They look good! And don't give up on HP just yet. You can make it very swirlable if you don't mind learning some different techniques and maybe using some different ingredients (or use familiar ingredients differently).
There are some YT videos out there about fluid hot process. Some of those videos are a hot mess, including a barefoot soaper with an overflowing crockpot! But anything by Tina Moenck is pretty good, and she has 2-3 videos on fluid hot process.
In an effort to up my HP game, I bought the Sharon Johnson stick-blender hot process e-book. The e-book was rather short and repetitive, but her method does work to create a fluid, swirlable HP batter. The drawback is that she wants you to follow her method and ingredients exactly - no deviations.
After that, I bought the Ultimate Guide to Hot Process Soap. This e-book provided a ton of scientific information, including the "why" behind the process. It taught me how to formulate my own fluid HP recipes - ones that could be swirled AND produce a nice soap. I went from lots of blah recipes, and failed recipes, to making consistently good HP, even high temperature HP. The purchase of this book also gives you lifetime access to the student area of the author's website, with nice recipes, videos, etc. The author is good about responding to emails and facebook posts in her private and public FB groups.
If I had to do over again, I would only buy the Ultimate Guide book, since it provided a lot more for the money than the first one I mentioned. The author also has Ultimate Guide books for Liquid Soap and Cold Process Soap. Her 30-minute LS recipe changed my mind from "I will never make LS because it takes so stinking long" to "this is fun, I can do this!"
All that to say, HP can be swirlable and fun. Benefits of HP can include no ash, no ricing, more control over super-fat, and faster unmolding. But it is a learning curve, for sure.
