They're your friends Cat, why on Earth do you need to polish their apples to get them to like you more or for any reason?
My friend walked out of the barbers the other day looking completely stupid, I told him so. Made a joke of it of course, but I didn't give him false words just to make him feel better.
Purely because I think my friends deserve better than to be bullshitted to coz then later in life, they may meet someone who tells them the truth and wonder why you didn't do the same.
-AC