braid = soft make-up?
 

well, if you notice, whenever ayu did braid she wont do a heavy make-up as usual, like bold eye-liner, and bold mascara etc

check out:-

B&D - single cover (its not really braid, but... its still with soft make up)
forgiveness - single cover
CDL0405 - WHATEVER perofrmance and so on
a musuem - (its not that soft, but softer than usual)

is this one of ayu's tradition?

edit: thx @ alternarist to remind me

i think because braid's are her "relaxing hair". if she piled on makeup with it it wouldn't look too good.

actually, CDL 04-05 is cornrows, not braids and same with A Museum

the relaxed thing


and possibly because there's too much going on with her hair, and she doesn't want too much going on with her face at the same time.