The Polish Addict’s Top 20 Polishes of All Time: #7 Essie – Starry Starry Nights
Starry Starry Nights is another hard-to-find polish that has found its way into my heart and onto this list. I really can’t say much more about it other than it’s unspeakably stunning. I really wish Essie would kick back to the old days and create some new colors as gorgeous as the coveted SSN.
Here’s an excerpt from my original post about Essie Starry Starry Nights.
“Now that I can finally wear ‘out of the ordinary’ colors again, I went hunting in my ‘untried’ box and rediscovered Starry Starry Nights. “Wow” is all I can say. Dark blue jelly with small silver glitter makes for an amazing polish. I can definitely see what all the hype was about.
The jelly-ness gives the glitter at different coats varying degrees of visibility, which really makes this polish look the way the sky does in places where there are no lights to drown out the shining light of the stars. One of the girls on MUA said that my nails looked like they came straight out of the Van Gogh paining. Love the reference, and so very true.”
February 27th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
One of my favourite polishes, I’m torn between wearing it all the time and keeping it for very special occasions so that I don’t run out :)
February 27th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
I love this, I wish Essie would rerelease it again so I can get a bottle. Ca you suggest some good dupes?
February 28th, 2009 at 3:02 am
OMG so beautiful….. I really really love this one, if only Essie would rerelease it again!
February 28th, 2009 at 5:30 am
I actually just did a manicure (wearing it now) that looks very similar to this using ChG’s “Up All Night” and a top coat of N.Y.C.’s “Starry Silver Glitter”. This is an awesome color!
February 28th, 2009 at 5:44 am
This is stunning! It was my vote for the inauguration mani :)
February 28th, 2009 at 8:32 am
My heart breaks a little every time I see a pic of SSN. It is at the TOP of my lemming list. Sigh. Love the reference to Van Gogh too.
February 28th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
I love this color! I have a question for you… So I finally picked up my first bottle of Seche Vite and I absolutely love it! But, do you put a top coat on your mani every other day, or every three days, or not at all? If you do do you use the seche vite or something else??
March 1st, 2009 at 2:53 am
Do you have a posting describing how you do your “normal” manicure / polish change? You do a beautiful job!!!
March 2nd, 2009 at 9:40 am
I think is one of those colors I need to see in person to really see what the buzz is about :) Is the “awesomeness” hard to capture in pictures?
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:59 am
I never tire of SSN pics…what a stunning polish!
March 14th, 2009 at 6:12 am
i want this bad!!!!!!! omg, i love it
March 15th, 2009 at 12:13 am
[...] The Polish Addict – is counting town her top twenty nail polishes of all time – this week showcasing sparkly blue Essie Starry Starry Nights. [...]
March 29th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
Helen – lol. That’s the polish lover’s dilemma.
Melvel – There are no easy to find dupes for this but I hear that frankening it is pretty easy just a blue jelly like Lippmann Rehab and silver glitter.
Lina – lol. Agreed. They need to just make it a part of their permanent collection.
PBG – Ooh, sounds gorgeous.
Vanessa – Woot! : )
Avroys – *hugs* Believe me I feel you, I lemminged this one fooooorever. It can happen!
Caitie – When I refresh I use a non-quick dry. I don’t do it often now, but when I used to care for extended wear I did it everyday or every other day.
Kathryn – lol, no I don’t, but I suppose I should. I will soon.
Brooke – Yeeeees. The pics don’t do it justice.
Amanda – : )
Trish – Awwww, sorry for the lemming reminder lol.
April 27th, 2009 at 8:04 am
That is SO gorgeous. I wish it wasn’t discontinued. If it wasn’t, I would totally buy that.
August 11th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
[...] shades on this side of spectrum. *Channels images of green glitter a la Essie Ruby Slippers and Essie Starry Starry Nights to Essie Weingarten* (Just an aside, but has everyone gotten a load of the dark greens this season [...]
September 9th, 2009 at 6:40 am
Polish Addict dear, when will you finish this list? We can’t wait to see you ultimate favourites! :-)
Love, Lavendela