This putty like lip treatment is dynamite in a small jar, it is more potent, the vitamin powder is stronger and penetrates deeper into the layers of the lips to brighten and can also lighten dark lips. The duration of results is totally individual and this balm can completely reverse pigmentation on some lips, give a pinkish or reddish appearance to some lips (when used in combination with the red hot lips) and some lips might just fade to a lighter shade of their original lip colour (might take away the purple and bluish undertone and the lip remains a lighter brown ) but the longer you use it, the results and the appearance of the colour of the lips only get better.