Refrigerator for cosmetics and method of controlling the same

This application claims the benefit of Korean Application Nos. 2001-64803 and 2002-18124, filed Oct. 19, 2001 and Apr. 3, 2002, respectively, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference. A refrigerator for cosmetics that has a storage chamber and a cooling unit to cool the storage chamber. The refrigerator includes an input unit, a storage unit, a temperature detecting unit and a control unit. The input unit receives one or more storage conditions from a user. The storage unit stores storage temperatures predetermined to correspond to possible storage conditions. The temperature detects unit detects a temperature of the storage chamber. The control unit controls an operation of the cooling unit on the basis of the storage conditions inputted through the input unit, a corresponding storage temperature stored in the storage unit and the temperature of the storage chamber detected by the temperature detecting unit.