skin creamsSkin creams are an essential part of my collection of products in my bathroom that help me keep my skin soft and supple all year long. We're just coming out of winter, and here in the desert southwest it means that we are going to have to bulk up on skin creams to fight the exceedingly dry air that will soon be here once the weather starts to warm. The humidity in the spring and early summer in Arizona's deserts gets as low as 1% to 5%, and that is really hard on skin. If you look in anyone's bathroom in Arizona, you'll find a wide range of skin creams that keep their skin from parching completely.

The temperatures start to soar in April and that's when sales of skin creams really start to accelerate. Even at its most humid point in the summer, the humidity is seldom over 15%, so skin creams are a way of life in this desert. Winter is not so bad in Arizona's deserts, unlike in the northern states that have to use heat to warm their homes. The winter is thankfully the most humid time of year in the deserts, so dry skin is less an issue during the short winter than it is during the dreadfully long hot seasons here.