Problem: Article: You want to clean your face of any dirt or oil. Think of this step as preparing your face so it is a blank canvas. You want to prepare your skin as best as you can so your makeup brings out your best features. To wash your face properly, follow these steps:  Wash your face with lukewarm water and a cream cleanser. You want to avoid using too hot of water as it will dry out your skin, and too cold water will make your skin look red or splotchy.  A cream cleanser will hydrate your skin and wipe off any lingering oils or makeup. Dab your face with a towel; do not rub. Rubbing may damage your skin. If the skin around your eyes is particularly dry, use an eye cream to moisturize.
Summary: Wash your face.

Problem: Article: While feature-length movies are typically beyond the time and budget constraints of most viral video producers, shorts offer a more attainable target. There are no rules here. You can go for a dramatic narrative, a simple comedy setup, or even take an experimental approach by stringing together images and textures without a traditional storyline — it's all up to your vision as director.   Examples: Five Second Films, SNL Digital shorts, etc.   Viral Tip: Sometimes, the key to achieving viral success with a short film is to make it a really short film. For example, the "Five Second Films" YouTube channel, which makes humorous clips that run just five seconds in length, has millions of subscribers. These videos are a step above and beyond basic staring-into-the-webcam lipsync videos. Good music videos pair a memorable concept with a catchy song for potent results. Though it's by no means easy to plan, choreograph, and shoot an awesome music video, the results speak for themselves: as of 2014, seven of the eight most-viewed YouTube videos of all time are music videos.   Examples: "Autotune the News" videos, "Here it Goes Again" by OKGO, etc.  Viral Tip: While you don't necessarily have to make a music video for your own original music to go viral, be prepared for difficulties if you make one for someone else's music — song copyright holders are quick to issue takedown notices for content they believe uses their material unfairly. People everywhere love seeing amazing feats of strength, intelligence, and creativity. Though you'll have to literally be the best in the world at something to break a world record, if you're willing to pick a very narrow category, it may not be that big of a stretch to break the record, so get creative!   Examples: "Guinness World Record: Most Shirts Worn at One Time," "Tightest Parallel Park Record Broken," etc.  Viral Tip: You don't necessarily have to break a record on your own — records like "Biggest Sock Hop," for instance, recognize community organizing rather than one person's individual skill. Viral videos don't necessarily have to be of real people and places. If you're skilled with animation software (like, for instance, Adobe Flash), you can put your skills to use by making cartoons, animated gags, music videos and more. Best of all, animation allows you to depict things that would be impossible to actually shoot with a camera, so you're free to be as creative as you like.   Examples: Potter Puppet Pals, Charlie the Unicorn, etc.  Viral Tip: Don't know how to animate? See our Adobe Flash articles to start learning about one of the most popular animation programs in use today.
Summary: Make a short film. Make a music video. Try to break a record. Make an animation.

Problem: Article: Make a fire to one side and leave room for the roasting pan on the other side.  Leave the remaining liquid in the pan. Do not cover the pan. Soak the wood chips for an hour in water, beer, wine, whiskey or any liquid with which you want to flavor the meat. Cook for an hour, adding soaked wood chips as they burn. You will use about 4 cups (440 grams) of wood chips over about an hour. Place the wood chips in aluminum foil right over the flames if you are using a gas grill. The pork is fully cooked and smoked when the bone comes out without resistance.
Summary: Preheat your grill to 225 to 250 degrees Fahrenheit (107 to 121.1 Celsius) for about an hour before steaming is done. Remove the roasting pan from the oven and take off--but save--the tin foil. Take 4 cups (.946 liter) of the liquid from the roasting pan and place it in a bowl. Put the roasting pan on the grill on the side opposite the heat source. Place 1 cup (110 grams) of soaked hickory wood chips or chunks on the fire and close the lid of the grill to smoke the meat. Test to see if the meat is cooked fully by lightly twisting a bone.

Problem: Article: If you want to lower the action on an acoustic guitar by filing the notches on the nut, you'll need a set of nut files that corresponds to the gauge of string you're using. Since each string is a different thickness, you'll need a set of six nut files – one for each string.  If you don't have a set of nut files, you can typically find them at a luthier supply shop, as well as at many music stores. You'll also need a feeler gauge so you can measure the action at each fret and file accordingly. If it isn't already, you need to make sure all six strings of your guitar are in tune before you start measuring the action at the nut and making adjustments. Place your feeler gauges right on top of the first fret so you can determine how much the nut needs to be filed down to lower the action.  Use a ruler to measure first. It should be 0.3 inches or about 7.5 millimeters from the string to the first fret. If it's greater than that, keep checking the distance using larger feeler gauges until the string moves because the gauge is too big to fit. The distance between the string and the fret is the thickness of the largest feeler gauge that doesn't cause the string to move. Repeat this with each of the six strings. Carefully loosen the string, only enough to pop it out of the nut without damaging the nut. Loosen it just enough that you can easily pop it out and thread it along the side of the nut. Find the nut file that corresponds to the sixth string and get a piece of plastic or masonite to protect the headstock so you don't file the headstock while filing the nut.  Place your nut file in the notch and file carefully, going in the direction of the headstock at the same angle. Only file a small amount at a time, as you cannot replace material once you've filed it down and you don't want to file it down too much. When you think you're done, replace the string, tune it, and measure it again to see if you need to refile or if you've corrected your problem. Once you've got the notch for your sixth string filed correctly, you'll want to repeat the process with each of the other five strings to lower the action on your guitar at the nut.
Summary:
Gather basic tools. Tune your guitar. Use a feeler gauge to measure the action at the first fret. Loosen the sixth string. File the nut with the appropriate nut file. Repeat with each of the other strings.