'Whatever you’re using, please, please stir,' says paint & color specialist, Annie Sloan.
'Paint settles and separates in the tin, especially the higher-end ones like mine, which tend to contain fewer nasty preservatives.
'Giving the tin a jolly good stir when you open it will reawaken and redistribute the pigments through the formula, loosen the texture, and warm the paint up ready for application. It’s also very therapeutic!'