Put some solder on the pad, align smd component to the pad with the solder, heat up solder and put down said component, do the other side of the pad (very easy to do as you have one side of the pad with solder holding the component), TA DA!
I'd recommend using tweezers yes, sometimes I use pliers (Very small tip)
For the soldering iron tip, idk but I did smd with the default tip on a fx888d