This kind of goes hand in hand with being nice to people. I feel like compliments are always a super helpful thing, and this may just be my personal views on it... but I have gotten a lot of bad compliments and they've been hurtful. So here are my little tips for complimenting someone. 1) DO NOT COMPARE A GIRL TO ANOTHER GIRL YOU KNOW- I've once gotten the compliment "ohhh Shannon you look so skinny I thought you were your sister." I know the person that said this was just being nice and she thought that she was giving me a really great compliment... and I guess it was nice, but it kind of made me feel like shit too. Girls don't like getting compared to other girls because then we'll just think we aren't as pretty as other girl. 2) Be careful when saying someone looks like a celebrity- This can be very tricky. Know what celebrity you are talking about. Think "ohhh would I like to be compared to said celebrity" if so yes. It is acceptable for ...