# 💅 Nail polish emoji

💅 Nail polish is an emoji in the hands holding things set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: bored, care, cosmetics, done, makeup and manicure.

- Emoji: 💅
- Unicode name: nail polish
- Code points: U+1F485
- Category: People & body, Hands holding things
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :nail_care:
- Keywords: bored, care, cosmetics, done, makeup, manicure, nail, polish, whatever
- Page: https://emojichart.com/nail-polish-emoji

## What it means

A hand with painted nails and a bottle of nail polish. Manicures, beauty and self-care are the literal meaning. As slang, it conveys a sassy, unbothered attitude, as in showing off confidence or shrugging off drama with 'whatever'.

## Skin tones

- 💅🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/nail-polish-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F485 U+1F3FB
- 💅🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/nail-polish-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F485 U+1F3FC
- 💅🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/nail-polish-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F485 U+1F3FD
- 💅🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/nail-polish-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F485 U+1F3FE
- 💅🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/nail-polish-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F485 U+1F3FF

## How to type 💅

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “nail polish”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “nail polish”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “nail polish”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “nail polish”.
- GitHub: Type :nail_care: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | pintarse las uñas | cosmética, esmalte, manicura, pintarse las uñas, uñas |
| Français (fr) | vernis à ongles | cosmétiques, manucure, maquillage, peu importe, s’ennuyer, vernis à ongles |
| Deutsch (de) | Nagellack | Kosmetik, Maniküre, Nagel, Nagellack, Nagelpflege |
| Italiano (it) | smalto per unghie | cosmetici, make up, manicure, noia, smalto, smalto per unghie, spa, unghie, unghie con smalto |
| Português (pt) | esmalte de unha | cosméticos, esmalte, esmalte de unha, manicure, mão, unhas |
| Nederlands (nl) | nagellak | beauty, cosmetica, hand, lak, manicure, nagel, nagellak, nagels lakken, verzorging |
| Svenska (sv) | nagellack | måla naglar, manikyr, nagellack, smink |
| Polski (pl) | lakier do paznokci | ciało, kosmetyki, lakier do paznokci, lakierować paznokcie, manicure, paznokcie, pielęgnacja |
| Türkçe (tr) | oje sürme | kozmetik, manikür, oje, oje sürme, tırnak, tırnak bakımı |
| Русский (ru) | маникюр | готово, кисть, косметика, лак, маникюр, ногти, пальцы, руки, скука, уход |
| Українська (uk) | лак для нігтів | догляд, косметика, лак, лак для нігтів, манікюр, ніготь, нігті, робота, рука, тіло |
| Ελληνικά (el) | βάψιμο νυχιών | βαριεστημένος, βάψιμο νυχιών, βερνίκι, βερνίκι νυχιών, καλλυντικά, μακιγιάζ, μανικιούρ, νύχι, ό,τι πεις, σώμα, τέλος, φροντίδα |
| العربية (ar) | طلاء أظافر | أظافر, إكلادور, تجميل, تهذيب أظافر, زهق, زهقانة, ضفير, طلاء أظافر, مانكير, مانيكور, مستحضرات تجميل, مناكير, منكير |
| עברית (he) | מריחת לק | טיפוח, לק, מניקור, מריחת לק, מריחת לק על ציפורניים, ציפורניים, קוסמטיקה |
| فارسی (fa) | لاک زدن | آرایش, بدن, توجه, رسیدگی, زیبایی, لاک, لاک زدن, مانیکور, ناخن |
| हिन्दी (hi) | नेल पॉलिश | कॉस्मेटिक, देखभाल, नख प्रसाधन, नाखून, नाखूनों की देखरेख, नेल पॉलिश, मेनीक्योर, सौन्दर्य प्रसाधन |
| বাংলা (bn) | নেল পলিশ | নখ, নেইল পলিশ, নেল পলিশ, পালিশ, প্রসাধনী, ম্যানিকিউর, যত্ন, শরীর |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | poles kuku | badan, cat kuku, kosmetik, kuku, kuteks, manikur, perawatan, poles kuku, salon, tubuh |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | sơn móng tay | chăm sóc, đánh bóng, làm móng tay, móng tay, mỹ phẩm, sơn móng tay |
| ไทย (th) | สีทาเล็บ | ตกแต่ง, ทาเล็บ, นิ้ว, มือ, สำอาง, เสริมสวย |
| 日本語 (ja) | マニキュアを塗る手 | ネイル, マニキュア, マニキュアを塗る手, 爪 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 매니큐어 | 끝났어, 네일 아트, 네일 케어, 다듬기, 매니큐어, 메이크업, 손톱, 손톱 정리, 아무거나, 지겨워, 케어 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 涂指甲油 | 修指甲, 忙完了, 护手, 指甲油, 涂指甲油, 美甲, 闷, 随便啦 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 指甲油 | 修指甲, 指甲油, 沒事了, 無聊, 美甲 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): naellak
