What can I do to help my dry skin?

Every day/night the second i step out of the shower my skin is like sandpaper and scaly. I hate having to go into my bathroom 100 times to put water on my face and use this oil free moisturizer that still leaves my skin so dry. It makes my skin feel so extremely tight and heavy I hate going to school and out to places cause of my dry skin. I even sometimes lick my finger (for the water in saliva) to rub my finger over my dry skin. I use a acne cream that is supposed to dry my skin out only mildly but my skin is beyond that. And it seems the moisturized soap I have makes the dryness even worse. I'm really tired of worrying about it and want it to stop. Please help me out! (I also take lukewarm to cold showers as well)