Glossy Star Badge

1. Background

First create a new document, use a nice medium size like 400x400

Fill the Background with a nice looking gradient, mine is #536066 to #49545a

2. The Shape

Make a new layer then get the Polygon Shape Tool

At the top in the settings click the arrow on the left of the Custom Shape Tool Icon and set the options:

Hold shift and make a perfect star on the new layer

Layer Styles

Drop Shadow:

Inner Shadow:

Inner Glow:

Gradient Overlay:

The result should be:

Glossy Look

Hold CTRL and Click the star layer to make a selection around it, then make a new layer.

Contract the selection by 3 pixels (Select > Modify > Contract)

On the new layer use the gradient tool to make a White to Transparent gradient from the top left to the middle

This is what it will look like with the layer mode Overlay

A few details: