Review – Glidden Paint Samples

This post brought to you by Glidden. All opinions are 100% mine.

What Is It?

Glidden Paint has these little cute bottles of tester paint, with a brush built into the lid (like nail polish brushes are). Each one lets you paint up to 3 square feet, so you can buy a few to test out colors before painting your walls, or you can buy one for the color you’ve already used on your wall and use it for touch-ups (covering up accidental sharpie marks, anyone?).

My Thoughts:

The package Glidden sent me was really cute, and ice cream themed. I don’t think you get this if you just buy a paint sample though.

The little note said “Try ‘em all” so I did.

First, I painted the little white ice cream cones in the lid of the box. They were so tempting and blank! I did drip a little, so if you’re clumsy like me you might still want to cover your floor or carpet wherever you’re testing your paint (or doing touch-ups). Drips and spills can happen, folks.

Then a bit later, I used the nice soft peachy color to paint the baby gym T made for Anneliese.

The paint covered nicely, and only needed a second layer of touching-up in a few spots (but I did not prime the wood, and that probably would’ve helped). The little brush was well-made and didn’t get those fray-y stray “hairs” so that was nice. The color is pretty, too.

Another thing I noticed was that it didn’t fill my room with fumes (I painted inside). I don’t know if that’s by design or just an incidental perk, but I noticed and appreciated it.

I think these little cute bottles are great, and you could use them for:

• Painting a swatch on the wall to decide if you want to paint the whole room that color. (Observe it in different lighting situations, at different times of day please!)
• Keeping around for touch-up jobs.
• Painting small items like I did, that would perfectly coordinate with your walls if you want them to (or that will just be a pretty color on their own).

Buy It:

You can get the Glidden Paint Testers online at their site, or in Home Depot.