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Lash Mapping for Close-Set Eyes

Every eyelash extension map drawn for close-set eyes — all five effects in all three techniques. The shape decides what the map has to correct; the effect and technique decide how.

Also called close-set eyes. The same layout is meant in each case — the name changes, the geometry does not.

Close-set eyes sit less than one eye's width apart. Lash mapping for close-set eyes moves weight outward — the longest lashes belong past the middle, and a bright inner corner shortens the apparent gap further. The wide-set instruction is the mirror image of this one, and confusing the two is the single most common spacing error in the library.

The fifteen maps below are the five effects in all three techniques, drawn for this shape. Each states the zone order, the length curve and where it gets away from people — for a working lash tech mid-appointment and for a learner still building a reference.

An almond lid, the reference photo these two spacing shapes share. The spacing that defines them is in the diagram, not this photograph.
The lid reads almond, and that is not what makes this shape — the distance between the two eyes is, and no single-eye photograph can show it. We are still looking for one that can. Photo source & removal

Less than an eye's width between the inner corners.

Natural

Natural, shifted outward: the high point sits past the middle, not on it.

Don't taper the tail off. A short corner pulls the weight back to the nose.

Built as: Classic 1:1 · Hybrid · Volume

Cat-Eye

Cat-eye in single strands: the line climbs all the way to the tail.

Don't open the flare early. Before the outer iris it gathers the eyes.

Built as: Classic 1:1 · Hybrid · Volume

Doll / Open-Eye

Doll, shifted: a round peak moved off centre to sit over the outer iris.

Don't centre this peak. A centred round map gathers close-set eyes further.

Built as: Classic 1:1 · Hybrid · Volume

Wispy

Wispy in singles: a quiet base with longer strands standing out past the iris.

No spikes on the inner half. One beside the nose cancels the rest of the map.

Built as: Classic 1:1 · Hybrid · Volume

Squirrel / Fox

Squirrel in single strands: an arch over the outer iris, easing down after it.

Don't drop steeply after the arch. A fast fall pulls the weight back to centre.

Built as: Classic 1:1 · Hybrid · Volume

Standardising this across a team? In the studio. Teaching from it? Teaching from this.

Other eye shapes: Almond Deep-Set Downturned Hooded Monolid Round Upturned Wide-Set