A nail polish dryer to effect rapid drying of polish on fingernails or toenails and includes a base and a hood defining a drying space with an access opening for insertion of the portion of a person having nails to be dried. The base has walls therein defining an air passage through the base. An air moving fan positioned in the air passage is operative to move air around a heater and through an exit defined by one or more apertures in a top wall of the base. The heated air moves toward a rib or flow director extending from a hood in spaced relation to the apertures and operating to direct heated air onto polish on the nails of a user. The fan and heater is controlled by electric circuitry including a switch that is in circuit making position when engaged by the portion of a person extending into the drying space.