so i have put aside my fear of asking a dumb obvious question and present you with this eye i haven’t figured out yet 
this is the way i have clipped things:
eye details > pupil
pupil > eye white
my problem is when the eye closes and i squish the white part, the pupil goes away with it, but not the details clipped to it
I have tried clipping everything to the eye white but that just results in stuff spilling out 
any help is greatly appreciated <3