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Hooded Eyes · Wispy · Volume

A real a hooded eye, the shape this map is drawn for.
This is a hooded eye — check yours against it before reading the map. Photo source & removal
PEAK inner outer steps down both ways from the peak stacked layers: dense base + directional top lashmatrix.org
Where the peak sits and which way the length tapers.
Why Why it is laid out this way

Of everything in this shape's library, a fanned wispy set is the easiest to overbuild: the base is fans, the spikes are fans, and neither feels heavy going on. On a lid that presses down all day that combination has a real limit, and finding it after the appointment is expensive for both of you. Build the base open, spike it once, and stop.

Zone order · bar = relative length Z1 Z2 Z3 Z4 PEAK Z5 Z6 Z7 inner outer
Build order, inner to outer — the peak zone flagged.

The order the zones go in

  1. Decide the count before you startLook at her lash line and settle on how many spikes each eye gets. Deciding while building is how sets get heavy.
  2. Open base, narrow fansFine narrow fans spaced with visible air between them, top length across the two middle zones.
  3. Spike, and that is level twoClosed fans standing above the base. They are the only thing that goes on top — no further layer over anything.
  4. Skip the covered stripBase only where the skin sits. Whatever you would have spiked there, spend it in the zones on show.
  5. Drop both ends awayShorter, sparser fans at the inner corner and a gentler fall at the tail, both free of spikes.
Length curve · one peak, gentle taper inner outer
The length curve: one soft peak, then a gentle taper.

The length curve

The base curve is level through the middle and low at both ends, drawn so the fans never have to reach and the spikes always have somewhere to stand. Because both parts of this set are fans, the diagram is really a weight plan — its flatness is what keeps the total on any one lash small enough for a lid that never stops leaning on it. The height you actually see comes from the spiked tips, not from the curve.

Built wrong, it looks like this

A top layer added over the baseBase, layer, spikes: three things on lashes that struggle with two. It looks superb for a week and then rotates flat all at once.
✗ WRONG three levels deep ✓ RIGHT base plus spikes only
Spikes as long as an open-lid setBorrowed from a map made for an eye with headroom. Under a fold they meet skin instead of air and lean the first time she blinks properly.
✗ WRONG too tall for the lid ✓ RIGHT tall enough to clear
Fuller fans, same stockMore strands of the same material is more material, and on this set it lands on lashes that are already holding a spike or supporting a gap.
✗ WRONG fuller means heavier ✓ RIGHT finer strands, same fan
When not to use this mapThe wrong set for anyone whose retention is already poor, because it combines the two things that shorten a cycle on a hooded eye — density and long tips. Leave it alone as well when she wants an obviously dark, glossy line, since the open base this map depends on will look sparse to her from the first day.
Deep The physics underneath

Both halves of this set are made of the same thing. That makes the total easy to lose track of and easy to calculate.

The same map, built four ways

Classic 1:1
Single strands would give a lighter set overall and a base that never merges into a band. What they cannot do is fill a hooded lash line enough to look full without the strands getting thick.
Handmade volume
This cell, twice over — the base and the spikes both. The advantage is that you set the width of each one, so the base can stay open and the tips can close down to a point.
Promade / pre-made fans
Consistent width across a base that wants consistency, and quick on a dense line. Two ready-made bases on one lash is where hooded retention tends to break, so if you use them, do not also spike that lash.
Woven / clover
Excellent coverage from a single bond, which on this map fills the very gaps you left on purpose. If it appears anywhere here, it is in the low inner zones and nowhere near the texture.

Spread angle versus weight

Spread moves mass — never removes it narrowload on the axis widetwists off-axis

The base and the tips sit at opposite ends of the same dial. Base fans want just enough spread to bridge the gap to the next fan and no more, because an open fan under a fold takes a sideways twist and ends up lying along the lash line. Spikes want no spread at all, so they behave as one strand and stay standing — and everything in between those two settings is a fan that has failed to be either.

What the natural lash can carry

  • Two fans on one lash is the line this set walks. A base fan and a spike on the same natural lash is a decision, not something to do wherever the spacing suggests it.
  • Height costs more than fullness here. A spike a step taller adds weight and pushes its balance point further out, while a fan a shade wider mostly moves material sideways.
  • The gaps are structural. They leave lashes unloaded, and unloaded lashes are what carry the set through the second half of the cycle when the spiked ones start to give.

Where this map fails first

Where this map fails first inner outer middle spikes lie down lashmatrix.org

The spikes in the middle of the visible strip go first, and they lie down rather than fall off. They are the longest items on the set sitting where the lid makes the most contact, so the tip tilts toward the lash line and the standing texture becomes part of the base. The set does not thin, it smooths — which is why clients say it looks flat rather than saying it looks sparse. If the whole set flattens at once instead of gradually, the base was carrying a layer it should not have had.

FAQ Common questions

Can a hooded lid handle a full volume wispy set?

Only with fine fans, an open base and no extra layer. The set has two levels — base and spikes — and adding a third is where hooded retention gives out.

Why keep the base open when volume is meant to look full?

Because the gaps are the effect and the unloaded lashes are the insurance. A closed base under a fold reads as a dark band anyway, so you would be paying for something you cannot see.

Should spikes go on lashes that already carry a base fan?

Preferably not. Spread the spikes onto their own lashes so no single follicle is holding two of the heaviest items on the set.

How tall should the spikes be here compared to an open lid?

Shorter. On an eye without a fold you can spike for pure height; here the tip only needs to clear the skin, and anything past that leans.

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