Lash Mapping for Monolid Eyes

Every eyelash extension map drawn for monolid 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 monolids, Asian eyes. The same layout is meant in each case — the name changes, the geometry does not.

A monolid has no crease, so the lid is a continuous plane from lash line to brow bone and there is no fold to hide behind or work around. Lash mapping for monolid eyes has to create the impression of depth that the anatomy does not supply, which puts more weight on curl and on where the length changes than on length itself. A soft taper flattens against the lid rather than reading as a taper.

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

No crease — a soft taper disappears into the lid.

Natural

Natural: one level band across the zones that show, corners cut right back.

This is the weakest monolid map. Say so before you start, not after.

Built as: Classic 1:1 · Hybrid · Volume

Cat-Eye

Modified cat: length climbs the whole way and never comes back.

Equal steps. One oversized jump and the line kinks instead of travelling.

Built as: Classic 1:1 · Hybrid · Volume

Doll / Open-Eye

Doll: one tall zone over the centre of the eye, falling away both sides.

Check her lid coverage first. On a heavy lid a centre peak reads more closed.

Built as: Classic 1:1 · Hybrid · Volume

Wispy

Wispy: a broad level top through the middle, with strands stepping above it.

The gaps are the effect. Fill them in and you have made a plain set with lumps.

Built as: Classic 1:1 · Hybrid · Volume

Squirrel / Fox

Squirrel: high zone in the outer third, easing down to a soft tail.

The inner corner is nearly free of work. Anything you build there is hidden.

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 Deep-Set Downturned Hooded Round Upturned Wide-Set