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Thank you all for the thoughtful replies and sharings!

Thank you! It isn't zappy. The emulsion was thinner and cooler than usual. Besides having the emulsion thicker, if I leave the batter longer on the mold with no air exposure, let's say for 96 hours, would this help to prevent the ash from showing up again? Thank you!

I've done the same recipe I've been doing for two years, but two different batches came out with a white layer on it's upper corners. The layer looks like soda ash, but I don't think it's soda ash, as the soap cured for two days with no oxygen circulation and as the layer is not widespread, but...

Thank you! I will soap at a cooler temperature. My lye concentration is 34%, I will consider increasing it, perhaps to 35%. I don't want the mix to reach trace too suddenly. I will let you know how it went!

Thank you! I also liked the rivers, but since I am selling the soaps I would like to keep a stable visual pattern throughout the batches.

Thank you very much for your reply. I had heard of glycerin rivers, but as they hadn't happened to me before I had never studied them. I soaped at 120° to prevent gel phase based on a Kevin Dunn's article (the link goes bellow) that indicates this should be a low-enough temperature to prevent...

Hello! I made the same recipe I'm used to, which is described bellow. I melted the cocoa butter, palm oil and coconut oil to 170º to avoid stearic spots and I battered the oils and the lye together at 120º to avoid gel phase. I added no colorants or fragrances. And the soap come out with this...

@FrayGrants any follow up on the topic? I'm having the exact same issue.