail, polish, bored, cosmetics, done, makeup, whatever
Category: People & Body
Subgroup: Other hand gestures