Congratulations on the good dream recall, if you have good recall you're halfway there.

As for RC's, I know exactly how you feel, that happens to me all the time.
In my last dream I tried to put on my glasses, but they had 3 lenses for some reason.
I couldn't figure out how to put them on, so I started touching my face to find my 3rd eye so I could position the glasses correctly.
I was fiddling about for at least a minute, and it didn't cross my mind to RC

But with practice it will happen! I've become lucid 3 times using RC's now.
I performed them out of habit even though I knew I wasn't dreaming.
Sure enough after the RC I knew I actually was, and suddenly I noticed all the dream signs around me.
How could I not notice those?!

Good luck!