I am dark in complexion, not very dark it is more like what people call chocolate complexion.
I have been trying over this years to get a perfect cream that will make the skin to be smooth and more radiant but it is either the cream makes me lighter or darker ( this one is the worst, because I will end up looking terrible).
I have tried cocoa butter, jergen, carowhite among others.
I don't know what to use again, guys abeg suggest any cream you feel will be better.
Lest I forget, please don't suggest Shea butter... that thing just hates me personally.

Venus cream ( Skin Tone)

And make use of any good papaya calamansi Soap.. you'll definitely love your skin..

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Venus cream ( Skin Tone)

And make use of any good papaya calamansi Soap.. you'll definitely love your skin..

are they of different types? I mean the soap. Can it be easily found in supermarket

Good skin in not just down to creams.
Genes
What you eat
Your environment
How much water you drink and above all basic skin care. Most don’t know what their skin type is so will use products that do nothing in terms of skin intergrity.

I used to have the same issue as you and disliked bleaching so much that I had to stay away from trying creams 'till I was introduced to one. There are different types of Jergens and likewise fake products. Try Jergens Ultra healing. They have for Dubai and US. What I use is the US and any price less than 3k is the fake. It's for skin maintenance and basically for dark skin tones.