Is close-set a separate eye shape for lash mapping?

No — like wide-set, it is a spacing modifier over the client’s base shape. The base map is chosen first, then its peak shifts one zone outward and inner corners stay light.

Which style corrects close-set spacing?

Cat-eye leads — flared outer corners move visual weight outward and separate the eyes. Squirrel with an outward-shifted peak is the softer alternative.

What must be avoided on close-set eyes?

Inner-corner weight of any kind — long inner lengths, inner spikes or heavy inner curls all pull the eyes visually closer together.

Eye Shape Style Guide

Close-Set Eyes: The Looks That Widen the Gap

The top three looks for close-set eyes — real applied sets. Tap a look for its specs.

Cat-Eye lash extensions on close-set eyes, close up

Cat-Eye+ specs− close

The leading close-set correction — flared outer corners visually separate the eyes.

Curl: C / CC / D
Thickness: 0.12-0.15 mm classic · 0.05–0.07 mm volume fans
Lengths: 8–14 mm mixed-length map
Trays: LP-CLA-C-0.15 mix 7-15mm · LP-CLA-CC-0.15 mix 7-15mm · LP-CLA-D-0.15 mix 7-15mm · LP-VOL-C-0.05 mix 7-15mm · LP-VOL-CC-0.05 mix 7-15mm · LP-VOL-D-0.05 mix 7-15mm

Squirrel / Fox lash extensions on close-set eyes, close up

Squirrel / Fox+ specs− close

The softer outward correction — the peak moves one zone outward versus the base map.

Curl: C / CC
Thickness: 0.12-0.15 mm classic · 0.05–0.07 mm volume fans
Lengths: 8–13 mm mixed-length map
Trays: LP-CLA-C-0.15 mix 7-15mm · LP-CLA-CC-0.15 mix 7-15mm · LP-VOL-C-0.05 mix 7-15mm · LP-VOL-CC-0.05 mix 7-15mm

Natural lash extensions on close-set eyes, close up

Natural+ specs− close

Base natural map with the peak one zone outward and inner corners kept light.

Curl: C
Thickness: 0.12-0.15 mm classic · 0.05–0.07 mm volume fans
Lengths: 8–12 mm mixed-length map
Trays: LP-CLA-C-0.15 mix 7-15mm · LP-VOL-C-0.05 mix 7-15mm

Cat-eye is the leading look for close-set eyes — flared outer corners visually separate the eyes — with outward-shifted squirrel and natural sets as the softer options. The looks first; the spacing-modifier builds, and why they all run outward, below.

Qingdao Hopeshair Cosmetics Co., Ltd · From the factory’s technical desk

The shape under the looks

The looks above are built on the geometry below. Tap a drawing for the reasoning.

The shape — close-set eyes+ why− close

Close-Set Eyes, before any extensions. The lid itself is usually a standard shape — the defining trait is spacing: less than one eye-width between the eyes.

Why this build works on close-set eyes

Two rules do the work. Inner corners stay short and light — any inner weight narrows the gap further — and the peak of the base map shifts one zone outward. That is why cat-eye leads close-set corrections in studio orders: flared outer corners visually separate the eyes. Doll mapping, useful on wide-set clients, does nothing for close-set spacing; artists pick cat or squirrel instead.

The build — sample map+ how− close

Every look above is built from a zone map like this one — the zone structure of this shape’s natural-classic map, inner to outer, from our mapping matrix — charted natively for close-set, as are cat, squirrel and wispy; only doll is charted on the wide-set base and mirrors outward to it. Exact lengths, curls and thickness unlock in the Style Matcher below. This is one of fifteen maps we chart for this shape; the full set covers all five effects across classic, hybrid and volume.

How each effect behaves on close-set eyes

Close-Set Eyes lash mapping: Natural effect, close up

Natural+ more− close

The base natural map, peak shifted one zone outward, inner corners kept light.

Close-Set Eyes lash mapping: Doll / Open-Eye effect, close up

Doll / Open-Eye+ more− close

Neutral for spacing — it neither helps nor hurts a close-set gap, so artists usually pick an outward map instead.

Close-Set Eyes lash mapping: Cat Eye effect, close up

Cat Eye+ more− close

The leading close-set correction — flared outer corners visually separate the eyes.

Close-Set Eyes lash mapping: Squirrel effect, close up

Squirrel+ more− close

An outward-shifted squirrel: the peak moves one zone outward versus the base shape’s map.

Close-Set Eyes lash mapping: Wispy effect, close up

Wispy+ more− close

Spikes live in the outer third only — inner spikes narrow the gap.

The full map set

All fifteen close-set eyes maps, zone by zone

Every map we chart for this shape — five effects across classic 1:1, hybrid and volume. Seven zones, inner corner to outer. Lengths in millimetres, curl per zone, and the tray each map draws from. These are the working numbers from our mapping matrix, the same data the Style Matcher serves.