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Wide-Set Eyes · Squirrel / Fox · Classic 1:1

A real a wide-set eye, the shape this map is drawn for.
The lid itself reads almond — that part is not what makes this shape. What defines it is the distance between the two eyes, which no single-eye photograph can show. The diagram below does. Photo source & removal
Wide-set is a gap, not a lid shape the gap one eye width the gap is wider than one eye length stays inboard lashmatrix.org
Eye spacing measured against one eye width — the thing that makes this shape.
PEAK inner outer steps down both ways from the peak lashmatrix.org
Where the peak sits and which way the length tapers.
Why Why it is laid out this way

A squirrel map lifts under the arch and then falls to the corner, which already suits eyes that must not carry weight outward. Moved one zone further in, it suits them better still — the lift lands over the pupil-to-iris band and the fall starts earlier. In classic 1:1 that drop is drawn purely in length, so it has to be steep to be seen.

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. Accept a short startNothing on this map is shorter than the zone nearest the nose. A squirrel needs a low start and this version accepts it rather than faking a fuller corner.
  2. Climb to the archThree quick steps up. The rise is what the eye reads as lift.
  3. Peak one zone inwardHold the two longest zones over the pupil-to-iris band, not out at the outer iris. That single shift is the wide-set adjustment.
  4. Drop after the peakFall by nearly half in one step, then again to the corner. A gentle fall turns this map into a cat.
  5. Hold a single curlOne curl family throughout. A stronger curl at the tail is how outward pull usually sneaks back in.
Length curve · one peak, gentle taper inner outer
The length curve: one soft peak, then a gentle taper.

The length curve

The line climbs, holds two zones and then falls in two large steps to the shortest length at the corner. That fall is where the correction lives: on wide spacing the eye measures distance by where the lash line stops being interesting, and this map makes it stop early. The lift is why the client asked; the drop is why it works on her.

Built wrong, it looks like this

Arch left in its usual placeThe lift lands out at the outer iris and the eyes read further apart — lifted, but wider.
✗ WRONG arch too far out ✓ RIGHT arch moved inward
Fall softened after the peakThe drop becomes a slope and the map turns into a cat-eye by accident.
✗ WRONG slopes out, reads cat ✓ RIGHT drops off early
Inner corner skipped altogetherShort is correct here, absent is not — a bare start beside the nose widens the bridge.
✗ WRONG bare, not just short ✓ RIGHT short but covered
When not to use this mapThis map keeps its inner corner short, so it is the wrong choice when the client's main complaint is the bare look beside the nose — a doll map does that job properly. It also needs a healthy mid-lid line to hold the two peak zones. And a client hoping for obvious drama at the corner will find this one deliberately quiet out there.
Deep The physics underneath

The peak pair sits one zone inboard of where a squirrel normally lands, which changes which lashes are carrying the set.

The same map, built four ways

Classic 1:1
With singles the lift is entirely a length story, so the steps have to be big enough to see and small enough not to show as jumps. The shifted arch helps, because it puts the longest strands on stronger lashes than the usual placement does.
Handmade volume
Fans would let the arch read taller through darkness rather than length. Not this cell's job, but it is the answer when her mid-lid lashes cannot hold the peak pair in singles.
Promade / pre-made fans
Quick and consistent, and consistency is not what a two-step fall needs — the drop after the peak is meant to be abrupt and pre-set bases encourage evenness. Keep them to the climb if used at all.
Woven / clover
Good coverage per bond, repeating shape. On a map defined by a sharp change of direction, a repeat blurs the exact point the whole design turns on.

Spread angle versus weight

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

There is no fan spread in a 1:1 set, but the placement angle at the peak pair does the same work. Those two zones hold the longest strands on the map, and any bond set off the lash's own line becomes a twist that shows as the arch leaning outward — the direction this map exists to avoid. Set both peak zones square before drawing the fall.

What the natural lash can carry

  • Moving the arch inward puts the longest strands on stronger lashes, so this version has more headroom than a standard squirrel. That is a genuine mechanical benefit, not only a visual one.
  • Length still costs mass and lever together, which is why the fall is easy to hold — the zones past the arch are being asked for very little.
  • A zone fails at its finest strands. Here the finest strands are also the least loaded ones, at both ends of the map, which is why this shape ages more gracefully than most on this spacing.

Where this map fails first

Where this map fails first inner outer arch leans outward lashmatrix.org

Outer of the two peak zones. It carries the same length as its neighbour on slightly finer lashes, so it deflects first, and when it does the flat top of the arch tilts toward the temple. The set does not look sparse at that point — it looks like a cat-eye, which on this spacing is worse than looking thin. Judge the fill date by whether the arch is still level, not by how full the line is.

FAQ Common questions

Why move the arch inward on wide-set eyes?

Because the standard squirrel arch sits out near the outer iris, and length that far out reads as distance between the eyes. One zone in keeps the lift and drops the widening.

Isn't squirrel already a safe map for wide-set eyes?

Safer than cat, because of the fall after the peak. Shifting the arch inward is what turns safe into corrective.

How steep should the fall be?

Steep. Roughly half the peak length in the next zone and shorter still at the corner — a gentle fall reads as a cat-eye rather than a squirrel.

Does this map fix the gap beside the nose?

No, and that is its honest limitation. The inner corner stays short here, so if the gap is her main concern, map her doll instead.

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