Lash Mapping for Deep-Set Eyes

Every eyelash extension map drawn for deep-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 small eyes, deep-set eyes. The same layout is meant in each case — the name changes, the geometry does not.

A prominent brow bone sits over a deep-set eye and limits how much height a set can use before it touches shadow. Lash mapping for deep-set eyes is a negotiation between curl and length: the curl that would open a flatter eye runs into the brow bone here, and the length that would compensate reaches into shade where it cannot be seen. Searchers often call this shape small eyes, because that is how the brow bone makes it read.

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.

A real deep-set eye, the shape this map is drawn for. — A real deep-set eye — check yours against it before reading. Photo source & removal

A strong brow bone sits over the lash line and limits height.

Natural

Natural, single lashes: a wide gentle peak across the middle, tapering both ways.

Every bit of curl you add has to be paid for in length. Stronger means shorter.

Built as: Classic 1:1 · Hybrid · Volume

Cat-Eye

Cat-eye, single lashes: a slow climb to a peak just inboard of the corner.

This map is conditional. If her outer corner falls, it is the wrong map.

Built as: Classic 1:1 · Hybrid · Volume

Doll / Open-Eye

Doll, single lashes: one clear peak dead centre, both corners short.

Keep it fine. A heavy line on a shaded lid buries the eye you are trying to open.

Built as: Classic 1:1 · Hybrid · Volume

Wispy

Wispy, single lashes: a soft peak with a few longer singles standing proud of it.

Airy or nothing. Crowded texture on this eye stops being wispy and becomes a dark patch.

Built as: Classic 1:1 · Hybrid · Volume

Squirrel / Fox

Squirrel, single lashes: the peak sits under the highest part of the brow, then eases out.

Find her arch before you map. The peak follows her brow, not a rule about zones.

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 Close-Set Downturned Hooded Monolid Round Upturned Wide-Set