First Flexi Rod Set

I tried to do my first flexi rod set. It was definitely harder than all the youtube tutorials made it seem. At the very end, I started to get the hang of it but it was a little too late. So I'll post my mistakes and successes in the hopes that you all will learn from them.

Mistakes:
1. I sectioned my hair wrong: I pretty much only set the ends of my hair and the middle is flexi rodless. What I should have been done is part my hair in squares so that the roots would be curled as well.
2. I did not use end paper: Without end paper, I had a real hard time keeping my hair together on the rod. Little pieces would fly out and because of my breakage, I have different lengths of hair. Let me tell you! It is damn near impossible to do a flexi rod set without end paper when you have different hair lengths. Don't even try!
3. I should have air dried my hair in the flexi rods: After shampooing and conditioning, I left my hair in plaits to air dry. The next day, my hair was hard and tangled again. There was also extra manipulation, which means more breakage.

Successes:
1. Lathering my hair with Proclaim Setting Lotion, leave in conditioner, and olive oil. My hair was a lot easier to roll when it was damp and moisturized.



Edit: Pic of my 2nd flexi rod set on 11/19. I am still working on perfecting it but it resulted in some very pretty curls. I had to hide the first one under a hat because only my ends were curled. This time I put on a cute headband and no one could tell that I still did not curl the middle as I should.