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.
長久以來作為廚房專屬物的冰箱，如今已大量“進駐”浴室。設計成首飾盒大小（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.
凱蒂貓風格的微型化妝冰箱如今在原創地韓國頗為風靡，消費者可以通過Ebay網購牛皮、云彩或是圓點花樣等式樣。

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. "
倫敦西區拉思伯恩廣場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達450萬英鎊，都配備了化妝品專用冰箱。它們的規格是40X50厘米，隱藏在膠合板做的儲物柜下。“這也是標配內容之一：就是主衛生間得配有化妝品專用冷藏柜。”Make Architects建筑事務所合伙人卡利奧皮·庫蘇里說。“一般人都認為這些豪宅住戶都會擁有價格不菲的化妝品，把它們冷藏至冰箱會大大延長保質期。”超級兩人組合的地產開發商Candy Brothers也說收到不少客戶配置化妝品冰箱的請求，其中尤以阿拉伯富豪為甚。

（中國日報網英語點津 丁一）