I need advice on natural skin lightening products like plants and herbs that I can use for my skin. I am a black african woman.

Try kojuc acid

Creams that are made of gultathione, licorice extact, mulberry extract, or grape seed extract are very natural. There are others too but I can't remember off the top of my head. However a lot of them contain steroids so make sure you read all of the ingredients or buy pure formulas!

XOXO, how do you know if a cream contain steroids.. does it say steriod in the ingredients?

TIA

It should say the ingredients on the lable, however creams from the ivory coast in afica usually contain hq and they mislable these products. So you knda take your chances

Natural products may work at a slower pace and they may not be able to lighten drastically like 5-6 shades may give you lie 2-3 shades lighter.