I am new to Laravel my self, but I think sending mail first and then returning the view might help.

All sorted! Thanks for the suggestion, worked out great!

I had to alter a few lines for referencing controllers and such though

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Auth;
use Image;
use App\User;
use App\Mail\Success;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Mail;

class SuccessController extends Controller
{
    public function index() {
		$user = Auth::user();
		Mail::to($user)->send(new Success($user));
		return view('pages.success');
	}
	
}

Thanks again! :D

Awesome. Glad you figured it out and thanks for sharing.