- Akan (ak): mmɔwerɛ pɔlihye
- Albanian (sq): manikyr
- Amharic (am): የጥፍር ቀለም
- Armenian (hy): եղունգների լաքապատում
- Assamese (as): নেইল প’লিচ
- Azerbaijani (az): dırnaq laklamaq
- Bashkir (ba): тырнаҡтарҙы буяу
- Basque (eu): azazkaletako esmaltea
- Belarusian (be): лак для ногцяў
- Bosnian (bs): lakiranje noktiju
- Breton (br): ivinoù gwerniset
- Bulgarian (bg): Лак за нокти
- Burmese (my): လက်သည်း ဆိုးဆေး
- Cantonese (yue): 指甲油
- Catalan (ca): esmalt d’ungles
- Cherokee (chr): ᎤᏑᎦᏢ ᎦᏅᎵᏰᏗ
- Chuvash (cv): маникюр
- Croatian (hr): lak za nokte
- Czech (cs): lak na nehty
- Danish (da): neglelak
- Estonian (et): küünelakk
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): verniz para as unhas
- Faroese (fo): neglalakk
- Filipino (fil): nail polish
- Finnish (fi): kynsilakka
- Galician (gl): pintar as uñas
- Georgian (ka): ფრჩხილების ლაქი
- Gujarati (gu): નેઇલ પોલિશ
- Hausa (ha): jan farce
- Hungarian (hu): körömlakk
- Icelandic (is): naglalakk
- Igbo (ig): nteji mbọaka
- Irish (ga): vearnais ingne
- Javanese (jv): cet kuku
- Kalaallisut (kl): neglelak
- Kannada (kn): ನೈಲ್ ಪಾಲೀಷ್
- Kazakh (kk): маникюр
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): مانيكيۋر
- Khmer (km): លាបថ្នាំក្រចក
- Kinyarwanda (rw): verini y’inzara
- Konkani (kok): नेल पॉलिश
- Kyrgyz (ky): тырмак боёо
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Tz’ajb’al ixk’aq
- Lao (lo): ທາເລັບມື
- Latvian (lv): nagu laka
- Lithuanian (lt): nagų lakas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): nokśowy lak
- Luxembourgish (lb): Neellack
- Macedonian (mk): лак за нокти
- Malay (ms): pengilat kuku
- Malayalam (ml): നെയിൽ പോളിഷ്
- Maltese (mt): nail polish
- Marathi (mr): नेल पॉलीश
- Mongolian (mn): хумсаа будах
- Māori (mi): pani maikūkū
- Nepali (ne): नङ पालिस
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Nél Pọ́lish
- Northern Sotho (nso): pholeše ya manala
- Norwegian (no): neglelakk
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): naglelakk
- Odia (or): ନଖ ପାଲିସ୍‌
- Oromo (om): halluu qeensaa
- Pashto (ps): نوکانو رنګ
- Punjabi (pa): ਨੇਲ ਪਾਲਿਸ਼
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): نوں پالش
- Quechua (qu): esmalte sillukunapaq
- Romanian (ro): ojă pe unghii
- Romansh (rm): vernisch dad unglas
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): lìomh ìnean
- Serbian (sr): лак за нокте
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): lak za nokte
- Shan (shn): ယွမ်ႉၼဵပ်ႉမိုဝ်း
- Sindhi (sd): ننهن پالش
- Sinhala (si): නිය ආලේපන
- Slovak (sk): lakovanie nechtov
- Slovenian (sl): lak za nohte
- Somali (so): dhalaalinta ciddiyaha
- Swahili (sw): rangi ya kupaka kwenye kucha
- Tajik (tg): лок барои нохунҳо
- Tamil (ta): நகச்சாயம்
- Telugu (te): గోర్ల రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ጽፍሪ ምጽራይ
- Tongan (to): valivali ngeʻesinima
- Tswana (tn): politšhe ya dinala
- Turkmen (tk): dyrnak lagy
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): lak za nochće
- Urdu (ur): نیل پالش
- Uyghur (ug): تىرناق بوياش
- Uzbek (uz): tirnoq uchun lok
- Welsh (cy): farnais ewinedd
- Wolof (wo): jakkal wew
- Xhosa (xh): ipolishi yeenzipho
- Yoruba (yo): Ikun Eekanna
- Zulu (zu): ikhyutheksi

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F485` |
| HTML | `💅` |
| CSS | `\1F485` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F485}` |
| Python | `\U0001F485` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 92 85` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DC85` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%92%85` |

## Questions

### What does the 💅 nail polish emoji mean?

A hand with painted nails and a bottle of nail polish. Manicures, beauty and self-care are the literal meaning. As slang, it conveys a sassy, unbothered attitude, as in showing off confidence or shrugging off drama with 'whatever'.

### How do I type the 💅 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “nail polish”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :nail_care:.

### When was the 💅 emoji added?

💅 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for 💅?

U+1F485. In HTML you can write 💅, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F485}.

### Does 💅 come in different skin tones?

Yes. It comes in five skin tones: 💅🏻 light, 💅🏼 medium-light, 💅🏽 medium, 💅🏾 medium-dark and 💅🏿 dark.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/nail-polish-emoji