321 Barkly Street, Footscray

Where everyone
is welcome

Minack Beauty is on Barkly Street in the heart of Footscray — an all-in-one beauty room where thirteen services share one sign, and no one is pushed to the back. Nails beside braids. Lashes beside hair. The whole neighbourhood, under one roof.

Bright cobalt-blue almond nails — Minack Beauty work
Deep-red nails with floral art accents — Minack Beauty work

Thirteen services.
One sign. One room.

The signboard outside 321 Barkly Street doesn't play favourites. Hair Cut, Colour, Perm, Treatment, Braiding, Cornrows, Lash Extensions, Manicure, Pedicure, Acrylic, Gel, SNS, Waxing — the whole list, two columns, no hierarchy. That's not a marketing decision; it's just what Minack does.

Footscray's Barkly Street has always been a meeting place — one of Melbourne's most genuinely multicultural retail spines, where the Vietnamese bakery is next to the Ethiopian restaurant is next to the African grocer. Minack is built from the same logic: African braiding beside Vietnamese-style acrylics, in the same hands, on the same floor. You're welcome here whatever you came in for.

Neon-orange and gold-glitter stiletto nails — Minack Beauty work
French tips with silver glitter lines and gem accents on a UV lamp

What every review
keeps saying

Three verified reviews on record; three different clients; the same three words coming back each time: care, attention to detail, welcoming. It's the thing you can't fake across repeat visits and different services — and it's the reason people keep coming back to Barkly Street.

"Such care, attention to detail and I am always so pleased with the end result." — Taylah Farrell. That's the promise Minack makes with every appointment.

Lilac-to-purple ombre nails with gold glitter — Minack Beauty work
Pale pink almond nails — Minack Beauty work

From their own sign —
verbatim

Hair Cut
Colour
Perm
Treatment
Braiding
Cornrows
Lash Extensions
Manicure
Pedicure
Acrylic
Gel
SNS
Waxing

Sourced from the business's own A-frame signboard at 321 Barkly Street, Footscray

Care, in their words

★★★★★

Always great attention to detail and amazing customer service. Shape is always perfect

Rachel
5/5 · via Beautihost
★★★★

Very happy and content with the Gel nails olive colour...very kind and welcoming

Sophie
4/5 · via Beautihost
★★★★★

Such care, attention to detail and I am always so pleased with the end result

Taylah Farrell
5/5 · via Beautihost

321 Barkly Street,
Footscray VIC 3011

Barkly Street is Footscray's main retail spine — a strip of grocers, cafés and specialists that stretches through the inner west. Minack sits right on it, open seven days. Parking on and around Barkly Street; Footscray Station is a short walk east.

Book by phone

Minack takes all bookings by phone — no online booking portal. Call to check availability for any service.

0452 152 827

Mon–Wed 9am–7pm · Thu–Fri 9am–9pm · Sat 9am–7pm · Sun 11am–6pm

Ready to come in?

Call to book any service — nails, hair, lashes, braiding or waxing. All welcome on Barkly Street.

Call 0452 152 827