The photos shown are always the way I do mine too. They always come out perfect EXCEPT for those pesky ends sometimes also seen in the photos posted. If we're talking G3 here, I just trim the frizz or non curled ends a tad so they sit better. If you are a keeping every last piece of hair per pony, I'm not sure what to tell you. Bc ultimately no matter how you do it, you will run across imperfections form time to time and you will want to strangle your own herd. Poor ponies.