Welcome to DV, Bricnic! I'm glad you've enjoyed your stay here at DV so far and have even managed to get lucid for a time. For some reason I can never seem to have an LD over 30 seconds, so don't feel back about short LDs

I'm kind of curious which techniques you were using. You mentioned WBTB, but when you said HILD it didn't sound like it was Hypnosis induced. It sounded more like MILD, where a phrase is often repeated (and the source of my most recent LD) while going back to sleep. It sounds like you've got the right idea, though.

But yah, if you have any questions feel free to ask. We're glad to help you out here. Sweet Lucid Dreams!

-Amé