在“顏值”變得日益重要的今天，冰箱也不再僅僅是保鮮食物的工具，而漸漸成為化妝品“進(jìn)駐”的地方。

Fridges, long the preserve of the kitchen, are popping up in the bathroom. Designed in bijoux sizes of four-to-nine litres, and with temperatures ranging from 8C-12C, the cosmetics fridge is the beauty world’s equivalent of the jewellery box, helping to store your most precious products.
長(zhǎng)久以來(lái)作為廚房專屬物的冰箱，如今已大量“進(jìn)駐”浴室。設(shè)計(jì)成首飾盒大小（4-9升）、溫度8-12度的化妝冰箱就好比美容界的首飾盒，里面裝著自己最心愛的化妝品。

Miniature make-up coolers in Hello Kitty styles are already a big hit in South Korea, where the concept was developed, and you can get your own cowhide, cloud or polka-dot version shipped here through Ebay.
凱蒂貓風(fēng)格的微型化妝冰箱如今在原創(chuàng)地韓國(guó)頗為風(fēng)靡，消費(fèi)者可以通過Ebay網(wǎng)購(gòu)牛皮、云彩或是圓點(diǎn)花樣等式樣。

But while they may be easily justifiable in sweltering cities such as Seoul (melted make-up is no laughing matter, after all), their arrival in more temperate London signifies a new chapter in luxury fixtures and fittings.
盡管在首爾這樣的悶熱型城市，它們大行其道可謂“師出有名”（畢竟化妝品融化可不是鬧著玩的事），但在氣候較為溫和的倫敦，它們的流行標(biāo)志著奢侈品格局掀開了新的篇章。

At the West End]s Rathbone Square each of the penthouse suites, on the market for upwards of about ￡4.5m, has its own cosmetics fridge. They measure 40cm by 50cm and are hidden beneath a veneer storage unit. "It was part of the brief that the master bathrooms include a cooler for beauty products, " says Kalliopi Kousouri, a partner at Make Architects. "The presumption is that people in these properties will have expensive cosmetics and keeping them in the fridge is good for longer shelf lives. "
倫敦西區(qū)拉思伯恩廣場(chǎng)如今正被改造成商鋪、寫字樓以及142套豪華套房。每座樓頂豪華套間的最高售價(jià)達(dá)450萬(wàn)英鎊，都配備了化妝品專用冰箱。它們的規(guī)格是40X50厘米，隱藏在膠合板做的儲(chǔ)物柜下?！斑@也是標(biāo)配內(nèi)容之一：就是主衛(wèi)生間得配有化妝品專用冷藏柜。”Make Architects建筑事務(wù)所合伙人卡利奧皮·庫(kù)蘇里說?！耙话闳硕颊J(rèn)為這些豪宅住戶都會(huì)擁有價(jià)格不菲的化妝品，把它們冷藏至冰箱會(huì)大大延長(zhǎng)保質(zhì)期?！背?jí)兩人組合的地產(chǎn)開發(fā)商Candy Brothers也說收到不少客戶配置化妝品冰箱的請(qǐng)求，其中尤以阿拉伯富豪為甚。

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